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Year: 1872

He has just commenced to improve his
horses also.


He believes in taking the papers," and
his table is filled with useful reading, novels
being excluded, and after the toll of the day
is over, his family with the hired help find
something to make home attractive, and
there is no fear that his sons will want to
visit the club room" or lounge around the
groceries to pass away the time, as they are
taught to improve instead of killing time
The wife and children are made to feel that
they have an interest in the affairs ut home
and not feel that they are mere drudges to
minister to his comfort alone.


If farming in Vermont was all conducted
in this manner, we should hear less complaint
that there is no profit in farming, and our
young men would not all want to Ego West"
as soon as they can get away from these
green hills and most beautiful scenery on
earth. j. X. ID.
Year: 1872

A little elbow leans upon your knco,


Your tired knee, that has so much to beari
child's dear eyes are looking lovingly


From underneath q thatch Of tangled hair.
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch


Ofwarm, moist fingers, folding yours so tight i
You do not prize this blessing over-mucb,


You almost are too tired TO pray tonight.
But 1t is blessedness A year ago


did not sec 1t as 1 40 to-day
We are so dull and thankless; and too slow
To catch the sunshine till It slips away.
And now II seems surprising strange TO me,
That, while wore the badge Of motherhood,
! did not kiss more Oft and tenderly,


The little child that brought me only good.
And if some night whom you sit down 70 rest,
You miss this elbow from your tired knee;
This restless, curling head from of your breast,
This lisping tongue that chatters constantlyi
II from your own the dimpled hands had slipped
And ne'er would nestle In your palm againi
II the white feet into their grave had trpped,
could not blame you for your heart-ache ther
wonder so that mothers ever fret


At little children clinging to their gown;
Or that the footprints, when the days arc wet
Are ever black enough to make them frOwn.
If 1 could find little muddy boot,


Or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor
If / could kiss rosy, restless foot,


And hear its patter in my home once more,
If | could mend o broken cart to-day,


Tomorrow make a kite, to reach the sky
There is no woman in Gods world could say
She was more blissfully content than /.
But all the dainty pillow next my own


Is never rumpled by shining head -
My singing birdlng from its nest is flown


The little boy used to kiss is dead
Year: 1872

In response to general invitation a large
number Of the citizens Of Grafton assembled
at the residence Of Francis Daniels, ESQ, on
the evening Of Oct. oath, for the purpose Of
attending grape festival. Mr., Daniels had
previously given a similar entertainment to
the children and young people Of the town,
and this evening was designed more especial
ly for the older folks. The band was in at
tendance discoursing good music. All en-
joyed good social time, and each did full
justice to those Concords and Deawares,
and when at an early hour the crowd quietly
dispersed, each one doubtless hoped that the
generous host might raise seveuty-6ve bush
els of grapes yearly for many years to come


In this connection few thoughts suggest
themselves in regard to grape growing. Mr..
Daniels has shown by the experience Of sew
era years that grapes can be successfully
grown in this town. lie possesses no natur-
al advantage over his fellow townsmen as
regards soil and location. The secret Of his
success consists in faith in the thing, de-
termination to succeed, plenty of vines and
good culture and in view of the success of
the present year it may be safely affirmed
that every man in Grafton who owns n
garden may, if he chooses, raise a sufficient
amount of grapes for family use. As far as
the growing and training Of the vine is con-
cerned there Is no difficulty. The study of
some good treatise upon the subject, or a
little instruction from some one that knows,
with little practice, is all that is needed to
render any one competent to cultivate and
train the grape.


The only real obstacle is the danger Of
early autumn frosts, which will sometimes
destroy the fruit before it is well ripened,
but by due attention to the selection of vari-
cites, cultivating only those which are the
earliest, this danger may be almost entirely
obviated, and the grape rendered as sure as
any other crop of fruit. j. II. p.


Grafton, w., Oct. 20, 1872.
Year: 1872

Recently in our travels we have had occa-
sion to stop with Col. j. b. Mead, Of Rau-
dolph, and while there were more than ever
impressed with the idea that in order for
farming to be successful, ii must be Of the
progressive sort.


Col Mead was in the war, and Wiuu he
returned found his farm Of 20 acre, The
worse for wear" His first move was to
increase his capital stock ~nure-by put
ting his cattle in the barn every night sum
mer and winter, and keeping them well lit
tered with straw, leaves and loan to absorb
the urine, which he thinks is worth as much
as the solids if utilized. He determined to
keep his land light by .plowing often, and
have every piece richer when stocked down
than when powed. He plants but little,
and sows only as much ~ can be well ma
nured Where his grass was light he broke
it up just before or Immediately after haying
with a Holbrook plow, turning every inch
and following with roller to press the turf
down evenly. After this he spreads on a
light coat of manure, which has been made
during the summer. Where his grass was
light and he had not manure to dress it. he
ploWs in crop of Indian wheat. He then
stocks his ground about the last Of August
or first of September, sometimes with and
sometimes without grain, but usually with
winter wheat or rye, and never fails Of get
ting a large crop Of hay the next season.
BY this course be has more than doubled his
crop of hay within few years.


Two years ago, finding his barn too small
he built one 45x75, two stories high besides
basement, on a side hill, and has arranged il
with two floors one over the other, so when
his first story is filled he can drive over an
archway into the upper loft. The Col
thinks it would pay even on level land tC
build in this manner, as it saves so much
time in unloading and so much more room il
made under one roof


All the maunre is kept under cover, and
his method of applying is to spread on the
top and thoroughly mix and pulverize witt
tho soil, which gives the quickest returns il
crops. lie has lately added so more acres
making 200 in ell, to his farm.


He goes the "whole hog on swine ant
keeps them busy, and says it pays with porl
at three cents per pound, live weight.


His cattle are the full blood ShOrthorI
Durha ms, and the calves sell for from s5C
to $3.50 each He thinks no man can afor'
to keep inferior stock of any kind.


The sheep are Spanish mehnOs.
Year: 1872

Make pailful of whitewash of unslaked
lime and water, adding two ounces of cam
phor gum and one pint of alcohol and apply
to the stalls and surroundings. Rub the
throat and mouth with camphor once or
twice day. This recipe is said to have
been used in England with very good effect


W.
ST. JohnSJry, Nor. l.
Year: 1872

The wnter-time draws near,
The air Is cold and keen
The chestnut burrs are dropping, dropping
On grass no longer green.
The leaves have turned tO brown,
The skies have turned t o gray
And the fierce north wind IS flowing, blowing
The autumn days away
Upon the open hearth
The wOod-fre sings and scars,
The children are gayly rompins, rompng
In the cold air ont Of doors.
We open the camphor-trunk
And bring the mittens down,
And tie the muiIlers closely, closely
Over the curls ofbrown.
Up on the hillside now,
And down as fast again
That is the way-hurrah hurrah -
To meet Jack Frost and his men.
Now back they come with rush,
And stamping Of little feet,
And cheeks as red as the apples, apples
That make the autumn sweet.
These are the signs that show
Winter is creeping near;
Each day we think that surely, surely
The next will sec him here.
For when we awake some morn,
The world will bo white and still,
Then we will know for certain, certain
Winter has come with a will


Mary S. DOuJleda
Year: 1872

second application, and after that even a
third may be made A proper adjustment
should be given to the wearing surface Of the
hopf aud shoe, as failure sometimes results
from neglect Of this precaution. Should
lameness persist it may be advisable to pro-
coed TO the extreme measure of using the
hot iron for this, however, you would need
professional assistance.
Year: 1872

We give up the ladies' column this week
to collection Of verses interesting to moth
ers. Some are sad, some humorous, but all
will touch the chords of the maternal heart.


TIRED MOTHERS.
Year: 1872

AT two o'clock this morning, as we
were about going to press, the alarms
of fire WAS sounded upon our streets.
aud soon a brightness appeared In the
distance, an6 presently the sky was
Illuminated, and brillianey followed.
that left no room for doubt but that a
great fire was in progress, and appsr-
emily making rapid strides and grow
ing in lis proportions. a hurried trip
to the spot convinced us that the II. &
Nj. Railroad Freight House and its
Offices, located on Front street, were
ON the road 20 destruction by the de-
vouring element, and ere We could
reach the place nothing remained but
the freight shed. containing no freight
at the time. The flames had made
good the main building before the fire
engine arrived; il did not however,
make frnitless effort to subdue the
flames.


We are panied TO learn that George
Eberhart, a young man. employed as q
freight conductor on the b. Il NJ. road,
was in bed and asleep in the building
at the time the fire broke out, and was
seriously injured. No one knew of his
being in the burning building, until
the bystanders were startled by the
cry of "help, help when an effort was
made for his rescue, by breaking down
the door, and effecting an entrance
through fire and smoke, brought out
the suffering man. He was carried TO
the residence of q physician, where he
was properly cared for. We could not
learn the particulars as regard his in
iuries, but suffice it to say. the case il
bad enough.


LATER.-Sinoe writing the above
the body of man is seen lying among
the burning Goals. but nothing is knowr
rs to who he is AID the heat is SO in
tense that the body cannot be taker
out We will give further particular
in our next issue. - burlington Hack
eye, Nov. 18th.
Year: 1872

Among the red men now visiting the capital
to smoke the pipe Of peace. is a youthful Com
anche brave, who has attracted no little atten.
ton from tho bellies of Washington. The
other day, during visit Of several families to
the hotel where he is stopping, he saw pretty
young lady of about his own age, the daughter
ot one of the wealthiest men Of the city, and
fell so violently in love with her at first sight
that when the party lett the house he followed
her to her residence. For two or three days
subsequently he was observed hs ging around
the vicinity, occasionally catching glimpse Of
her; and. strange to say, the. young lady has
conceived un equally violent passion for him.
On Saturday last she went out riding with
hlm in the elegant barouche belonging to the
paternal mansion, and when those having
charge of her strictly forbade any further ex.
hibitions of such bad taste on her part, she
frankly declared her intention OF wedding the
Comanche


On the other side, the young Indian has been
freely supplied with money, and declares that he
will not return to the happy hunting grounds OF
the West unless the object Of his devotion
should go with him. OF course such a de-
ploratle state Of affairs has necessitated some
action on the part of the authorities. The
Commissioner of indian !Atiairs has therefore
been notified that the susceptible Comanche
must be- made 10 leave the city forthwith and
IA thousand dollar draft has been rendered him
by bro,her OF the misguided girl as a bonus
for his departure. Bu, the Cotnanche is in
corrigible. and steadily resists all oyertures
The delicate circumstances Of the case, and
their names being given publicity in the event
of denourmrni. have SO far worked upon the
relatives of the girl that she will be taken
hence 10 New York on the through train to-
night and Notwithstanding the laieness of the
season. will quietly take passage for Europe by
an early steamer. the distracted millionaire.
whose daughter she is perceivins no other way
10 cure her of her unhappy prediction.
Year: 1872

SMITH. when asked whether he had been
seriously injured by the explosion Of the boiler
of n steamer, replied. that che was so used to
being blown up by his wife that mere steamer
had no effect upon him.
Year: 1872

good terms, Is sufficient TO account for the
differences in our death-bed anxieties about
them. And yet we cannot but wonder if the
day viii not come when it viii occur to the
social and political equals Of Blegg Cake the
sheep roasters at Windsor for instance) that
his death is as important and solemn occur
renee as that Of any grandee or millionaire
in the kingdom. But Blegg drops out now,
leaving his stables, his harnesses and whips.
his horses and the grooming of them to other
hands, and there is not a ripple on what Is
called society. When the Prince walks
abroad and visits his stud and learns that his
faithful groom who attended him to the
gates Of death-to hold bis stud, as one
might say, while the prince dismountod-di
not come back and see how readily ms place is
filed, viii he reflect at all upon the little
loss that he himself would have been? lt
will be great pity if he does not read the
obituaries that were written On him. and go
learn what estimate the world had Of him
and OF his waste Of his great opportunities.
Some enterprising publisher might gather
up book of words about the Prince. "
which would instruct If it did not amuse him.
He could see therein why the world was
more anxious for his recovery than Blegg's 3;
not because one was necessarily better man
than the other. but because it was hoped
that if the prince got well he would be great
ly changed, that he would be touched by the
loyalty Of the kingdom, and resolve to devote
himself with some seriousness 70 the duties
of his station.-Since the prince cannot profit
by his own death, it Is to be hoped that he
will take to heart the lesson of Bleeg's
death
Year: 1872

Tina PMNCE AND his GR0oN.-Bleyg is dead.
BleEs was tie Princes groom and bad the
honor Of taking the typhoid fever at the same
time AID place that the prince did. The
prince RECEIVERS, but Blegg Is dead. While
the good loyalis.s at Windsor are roasting
sheep and cattle whole, in order TO gorge
themselves in their otherwise inexpressible
Joy at the eonyalescnce Of the Prince, Blegg
Is dying but il does not stop the barbecue.
And thereirom the Hartford COurant draws
these conclusions


Blegg might have died forty times under
other circumstances, and have attracted no
attention. So far from having the event
extensively cabled, it probably would not
have been telegraphed around the little king
dom which Wales and Blegg expected to
come in possession of. If the prince had
died. we should have had the most solemn
and eloduent sermons preached, and the most
impressive morals drawn from the dread oc-
currence. Probably very few ministers will
preach about Blegg or attempt to impress
The world with the sOlemnityof his depart
ure. And vet the arrival Of Albert or OF
Blegc in that unknown country would have
been events Of equal moment. The little
distinctions which we make would not have
gone thither. Of course these distinctions
are unavoidable and founded in reason. The
vast difference between the circumstances OF
these two men, who were on such personal
Year: 1872

Weigh one pound of f. esh eggs in
the shell, an equal weight of pulverz-
ed white sugar, half pound of fine
flour. Break the eggs and beat
separately tho yolks and whites. We
always, when practicable, have one
person to beat the yolks steadily the
same loDgth of time it takes another
person to beat the whites until they


stand up perfectly stiff and dry. Add
sugar gradually to the yolks, then mix
IN tho whites. Lastly, cream, gcntl y
in tho -four, and bo sure not to beat


at oil afterward, or you will certain.
ly spoil the cake. Crate in tho peel


of ono lemon, and add also its strained
juice moro if tho fruit is indifferent.


Lemon is incomparably to be prefer
red as the seasoning for sponge-cake,
but if they are not to be obtained,
substitute mace.
Year: 1872

Yes, pass it along, whether you bo .
lievc it or not that one.sided whis-
per against the character of virtu.
GUS female. You say you don't be-
lievo it, but you will use your influ-
ence to bear up the false report, and
pass it on the current. Strange crea.
lures are mankind How many
regulations are lost by surmise How
many hearts have bled by whisper +!
How many benevolent deeds are
chilled by TIE shrug of shoulder
How many individuals have been
shunned by a gentle mysterious hint
How many ohaste bosoms have been
wrung with grief by o single nod
How, many graves have beon dug by a
false report!


Yes, you will pass, tho slander
along you will keep it above the
water by wag of your tongue when
you mig ht sink it forever. Destroy
the passion for telling tale, We
pray. Lisp nota word that may in.
jure the character of another. Bo
determined to listen to no story that
is repeated to the injury of another,
and as far as you are concerned the
slander will die. But tell it once
and it may 60.
Year: 1872

All persons ought to be instructed
how to shut door. Few know how.
AS rule, tho door is shut by the wind
or it is pushed, slammed or tangod
shut, How delightful to the sensi.
two ear of nervous invalid Then
the heavy stop, like horse on q
bridge, which some people have
Another glides about the house sylph
like that it is, indeed, tho poetry ol
motion" What difference -
Reader, do try to learn how to shut
o door, and to move around in the
house especially in q eiok.room.
Year: 1872

The negro Kirk, who was convicted
in the Superior Court yesterday on
two indictments for burglary in th o
night time, was remarkably hard
oase. In his statement to tho iury
he didn't look for anything but a YER.
dict of guilty. He stated that he
was from Charleston, had been sent
to the penitentjary for the part he
took in the street car riots, but had
been pardoned by Governor SCOTT
after serving only four days of hin
term. - Chronicle and Sentinel.
Year: 1872

James Gordon Bennett, tho late
editor of the New York Herald, left
q largo bequest to his wife, but only
on condition that she remained a
widow. This condition will, it is said,
be set aside by the courts. It has
bsen judioially decided over and over
again that all conditions in restraint
of marriage are opposed to public
policy and are simply null and void.
Mrs. Bennett is much younger than
her late husband and may marry
again.
Year: 1872

A country merchant went to
Chicago Chi few days y ago to purchase q
bill Of goods. The last that was
heard Of him he was in his room,
surrounded by seventeen drummers,
who had orawled through the transom
while an energetic reporter was below
staira pumping tho clerk for the age
Of tho unfortunate man, and tho pro.
bable circumstances OF his fLmily.
Year: 1872

A boy returned from school one day
with a report that his scholarship had
fallen below the usual average. Well
said his father, you've fallen behind this
month, have you?


Yes, sir.


How did that happen?


Don't know, sir,


The father knew, II his son did not.
lie had observed number of cheap nov
els scattered about the house; but he had
not thought it worth his while to say any
thing until a fitting opportunity should
offer itself. A basket Of apples stood up
on the floor and he said:


Empty those apples and take the bask.
ct and bring it to me half full Of chips.


Suspecting nothing, the son obeyed.


And now, he continued, put those ap'
Piles back into the basket.


When half the apples were replaced
the son said:


Father, they roll off. | can't put in
any more.


Put them in, tell you.


But, father, ] can't put them in.


Put them in! No, of course you cant
put them in. DO You expect to fill 0
basket half full Of chips and then fill II
with apples? You said you didn't know
why you fell behind at school, and ! viii
tell you. Your mind is like that basket. II
will not hold more than so much. And
here you have been the past month, filling
il up with CHEAP DIRr-chcap aoceis!


The boy turned on his heel, and whis
tied, and said, Whew! | see the point.


Not a cheap novel has been seen in tht
house from that day TO this.
Year: 1872

Go straight and don't mind them. If
they get in your way, walk around them
regardless Of their spite A man who
has no enemies is seldom good for any
thing; he is made Of that kind Of materi-
al which is SO easily worked that every
one has hand in Il. A sterling charac-
ter is one who thinks for himself, and
speaks what be thinks; be is always sure
to have enemies. They are as necessary
to him as fresh air-tley keep him alive
and active. A celebrated character who
was surrounded by enemies used 10 re-
mark: They are sparks, which If YOU do
not blow will go out themselves. Live
down prejudice, was one Of Iron duke
notices.


Let this be your feeling while cndeay-
oring to live down the scandal of those
who are bitter against You II you stop
to dispute, you do as they desire, and
open the way for more abuse.


Let the poor fellow talk win be
u reaction II you but perform your duty
and hundreds who were once alienaicd
from YOU will flock 20 YOU aud acknowl'
edge their error.