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Year: 1872

In 1854 the Democratic party, being
bitterly opposed to the war for the sup
preston of the rebellion, endeavored to
steal into power and purchase peace at
any price. This they attempted to do
by the nomination of Gen. Mcclellan, q
war Democrat, hoping thereby to secure
enough votes from the war Democrats
and republicans to ensure his election,
and by the aid of a Congress, elected at
the same time, purchase peace Of armed
rebels This is precisely what the dem
ocrats are endeavoring to do now. They
hope to draw enough republican votes
from Grant to elect Greeley and at the
same time secure 3 Democratic Congress.
Mr.. Greeley evidently had some such con-
tlngency in his mind, but, ST course, not
expecting himself to be the candidate,
when he said, in February, 1871;


owe like General Grant hut we care
far more for Republican ascehdency
than for any mans personal fortunes.
1t is in our view of great importance
that the opposition shall be kept out of
power


For a Democratic national triumph
means a restoration to power of those
who deserted their seats in Congress and
th air places under the last Democratic
President to plunge the country into the
Red Sea Of Secession and Rebellion.
Though you paint an inch thick, to this
complexion you must come at last. The
brain. the heart, the soul, of the present
Democratic party is the rebel element at
the South with its Northern allies and
svmpathlzers. II is rebel at the core
to-day.


''It would hail the election of a Dem
oeralic President in 1912 as Il virtual re-
versal Of the AppomattoX surrender. It
Nou!d come into power with the bate,
iao chagrin, the wrath, the modification,
af ten bitter years, to impel and guide
its steps. 1t would hail the tidings of
national bankruptcy with unal!oyed glad
ness and unconccaled eXultation. What
eyer chastisement may he deserved by
our national sins, we most hope THAI
this disgrace and humiliation viii be
spared us.
Year: 1872

MIDDLEBURY HIGH School. ex-
ercises of the graduating class of Middle
bury High School will be held in the
hall of the school building, Thursday
evening, June 9th. The class numbers
ten The exercises have been prepared
with much care, and an interesting time
is anticipated. The "Queen City Band
of Burlington has been engaged for the
occasion, which is considered the best
band in the State As this is the first
class to graduate from this school, and
as the young gentlemen have won gol-
den opinions by their performances in
the exhibitions of their literary society
the past two years, much interest will
center in these exercises.
Year: 1872

New YORK AND CANADA RAILROAD.
I. Y. Baker, President of the New
York and Canada railroad company, is
pushing this enterprise vigorously. The
line has been surveyed and located from
Whitehall to Port Henry, and circulars
are being sent out advertising that the
company is now prepared to receive bids
for building the road on that section.
Three corps of engineers are at work on
the line North of Port Henry. 1t is ex-
pected the road will be under contract
its entire length this Fall.
Year: 1872

BURNING OF A RAILROAD BRIDGE-
WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF A TRAIN OF
CARS. On the Boston & Albany rail-
road, about three miles west of Chat
ham -Four Corners, there is chasm
some two hundred feet long and nearly
one hundred feet deep. This gulf was
spanned by bridge, and this structure
was burned Monday afternoon, Just
after the o'clock special train from
Troy for Pittsfeld passed over it. In
fact it was on fire when the train reach
ed it, but being at the end of a curve in
the road the engineer was unable to see
the fire. and the train went laundering
over the burning and weakened struc-
ture. In less than three minutes after
the cars had passed over it, the bridge
fell
Year: 1872

The turkey does not attain It's ma
turity until the third year, and larg-
est, strongest chicks can only be Sc
cured from mature parents So
common is the practice of selling
off everything at year old or less,
that it is impossible to get stock two
and three years old. In purchasing
breeders, it is the best economy to
buy the heaviest birds, even at fancy
prices. a ten months cock weigh
ing thirty pounds is cheaper at fifty
dollars, than twenty pound bird at
| FIVE dollars. Young hens weighing
sixteen to eighteen pounds are cheap
er at twenty dollars, than twelve
pound birds at five dollars. Large,
well formed birds OF perfect plum
age viii leave their mark upon their
progeny. They Will not only be more
comely to look at, but they will bring
much more satisfactory prices,
whether we sell them to the butcher
or the breeder. Under the stimulus
given to poultry raising by the num-
erous poultry societies and journals
started in all parts of this country
and Canada, there is likely to be a
lively demand for extra breeding
stock of all the finer varieties for
some years to come. The breeder
who goes IN for the very best stock,
taking premium birds when he can
get them, and selling nothing from
his yards but prime birds, will be
likely to make the most money.


FEEDING.


The practice of most farmers who
raise turkies is not to feed at all af-
ter the young birds are six or eight
weeks old. They are driven off to
the pasture or woods, early in the
morning, and can get their living
where they can find it. Their chief
food is grasshoppers and other in
sects, and they do the pasture and
meadows great service in keeping
under these destructive creatures
This may be well enough where in
sects and such are plenty. But up
on many farms the range of wood
land is exceedingly limited, and the
growth of the birds will not be salts
factory without feed from the corn
crib. They should come to the roost
every night with full crops, and if,
on examination, this is not found to
be the case, they should be regularly
fed once a day at least. There is no
danger of fattening young turkey
on a good range in the first six
months. With frst-class stock, full
feed will make difference of four
or five pounds in the weight of the
birds at Thanksgiving Turkeys
like variety of food, though they
do very well upon corn, which they
never refuse while In health.


They are very fond of a mash or
boiled potatoes and Indian meal,
and thrive admirably upon it
Whatever the provender, it should
be fed regularly, and the birds be
kept thriving from the shell to the
butchers block.
Year: 1872

You nfust not forget that the gar
den should be manured and plowed
before the ground is frozen. The
fertilizers viii thus have time to be
come thoroughly Incorporated with
the soil, and, in addition, render il
loose and fine. Lettuce may be sow
ed proftably in the fall,:an the
plants protected by a covering oi
straw. By this device the esculent
will be ready for the table in the
spring almost as soon as if raised in
a hot-bed. The same is true oi
spinach, while asparagus, horse
radisb, and all such perennials il
planted in the fall are certain of q
much more thrifty growth than il
the planting is delayed till spring
Trees, bushes and vines, if planted
as soon as they are ready for their
winter sleep, have the advantage OF
having the soil well settled about the
roots and all things ready for the
awaking breath of spring. Stiff
sod lands, intended for cultivated
next year, will be greatly better fo1
being turned over Eefore winter
The cut and grub worms and other
vermin are certain to be killed by
the exposure to which this subjects
them, and the roots viii be decayed
and brittle before spring.
Year: 1872

Hay and oats makes the best feed
for horses that are obliged to work
hard and regular. If the hay is cut
fine, and the oats bruised or ground,
the whole mixed and moistened,
the horse will eat his ratious quick
er, digest them soener, and thus have
more time for resting and renewing
his power for labor. Farmers horses
that work little during the winter
time may be kept cheaper by cutting
and mixing bright straw in equal
quantities, and adding a ration OF
steamed potatoes, or raw carrots.
Colts should be fed literally on good
hay-bright clover is the best-and
bruised oats; give them a roomf
box-stall in stormy weather and du-
ring nights. Litter freely and do
not let the manure accumulate under
them. Sawdust or spent tan makes
good and convenient bedding in
cities and Ellages they are often
cheaper than straw. Groom horses
well and let them have exercise every
day a run in the yard is excellent.
See that stable floors over Easements
are sound and strong. Arrange the
feeding racks so that dust and hay
seed will not fall into the horses
name or eyes. Some horsemen
build their mangers too high, thus
forcing the animal to take an unnat
ural and painful position when eat
ing. Farm horses that are not
worked should have their shoes ia.
ken of, and those that are driven Oh
the road should be kept well shod.-
Stool. To1fYo0J
Year: 1872

Milk designed for butter making,
as rule, should be agitated as little
as possible until the cream has risen.
We cannot say that such moderate
agitation of the milk as would arise
simply from skimming, as above de-
scribed, would lessen the quantity
of cream, but any excessive agita-
ton has tendency to diminish the
quantity of cream. This has been
abundantly proved by experiments
made on milk, portion of which
had been retained on the farm and
the rest sent by wagon and rail to
the city. In numerous instah ces,
where careful test OF such milk has
been made, the milk which has been
less disturbed threw up most cream.


Voelcker made the following ex-
pertinent: He took 100 measures
of new milk and set it aside for
twenty-four hours at a cem perature
of 81 degrees, Fahr., when it gave
twelve per cent. of crear- by meas
urement, while at the same time a
like quantity of the same milk, after
having been greatly shaken in bot
tie, threw up only eight per cent. of
cream. This shows that the shak-
ing to which milk is subject, when
carried long distances In wagons or
by railway, has the effect of break
ing some of the cream globules, IN
consequence of which either the fat
ty matters remain suspended in the
milk, or more proitably the cream
thrown up gets richer in fat. We
are inclined to think that milk that
has been thoroughly agitated during
its transit to the factory, and there
experimental upon to see whether
such moderate disturbances as skim
ming would affect the quantity of
cream, is not fair test of the prin-
ciple stated. We have made 40 di-
rect test of milk under such circum-
stances, and therefore cannot speak
in regard to If.
Year: 1872

Most horse-shoers and their ap.


prentices assume to be more familiar


with the anatomy of the feet oi


horses than any other person, be-


cause, as they frequently aver, it is


their business to handle such feet
more than any one else. Hence


blacksmiths usually feel that no one
has any right to dictate how a horse
should or should not be shod.


Ii person will study the anatomy
of the foot of a young horse that
has never been shod, he will readily
perceive that more skill is required


to fit a shoe correctly than simply


to nail shoe to a block of wood.


Every blacksmith should procure a


foot of some horse which has not


worn shoe for a long period, so


that he may the more readily per-


ceive and understand how to fit the


shoe to the insensible shell of the


hoof. The wear and tear incident


to travelling falls almost entirely on


the sharp rim of tie hard shell of


the hoof when the foot is not shod.


When a horse is to be shod, the shoes


should be fitted to the feet, rather
than the feet to the shoes. The
weight of the animal should rest on
the hard shell of the hoof, and not
on the soft sole on the inside of the
shell. Besides thus, the frog, which
answers the same purpose beneath
the foot as the large rolls of India
rubber under railroad cars, should
never be pared away. The frog viii
wear away as fast as any portion of
it will need to be removed; hence
every proprietor of a horse should
charge the horse-shoer not to remove
any part of the frog. A great many
country smiths, who do not under
stand what Office the frog performs,
will cut away large proportion OF
it every time a shoe is fitted on.
Another thing should never be allow
ed, which is applying hot shoe to
the hocf to burn 1t down level, rath-
er than shave it. A hot shoe Injuries
the elasticity and tenacity of the
hoof; hence blacksmith should new
er be allowed to fit the shoes by
burning the hOOE


It is the rule of many shoers to
make only four 1ail-holes on each /
side of the shoe, whether it is
large or small one. Hence, if the
shoe is designed for a large foot,
there will be nails back of a point
half way between the toe -calks and
el-calks; whereas there should be
at least six nails on each side of the I
hoof As the proprietor is obliged |
to pay the bill for shoeing. he should |
assume the undoubted right to di-
rect how his horse should be shod. /


During the winter, if horses are
liable to calk each other, or to
wound their own feet with sharp
,alks, let the smith be directed to
make long and square calks, which
viii prevent slipping. and which will
lot wound the flesh so readily as a
harp calk. The toe-calks should be
made of steel. and be tempered SO
ard that file viii not take hold of
hem. Most blacksmiths profess to
Sc steel for toe-calks, when, in
ruth, they use a piece of soft iron,
Ihich will wear off almost as soon ,
S lead calks. If calks are made of
Ieel aid tempered as hard as a cold !
hisel, the calkss will continue ser ,
iceable three times longer than :
hen they are made of pieces of old 5
orse shoes or other IRON Indust, iaL
fonthly. :
Year: 1872

The Rural Home publishes a com
munication from f. p. Root, one oi


the best farmers of the country, OF


the subject of manures, in which he


makes the following statement, show


ing the superiority of raising and
plowing in heavy crops of manure


over system of negligence called


manuring IN the natural way: Two
adjoining fields, divided by a rail


fence, have been long under cultiva-


ton, and clover was often plowed in


as manure for succeeding wheat


crop. The fence was taken away,


and the whole, as one field, summer


fallowed and sown with wheat. The


strip where the fence had stood, and


where the grass had so long grown


and decayed on the surface, did not


produce nearly the crop which on


the other side where the clover had


been plowed under.


There were strong reasons for this


difference. The grass which grew
and decayed on the surface afforded
little else than vegetable mould.


This could not enrich the soil sever
al inches down, and did not possess
in itself the fertilizing character of
clover. The clover was plowed in,
and was ultimately mixed and diff
fused all through the soil, where the
roots of growing plants were to pen
citrate. The vegetable mould remain
ed only on the surface, and could
only anarata 40 a rnT,lob


We have heard such facts as this
cited in proof of the folly of the
practice of spreading yard manure
on the surface, and never blowing
IN. The truth is, this mode of man
uring would be of little use if it
were practicable on cultivated fields.
But fortunately, the very act of cul-
tivating works in the manure, and it
cannot. as matter of course, re-
main at the surface, which the plow
is throwing under. 1t is an excellent
practice to allow spread manure to
remain on the surface for time, es-
pecially through autumn and winter,
until the water of rains and melting
SHOWS difiuse the soluble parts in
timately with the earth. When this
is done, then is the time to plow
under this enriched top-stratum,
and it will be worth double the same
manure In Jumps, unmixed with the
soil.


Top-dressing without plowing un-
der the manure is an exception, be-
cause the fbrous character of the |
roots serve to carry down the ma
nure N solution, which could not 1
penetrate the compact layers of bare
'oil. But turning under the manure
S often of great benefit even on
yrass more especially on thin up
and. Surface manuring Oh such
and. although beneficial to certain
Iegie0, will not give it the power to
row heavy grass and withstand Sc
ere droughts. Men are apt to run
o extremes. and having discovered
be successful results of surface ap-
locations in certain cases, they may
AIRY the practice too far, and omit
le deep, thorough and intimate dii-
lsion of manure effected by solu-
on. by thorough plowing, and re-
eated narrowing. which can alone
lpply rich and mellow bed of ,
nth for the extension OF the roots .
the ciop-
NEW Orleans was never. freer from 4
Year: 1872

Ar THE recent banquet given by
the Liverpool Chamber of Com
merce to the Japanese Embassy the
ornamentation of the menu was SO
clever as to elicit from Iwakura the
remark that it was the most natur-
ally correct he had met since leaving
Japan. 1t consisted of a piece of
Japanese diaper, disposed diagonal
ly, after the fashion of the native ar
lists, above which were placed ir-
regularly the two crests of the Mi
kado, In gold, forming altogether
most pleasing and uncommon de-
sign.
Year: 1872

CAMPHoR-A lady, who was a de-
vout believer in the power of cam
phor, scattered the powdered gum
thickly over her capes and muffs,
and for two or three years tri-
umphantly wore them, through all
winter long the disagreeable odor
was retained in the fur. But this
was not all. Even the first year the
hair seemed to have lost a little of
its gloss and life, and by the third
year was too dull, old and worn
looking, no longer to be admired.
Taking them to fur-dresser for re-
novation, she was dismayed to hear
that the gum camphor had rendered
her furs valueless.


TESTS made at an experimental
farm in Pennsylvania proved that
the wounds heal most thoroughly
and quickly when trees are pruned
in June.
Year: 1872

Com STARCH CAkR.-One cup ei
pulverized sugar, half cup of butter
and stir until it looks like thick
cream one teaspoon soda dissolved
in half teacup Of sweet milk; beat
the whites of three eggs and put
them in with two teaspoonfuls o.
cream tartar mixed with a teacur
OF flour; stir and add half a teacur
of corn starch season and bake in s
moderately quick oven frost or not
just as you please.
Year: 1872

Ii Congress had employed as much
scientific skill in the arrangement of its
Reconstruction Policy" at the close,
as the War Department did in the be-
ginning of the war, in arranging for the
manufacture of what was called .Sferi-
dams Cdudlry Condition PoiUderS for
the use of the Cavalry h6fses, no doubt
the Union would have been restored
long ago.-EEchdRqe
Year: 1872

f Il


1t is the habit of few farmers. instead
Of sowing clover seed, to contents them-
selves with gathering up the cha6Ana dust
from the floors of their barns. This i .
slovenly and uncertain method. often
times attended with great loss; and from
this 1t is hard telling whether one is over
more weeds than grass. The consequence
is that he will have no crop of hay. from
his chaH sowing; hence he must either
plough his land again for the purpose Of
seeding it with grass, or let Il re useless
until the grass gradually gets in--either
of which practices will be attended with
inconvience and loss. am aware that
farmers, especially those in the northern
part of New Hampshire. will object, and
say if it does not produce crop the first
year, it will the second. But they should
remember that the loss of the first year II
considerable and not only this, but it il
losing the best crop that can be expected
from clover field, and the land win be.
come bound and weedy. alPa


The quantity of clover seed proper for
an acre of land is about ten pounds-some
say less. But as general thing our
farmers sow too little grass to the acre,
European farmers recommend sowing In
the spring, after the grass is up, and har-
rowing it in. One writer recommends
ploughing il in. which enables it to bear
the drought better, and makes it less lis
BILE to winter-kill. 1t is well known fact
that most of our fields s0wn to clover are
winter-killed the first year after sowing.
and at present it is most uncertain crop.
Clover being an early grass. many farm
ers are apt to let it stand too long before
cutting; hence much of its excellency is
lost. Last season there was very little
white clover, it being winter-killed; and
1t will take several seasons to get it back
into the fields and pastures. If the new
Alsike clover does as well as is promised,
it would be advisable for farmers to throw
aside the red clover and sow something
that will stand the rigor Of our northern
climate and grow on damp soils. Espe-
cially would we recommend it to farmers
who engage in bee culture, as it is said to
be equal to white clover. The fact Is. our
farmers must raise more grass or keep less
stock.-Concord Monitor.
Year: 1872

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. - A young
Chinaman attempted to hang himself last
Sunday morning. He took handker-
chief and piece of coarse hemp twine,
went into an out building on the premises
where he was employed, tied the hand
kerchief around his neck, fastened one
end of the twine to the handkerchief
then got on box, tied the other end of
the twine to ratter, and kicked over the
box. His employer happening that way,
discovered his situation and fastened to
cut him down. 1t would seem that the
would -be-suicide had been hanging long
enough to accomplish his purpose, but
the knot in the handkerchief slipping
under his chin took the pressure off of his
windpipe. When cut down, John fell
like log but soon became conscious.
When questioned why he had done this,
John said that he had buried all his mon
ey about fifteen dollars where he
couldn't find it, and he didn't want to live
without money. Johns experience of
hanging, as a cure for " the ills we have"
was not very satisfactory. Said he after
wards, | no more hang myself"
Year: 1872

Indigestion is not dangerous, say the
faculty. Perhaps not in itself, while it
remains mere Indigestion but look at
the consequence to which it may lead,
and often does lead when it becomes
chronic disease. A spark of fire is a
small thing. a pressure OF the foot Will
put it out a breath will extnguish it.
Yet it may fire powder mill, or klndle
a ilame that Will consume city. In like
manner indigestion may produce gastrl-
tis, cancer of the stomach, congestion of
the bowels, apopleXy, liver disease, and
many other dangerous malades. Is it
not wise, then, to check it"in the germ
Nothing is more clearly and indisputa-
bly, established than that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters will eradicate dyspepsia


in all its stages. The true policy, how
ever, is to extinguish it in the first stages
with this wholesome, powerful, and in
fallibe tonic and Alternative. 1t is easier
to quench a spark than flame, and it is
easier to cure dyspepsia when it is FIRST
developed, than when it has made head


way by neglect, and become complicated
with other ailments. There is not the
shadow ofa doubt that the bitters are as
directly antagonistic to dyspepsia as wa
ter is to fire. There are thousands of
cases on record proving this fact. The
remedy is safe and agreeable. All the
liquors of commerce prescribed as stimu-
lants leave a sting behind. But the sting
is taken out of the spurious basis of this
great remedy by vegetable medication,
and, moreover, the stimulant thus med
icated is of exceptionable purity. OF all
tonics taken as safeguards OF remedies
for fever and ague, bilious remittents,
and other epidemios, 1t Is the only one
that can uniformly be depended on.
Year: 1872

SPRING SHowERs.-Providence seems
to be very much on our side this season.
First, the miners were well provided with
water. Then came "A season of pleasant
weather, that we might plant and SOW.
This week, just in the nick of time for
vegetation of all kinds, we are favored
with nice growing shower-just the
thing to make the grass and garden sauce
"hump themselves"