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Year: 1873

The following rare bit is from the
Saturday Evening Post -:


We shall never forget that evening
we spent at Magruders years ago. We
admired Miss Magruder, and went
around to see her. 1t was summer time,
and moonlight, and she sat upon the
piazza. ..


The carpenter had been there that
day, glueing up the rustic chairs on the
porch, so we took seat on the step III
front of Miss Magruder, where we could
gaze into her eyes and drink in her
smiles.


1t seem. probable that the carpenter
must have upset his gue-pot Oh the
SPOT where we Sat, for after enjoying
Miss Magrudcr's remarks for couple
of hours, and drinking several of her
smiles we tried to rise for the purpose
of going home, but found that We were
immovably fixed to the step.


Then Miss Magruder said : "Don't
be in a hurry" and we told her we be
lieyed we would not.


The conversation had sadder tone
after that, and We sat there thinking
whether it would be better to ask Miss
Magruder to withdraw while We dis
robed and went home in Highland cos
tune, or whether We should urge her to
warm up the poker, or whether We
should give one terrific wrench and
then ramble down the yard backward.


Abou. midnight Miss Magruder com
menced yawning, and said she believed
she would go to bed. Then wesudden-
ly asked her if she thought her father
had any objection to lending her front
steps for few days, because we wanted
to take them home for pattern. We
think Miss Magruder must have enter
tained doubts of our sanctity, for she
rushed in, called her father, and scream
ed.


Magruder came down with a double
barrelled gun. Then we explained the
situation in a whisper, and he procured
a saw and cut out the piece to which we
were attached. Then we went homo,
wearing the patch, and before two o.
clock crushed out the young love for
Miss Magruder.


We never called again, and che threw
herself away on dry goods man. There
is melancholy satisfaction in recalling
these memories of youth, and rejecting
upon the influence of glue upon the
emotions of the human heart.
Year: 1873

The uneyamplca favor accorded to this 1Taga-
zino by the public, onablcs us to enter upon the
coming year with the means Of making it more
attractive aud valuable than ever before to its
1argo and increasing number Of readers OH both
sides Of theAlantic. The Serial Story Of tho year,
Year: 1873

South Haven wants blast furnace.
change


II stranger had happened in that town at
the time the news Of the sentence of Flagor
was received, he would lave concluded that
the town itSerr was furnace hot enough to
blast the reputation OF any Judge who would
fix one year as the maximum OF punishment
for Pm attempt at murder by shooting -and
lat without any proyocation whatever.
Year: 1873

4 sEEDY person applied to a wealthy citizen
for help, and received the small SUN of five
cents. The giver remarked as he handed him
the pittance, "Take it you are welcome; our
ears are always open 70 tie distressed


I" That may be" replied the recipient, but
never before IN my life have | seen so small an
opening for such large ears"
Year: 1873

The heavy business men OF Buffalo have
passediresolutons endorsing the recent action
of the Chamber OF Commerce OF New York
looking to aid from the general Government
for an enlargement of the Erie Canal and open
ing the same to the free commerce OF all the
States
Year: 1873

We wonder what tae people think OF the
plan Of creating new ofice-that OF Clerk
for the Circuit Judges at salary OF $1,000 per
year, to be paid for by n tax on the people
This Office is in addition to the Office Of County
Clerk and stenographer. Write to your repre-
sentative, giving your views on this and all
other lhe schemes of wringing taxes out OF
YOU to 20 into the pockets OF those holding
sinecures such as the above will be should such
a measure be adopted
Year: 1873

WHITE Prof. Kedze was in town this week
no made test OF the air in our Union School
house, and pronounced the ventilation OF the
building the best he has yet found in going
over the State. lie carried away some jars Of
the air. and will make an exact analysis OF il.
Year: 1873

TIE South Haven Sentinel says that % the
beft Of the Legislature was sent to the Insane
Asylum at Kalamazoo on Monday last" What
became OF the remainder? We're they sent to
the state Prison or the Reform School? Which
Year: 1873

LOSS OF ALDERMAN VAN sCHAICK's YACHT.


The schooner yacht Jessie, belonging to AL
derman Van Schaick, who is in Europe, on the
beach at Coney Island the Ocean Hotel, at about
IL O'Clock on Sunday night and is likely to prove total
loss Tho captain and three were aboard at the
time having been ont sailing during the evening, but
were unable to l exactly how the accident was caused
She struck hard on the beach and was so deeply mbed
ded in the sand that tug which sent down yester
day for the purpose unable TO pull her off, though
she lay In six feet OF high tide The boat
badly damaged by the Bleaching and was being severely
battered Yesterday by strong surf which broke in
parts OF the sdos and bottom and wrenched the vessel
greatly 1t is believed that, should the waves Increase
much or storm arise, she will 20 TO pieces very
nuicklY Earnest efforts arc being made, however, to
saye the hull II possible and the masts and rigging
have been cut 10 facilitate TINS Inc jessie was
Yacht of about 80 feet length fitted with wire
rigging and was esteemed a very fine pleasure boat


THE BROOKLYN CLUB CRUISE.


The Yachts of the Brooklyn Club, now on
ts annual cruise left Glen Cove Saturday and an
ehored Saturday night in Huntington Bay On Sunday
they sailed for NewHaven and yesterday proceeded TO
West Haven where the members OF the cuo were hana
somely entertained. AT a. IN. this morning tue meet
will weigh anchor for NewLondon.


STATEN ISLAND YACHT FLEET EXCURSION


On Saturday next the whole Staten Island
Yacht feet will leave StapetOn. and sail to Cedar Grove
ON the South Beach, where they will anchor, and the
and have their annual days sport with chowder ana
-hakn
Year: 1873

The trial of the Tichborne claimant, on the
charge OF perurywas resumed this morning but almost
Immediately after the opening Of the court Of the
Jurors tainted from the effects OF the heat and ad
journment until tomorrow was necessary.
Year: 1873

1t is with pleasure that | read the pro-
ceedings of the different Farmers Clubs
which are published in the VERMONT FARMER.
There is spirit of Improvement and conf
dence among the ag riculturists at the pres
ent time that did not exist even few years
ago, which is somewhat encouraging to those
engaged in husbandry. Not long since the
majority Of our farmers felt that they were
a little inferior to those following the profes-
sion,-not, however, inferior as individ-
uals; /; but that their pursuit was not worthy
of the more intelligent portion Of our citizens.
They had not the confidence in themselves to
advocate their principles and interests with
those engaged in professional and merean-
tile life did.


But the experience of years has at last
taught us that in no other way can farming
be made what it should be, than by exchang.
ing ideas in societies and associations formed
for that purpose. OF these associations |
would mention Farmers Clubs as being Of
vital Importance to any community; when
conducted rightly perhaps they are more ben
efcial on the whole than any other meetings
OF the kind, for they are usually held in dis
tricts where all the members are acquainted
with the different soils and locations. 1t Is
instructive to learn IN this way of the causes
of our brother farmers success or failure as
the case may be. 1t is necessary to state
failures as well as successes, and perhaps more
30, for if the cause were understood that pro-
duced certain failure, it might save others
from making the same error, Aud also clubs
that report their doings should strive, in
their meetings, to state things as correctly as
possible for very likely the report may be
read by thousands, some Of whom may reside
in other states, and nigh. say in foreign
countries. And we're we to speak at random,
or carelessly, it might defeat the very object
of such associations which are sustained for
the diffusion Of practical know ledge and
again those in other states or countries might
think that Vermont had some curious agri-
culturists.


In the FARMER of Jan. Oath, in the discus.
sions of the East St. Johnsbury Club Mr., j..
g, Hovey makes a statement while speaking
of the Devonshire cattle as being good for
oxen He says that they will tire out the best
Morgan horses. Does he mean that they
will travel more miles in day, or that they
will do more work in the course OF season
than the Morgan horse2 He says while
speaking Of Devonshire COWS that il will take
Year: 1873

Thy rocks and thy rills.
Thy mountains and hills,
They ever seem dear TO me,
Where the rosy checked girls,
With their long flowing curls,
Are charming and fair as can be.
/ We heard tell Of fclimes,
Where fruit, at all times
Is plucked from the broad waving tree,
But nothing at all
Are these favors so small,
To the charms which Vermont has to me.
/ we heard of the West,
Where the people are blest
With abundance Of wheat and Of corn;
But d rather be here
BY my freside so dear,


On the hillside where was born.
we heard Of the gold,
As OF am told,


or the mines on the far western shore,
But care not for this,
50 great is my bliss


In Vermont that l ask not for more.
some people DO say
That d make greater pay


To remove TO a southern cline,
But this is trap
My dear home to get,


So Vermont is my choice every time.
Even Eden, so fair,
Would hardly compare


With my dear old Green Mountain state,
For Eve she did sin,
And Adam fell in,


And both repented too late.
My vow, 1t is made,
That IL dwell meath the shade
And sunshine of dear old Vermonti
Every blessing Is here,
And we nothing to fear,


So what more can ask for or want.


COMMENTED VERNoNTER.
Year: 1873

BY request of the White River Valley
Agricultural society, have consented to at
tempt to address you upon the mining inter-
est in the White River Valley, and in doing
so you will allow me to con6ne myself most.
ly to facts and locations, as my personal
knowledge Of the general mining interests in
Vermont is very sparce; consequently
hope you will not consider me egotistic-
al simply because | shall be obliged to use
the pronouns and we during my remarks.
And on the other hand, do not think that |
aspire to the practice Of circumlocution be-
cause shall be unable to convey my ideas
in as few words as may be desirable. About
ten or twelve years ago gold was discovered
on the banks of White River and Locust
Greek, But very little was done towards pros
pecting till 1865, when a company was form
ed, mostly of Vermont men, to ascertain its
quantity, quality, and locality. At this
time the banks of White Biver were pros
pected TO a considerable extent, which result.
ed iH the commencement of works on Smiths
Island in Gaysvile.


The company consisted Of twelve persons
The works were prosecuted by ten persons
only, for the space Of ten days, when an &C.
cident occurring the works ceased for a
short time, and the persons who were mostly
farmers, went home to secure their hay crop.
Being the secretary and acting treasurer OF
the company no one could have better infor-
nation than myself of the state of our treas
ury department.


Suffice it to say that during the ten days
which amounted to 100 days work, all
told-our lumber was drawn, our sluice box =
es were made, ditch about 80 rods in length
was dug, temporary dam part across White
River was thrown up and the digging COM
menced and finished.


Now for the results; The gold, part of
which had been retorted and part Of which
was in its anna algamatod state, was sent to
the assayer's Office in New York, and in re-
turn the secretary Of said office sent me s 53
in greenbacks.


The hasty aud imperfect manner in which
the work was performed caused great waste
of the gold by being carried away with the
tailings, the gold being Of thin, floating
character, and the black sand being very
heavy and abundant Being composed of
metallic iron it was found to be no easy mat.
ter to separate the gold thereirom without
considerable loss.


The general and unanimous opinion was
given by the company that by skillful work,
with suitable tools aud machinery, it il could
be worked to good profit, Accordingly
four persons commenced work in the same
place, with a part Of the same tools aud ma.
chinery, aud worked during the first week in
July of the same year, and the gold obtain
cd during that week was sent to the assay.
ers office in New York, for which the secre.
tary of said Office sent me S94 10 green.
backs The assayer pronounced the gold TO
be Of the finest quality, being 900 "a to
$4,000 in 6neness, In prosess of time the
Year: 1873

porous branch of farming in Ryegate. An
extensive butter dealer once said he would
pay as high a price for butter, and take the
Ryegate dairics in regular course, as he
would for select dairies in New Hampshire


Below | give partial list of our dairy
men, with the number of cows, the amount
Of butter sold, and in some cases the sum of
money received for it. A similar list of ten
might be obtaited in Ryegate, which perhaps
would go within ten per cent of the one CIV
en- in amount of butter per COW, while the
great mass would be about 100 pounds per
COW in the town, county, aud state, as it is
about fifty-seven pounds per COW throughout
the United States.
Year: 1873

BY J. L. HERsEY.
The mist lies heavy on the hills,
And shrouds in gloom each rocky steepi
While dusky, clouds above them sleep
Whence slow the trickling rain distils
Like some o'erburdened lid, that fills
With gathering tears IL cannot weep.
The aeecy snow and glist'ning rime
Are melting from the earth away
look upon her mantle gray,
And think me OF the blooming time;
And mark the day god slowly climb
Still higher up the walks of day.
And glad to know each vanished storm
win go to grace the summer hour,
And add new beauty to the bower
That drinks the sunshine glad and warm
And gain each fairy noral form
A greener leaf and gayer flower.
So OF the troubled heart must know
The binding of an icy chain,
Yet dewey tears, like summer rain,
Shall bid the frigid fountain flow;
Life wear anew its vernal glow,
And feelings, pulses, leap again.
Some long forgotten voice may wake
The muTmer Of an early song,
Or secret echo, silent long,
A we'll remembered music make,
And Oh the aching heart must break,
Or tears dissolve each icy throng.
So shall we win from all things here
A trust for good in everything,
And hear hopes bright win ed songsters, sin
Behind the wintry clouds Of fear,
And know when watered by tear
Love wears anew the flush Of spring.
Year: 1873

1t is very careless method of feeding
fowls which we see so often adopted, where
the grain is thrown down in great heaps on
the ground or floor 1t is not only wasteful,
but injurious to the fowls, because they get
over-ted, and it is in an important respect
contrary to their habits. For their nature
is to scratch" Watch the old hen with
brood when she is just let out of the coop.
She hardly strs from the spot, but as soon as
she has realized her freedom, down 90 her
claws intS the soil, and after wards, whenever
you see her, she is at it,


Always feed, then no more than can be
eaten at once, and take care that this is 50
scattered amongst some light rubbish, that
they may have the luxury OF fscratching for il.
II feed is buried in fresh earth, then they get,
with their mouthfus of grain, something Of
use to their peculiar digestive organs.
Grain, however, should not be allowed to
come in contact with the filthy soil too often
found in the poultry-yard-The Poultry
World
Year: 1873

But if any provide not for his own, and
specially for those OF his own house, he hath
denied the faith, and is worse than an inf
del. Tim. W 3. Tradesmen mechanics
aud manufacturers organize and form societies
to promote their own peculiar interests.
Then why should not farmers unite to make
farming profitable aud honorable, and there
by save our young men from Aocking to the
cities to make their fortunes and mark in
the world


am subscriber to your valuable paper
and very much pleased with the indepe pendent
stand it has taken. Farmers have long need.
ed Just such journal, one that will work for
the interest Of the farmer. take and read
some half dozen different papers not one Of
them save the FARMER dare say word about
the Patrons Of husbandry." They fear the
frown Of the merchant who has long enough
set the price both ways for the producer who
hath lain the foundation for most all other
branches and often can as well as not dispense
with the services of middlemen.


And now what would very much like is,
to see full explanation OF the workings of
the Patrons, how the society is managed and
the result, that others may take knowledge
and pattern after their more fortunate neigh
bors. PETER DAKIN.


No. EerriSburgh Jan. %, 1873.
Year: 1873

den, and Frank is as happy as queen


To be sure, she has some care, as every
wife and mother must have; but | can't
see that she is one bit more ofa drudge
than any city woman; and, as for her
husband he grows nobler and better ev-
cry day, as every true man must who
has wife to help him. Arabella has
not yet been to see them, but | don't
think her injured dignity can hold out
much longer; for Frank,with the sweet
forgivness Of her nature, has named her
baby for her, and daintier baby Bell'
was never seen. They are going to
bring her to town soon, and Grace and
l feel sure that she will prove q little
peacemaker. Speaking of Arabella re-
minds me of last su miner, we met far
mer Hills nephew himself-the other
Ralph. They say he is rich; but poor
fellow, he is greatly to be pitied, for he
not only has weak nerves. but weak
head as well, and Arabella-worldly-
minded as she is-could she once see him
would be quite willing to acknowledge
that Frank had made hap y mistake
in taking the hired man instead.- Hearth
and Home.
Year: 1873

1t has become or is becoming fash
ionable to ecenomize. This is I'll very
well for those who really h@Sc occasion
to curtail their expenditures. In many
cases 1T doubtless would have been well
had the fashion come into vogue before
the panic. But those persons who can
maintain their anti-panic generosity of
living are under unusual obligations
If obligations to such matter there can
ever be-not to reduce their eXpendi-
lures. 1t is no time for those who can
be liberal in their living to become
mean and stinted. Outlays in the
course of living and of business and
prompt payment of current debts do
much more good now than in ordinary
times, and there is no better way ofdis-
pensing charity than in providing en-
ployment for the needy. Let the re-
ductions that are supposed to be neces-
sary in ones living begin in other lux
uries than in the discharge of servants,
sewing women, nurses and others who
humbly ply their skill to obtain their
daily support. Instead of discharging,
let there be made room for more il
wages to pay them are at hand and the
comfort OF the household can thereby
be increased.
Year: 1873

A drover went into restaurant on Tenth
avenue last night and tr1ered plate OF chicken
soup. After eating few spoonfuls, he called
the walter to him and said;
"Look here! what was the length of the stil,s
used by the chicken when 1t waded through the
water on this plate?'


'Y ou internal fool!' said the waiter, "the
chicken didn't wade at ALL 1t had wings and
flew across the kettle, and it's shadow fell ON
the water and was boiled some, and that's how
that soup was made."


The drover said no more, but finished his
soup with heavy heart, and pocketed the
spoon and went away.
Year: 1873

We have sketched, in the following,
the Young Woman Of the Period rs
she appears in the street car: She
stands upon the curb, with a little
springy, up-and-down motion, as if
she had spiral springs in the soles of
her CATERS. As the car approaches
she sticks the point of her closed para
sol in the direction of the driver, with
a small jerk. The car stops. She
gives one or two more little springy
motions before she leaves the pave
ment, and then dances to the car. As
she ascends the step, the conductor
seems to think it absolutely necessary
to her safety to place one of his hands
in the small Of her back, while he
rings the bell with the other. She
enters the car, with the spiral springs
still bobbing her up and down; and,
as all the seats dre full, she stands
holding her hands in front of her, and
gazing off into illimitable space, as il
the one idea, which never entered her
mind, and which never could enter it
under any possible circumstances, is,
that some man will rise and offer her
his seat. But young man in the
corner does rise, and immediately the
fellow next to him moves quickly into
the corner, as if the performance OF
that man9uver had formed the subject
of anxious thought during many years
of his life. To get a corner seat, in
deed, would seems to be the chief end
of man, if we remark the avidity
with which human beings in street
cars seek that object.


When the young man rises, the
young lady suddenly becomes con-
scious that there is something nearer
to her than the horizon, and she gives
two or three more little bounces, and
says, "Keep your seat!" The young
man is embarrassed, and says he is
going to get out soon; whereupon the
fair being dances toward the seat,
sinks into it, and pretends that the
fact of the existence Of any young man
who once occupied that seat, and who
is going to get out has entirely faded
from her consciousness. She smoothes
down her dress and its supplemental