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Year: 1875

lccting contributions further East Mean


while, the Beloit authorities got alarmed at


the unprecedented manner in which relief
was pouring into TINT region, which did not
need it, and meeting was called to repudiate


this committee and its operations; but, after
discussion Of the subject, they concluded to
hold their peace and let tho industrious trio
continue their work, as any official action on
their part, in view OF former proceedings,
would stulhfy themselves. Meanwhile, the
SUCCESS of committees like this one is induc-
ing other committees to take field. Men
who have lost nothing and have money in
bank 1=e obtaining relief, anda general spirit
Of cupidity md mendicancy is spreading over
the State. The point to be- impressed upon
the public is, that Kansas is abundnntly able
to taxa cure Of its sufferers without outside
aid, and this point We feel warranted IN assert
ing, upon good authority, Us up to this time
she has done little or nothing, because peo-
pie abroad have rushed en- masse to tho succor
OF starving (?) Kansas.
Year: 1875

The horrible circumstances which attended
the hanging Of the negroes JARVIS and JACK


soN, at Hampstead N. T., on Thursday last,


should bring down upon the heeds of the Of


fcials who had charge Of the execution the


severest censuro The revolving, cruel, and


bunenng nature Of. their work was lttlo less


than crime in itself. There was no doubt


that the two wretches committed the awful


crime for which they were executed, az they


confessed it. There is no doubt that


they richly deserved death for their


fearful offanse, and that the world


is well rid of them. But none Of


these facts mitigate the cruel manner in


which one OF them was tortured before his


death. While JACKSON was writhing in mis-


cry IN the air, the rope attached to JARVIS


broke and let him down upon his feet again


Tho clumsy authorities were three minutes in


fixing the rope, and even then we're unable to


fasten it, and SO slipped it over the beam;


and, after fastening it tight about bis neck,


pulled up tho poor wretch, hand over hand,


and held him there for twelve minutes, during


which time he was wEith;ng in his agony, with
his associate also struggling in :Ao air by bis
side. This sickening spectacle was witnessed
by crowds of people who had congregated to
see the hanging, Notwithstanding the exceeds
ingly cold weather, and even filed such q
crowd as that with horror.


Ag,inat such barbarous cruelty as this a
most solemn Protestshould be entered There
is little doubt Of the necessity Of hanging
murderess. It is the only compensation
which murderer can mako for taking the
life Of his victim. It is, the only adequate
protection which society has, and, without it,
human life becomes pitifully cheap, as has
been shown by the criminal statistics Of Iowa
during the past year or two, where capital
punishment has been abolished But capital
punishment to be effective should he sharp
quick, and mysterious. The murderer should
not be compelled to suffer tortures, nor be
put to death by degrees. He is deserving at
least Of the treatment accorded to the
beast who is put out of existence.
There is another duty which this hor-
rble display Of cruelty and suffering sug-
gests, namely, thst these executions should
be private and not public, Public e1ecu-
tions, especially when marked by circum-
stances Of tho character We have been describ-
ing only serve to harden the crowds who at
tond them, md, in the majority Of cases, st.
tach certain degree Of display and sonsa-
ton to the taking of Of the miserable wretch. !
The murderer must give his life for the Life
ha has taken in order to vindicate justice and
protect society, but he should giveit asquicAly
and secretly as he took the life Of his vic
tim. The public should be assured that his |
tifo has been forfeited, but beyond this the
public should know nothing Of the punish
ment. The only right the murdsrer may CHIN |
s that be be dispatched promptly and With |
put unnecessary suffering.
Year: 1875

Eggleston says of Gen. Lee in a
Rebels Recollections." II saw him
for the last time during the war at
Amelia Court House, in the midst of
the final retreat, aud | shall never
forget the heart-broken expression his
face wore, or the still sadder tones of
his voice as he gave me the Instructions
| had come to ask The army vas in
utter confusion. 1t was already evil
dent that We were being beaten back
upon James river, and could never
hope to reach the Roanoke, on which
stream alone there might be possibil-
ity of making a stand. Gen. Sheridan
was harrassiDg our broken columns at
every step, and destroying US piece
meal. Worse than all, Gen. Lee had
been deserted by the terrified govern
ment in the very moment of his
supreme need, and the food had been
snatched from the mouths of the
famished troops (as is more fully ex-
planned in another ehapter,) that the
fight of the president and his follow
ers might be hastened. The load put
thus upon Lees shoulders was very
heavy one for so conscientious a man
as he to bear; and knowing, as every
southerner does. his habit of taking
upon himself all blame for whatever
went awry, we cannot wonder that he
was sinking under the burden. His
face was still calm, as it always was,
but his carriage was no longer erect,
as his soldiers had been used to see it.
The troubles of those last days had
already ploughed great burrows in his
forehead. His eyes were red as if
with weeping; his cheeks sunken and
haggard; his face eolorless. No one
who looked upon him then as he stood
there, in full view of the disastrous
end, can ever forget the intense agony
written upon his features. And yet
he was calm, self possessed, and delib-
crate. Failure and the sufferings of
his men grieved him sorely, but they
could not daunt him, and his moral
greatness was never more manifest
than during those last terrible days.
Even in the final correspondence with
Gen. Grant, Lees manliness and cour-
age and ability to endure lie on the
surface, and it is not the least honor
able thing in Gen. Grants history that
he showed himself capable or appre-
ciating the character of this manly
foeman as he did when he returned
Lees surrendered sword with the re-
mark that he knew of DO one so worthy
as its owner to wear it. isa
Year: 1875

Whether produced by Indigestion. improper food
change ofwater or diet. too free indulgence in ice
water, exposure to sudden changes OF temperature
are Immediately relieved by IL. One ounce added
to gallon Of
Year: 1875

Tree from seriOus objections, yet palatable, even
inviting 70 the sensitive palate which will create
no morbid appe lite for itself, and operate as an as
sistant to digestion, as well as perform the finc
tions OF q stimulant. Such We confidently believe
IL to be found in
Year: 1875

1O7 7TH Av., BETWEEN 36TH AND 37TII STS.-A
to respectable excellent cook in small
private family will assist with the washing and ironing
best city reference from her last place Can be for two
Year: 1875

A YOUNG GIRL, WHO Is AT PRESENT COM
~ PEELED to earn her own living would like position in 2
quiet respectable family mind children make herself
generally useful Address for three days, Miss c. Herald
office.
Year: 1875

lN the general and unprecedented
degree Of attention which Is now be
ing drawn TO the subject of Improve
ments IN existing educational systems,
many novel and some very queer
Suggestions reach Us from various
quarters. Among the queerest is the
proposition to establish toy manutac
lures in connection with certain
grades of the common schools. The
idea is that the faculty of mechanical
invention will be developed and train.
ed most effectively by means of the
lively interest which children will
naturally take in this species of man.
utacture.
Year: 1875

RUNoRs.-Rumors have been again
put IN circulation to the import that
changes are soon to take place in
President Grants Cabinet. 1t is said
Chandler will succeed Jewell as Post
master General, and that Bristow is
TO give place to Senator West as Sec
reLary of the Treasury. J+welI and
Brlstow are both reliable officers. and
the country at large would regret
their retirement.
Year: 1875

The first atop toward the abolishment Of
the Board Of Police and Fire Commissioners
by tho Common Council, in tho face Of tho
unanimous opinion Of the Law Department
that such action cannot be legally performed,
was takon last night In the Introduction, BY
Aid. HunnE1u, Of al ordinance designed to
legis1ste tho Boasd ont of existence, and to
fill the placcs Of the present Commissioners
by creating the of1co Of City Marshal as tho
solo and supreme head Of ths Police Depart
ment, and Of Fire Marshal with equally IN
limited powers over the Fire Department.
Year: 1875

Advices of the crop prospects are now
more encouraging than at any time since
1sG5. More land is under cultivation,
and the people are working better than
Was ever known before. Cotton, wheat,
corn and fruit will be more than plenti-
ful
Year: 1875

The Argus, in its report Of the meeting Of
the board Of agriculture, mentions the fact
that the care of reporting the meetings
of the board for the press Of the state, was
committed to the agricultural editor of the
FARMER, and says 1t "of course looks towards
making that paper more especially than
before the official organ of the board"


Those who read the VERMONT FAAMER do
not need to be informed that it is not, and
will not be, the official organ Of any board
or individual except of those who make il,
and of the farmers for whom IL IL made.


The matter Of furnishing reports Of the
proceedings of all the meetings to all the
papers in the state, SO that all tho people
can have some benefit from the meetings and
an opportunity to judge for themselves
whether the work of the board of agricul-
ture is Of any value, was probably COM
mitted to Mr. Hubbard for the reason that he
originated aud introduced the measure aud
submitted plan by which it is likely to be
carried out with no expense to the state
beyond the cost Of reporting the papers and
discussions and the postage on slips to the
press Of the state.
Year: 1875

In the discussions at the New York state
fair. reported 10 the American Rural Home,
j. 7. Hawley Of Saline, stated new process
for preserving butter, and he also maintained
that salt does not preserve butter. His idea
was that salt cut the cheesy matter and
facilitated tho separation of the buttermilk,
and that when the butter was fully deprived
of these elements it preserved itself. Get
out all matters which tend to produce putre-
faction, and the butter becomes self-preserva-
tive. For that reason not putrefactive
element either before or during the process
of butter making should be allowed to enter
in or remain. He also upheld the idea Of
using strong saturated brine, in place of
pure salt. Briefly, his method was to intro
duce the brine at the point before the pelli-
cles of butter were gathered, repeating the
washes of it, until all the cheesy matter and
buttermilk had been separated and allowed
to run of, then finish the process of agita-
tion, until the butter is gathered. He had
compared the wasting with water and brine,
and after the cheesy matter and buttermilk
seemed to be cleared away by the former,
the introduction of the latter still demon
strated their presence, because the brine was
more detergent than water. The process
met with general approval.
Year: 1875

remained sweet tweuty.four hours longer
than 10 those not heated. The others were
similar trials Of nights milk, and in every
instance save one tho heated milk remained
sweet from twelve to twenty EIGHT hours
longer than that unheated and in that case
the milk was heated only to 120 degrees,
and this seemed insufficient TO kill the fungus
germs. We have heated milk to 100 do
grees without any apparent injury; and We
think It highly probable that 160 degrees
would have produced different result with
the vat Of milk at Elgin. This matter Of
heating milk requires further careful expert.
ment to determine the exact degree required
to kill the fungus germs under a variety Of
circumstances. We not only found heating
to preserve the milk from decay, but the
cream from same depth Of milk was uniformly
much thicker and solder than on that un-
heated. We have practiced heating milk 10
130 degrees during the winter season for
many years. In this case it was done to
facilitate the rising Of the cream, and also to
give deeper color TO the butter. We have
long regarded heating as an important means
Of neutraliSing taints, of postponing souring,
and causing more perfect separation Of the
cream from the casein; and to this we have
ascribed the better keeping qualities Of the
butter, besides FIVE to ten per cent gain in
yield Of butter. Some writers have treated
this heating of milk as a new theory and
practice, while it is old, has been practiced
for more than century in England, and in
this country as long as we can remember, in
many dairies. 1t is only Of late that its
exact operation has been studied. What we
want to know is its effect under a variety Of
circumstances and every careful experiment
tried should be regarded as 4 step in the
advancement of knowledge.
Year: 1875

Scientific enquiry and research are bring
ing valuable results to the fund of knowl-
edge available to farmers, and the obliga-
tion of farmers to scientific men can be ac-
knowledged in the best and most gratifying
way by making intelligent use of the fruits
Of their labor. At the same time it canuot
be advised to give an unquestioning accept
ance to everything offered in the name of
science for that would sometimes place us in
the position Of the professor Of certain
agricultural college, who, having more zeal
than sound judgment, was gqlled by some
smart seniors with the story that certain
river contained fish with heads on each end !!
giving plausible, scientific reason for the
double headers, which they had evolved
from the inmost recesses Of their demonia.
Oal imaginations. The enthusiastic dupe
swallowed the bait and repeated the hash to
his class next day.


The teachings of science are sometimes
interpreted by men suffering from a short
supply Of common sense.
Year: 1875

In the care of a we'll fed dairy it has been
found necessary to doctor some cows for
hoven or bloating, caused by eating largely
of succulent green clover. The remedy that
is sure every time is composed of one table,
spoonful of cayenne pepper, three tablespoon
fuls ginger, half pint Of molasses and n
quart of water. These Ingredients shaken
together and poured down the cows throat
have speedily relieved the most desperate
cases. Several instances were told to me Of
animals as badly of as others that died,
in which after receiving the dose they soon
regaincd their appetite, usual condition and
flow of milk. This is the remedy used here
for ailments of different kinds that affect the
general health Of horses, such ms colds, collie,
loss Of appetite and fever.-Erchangs.


I'VE have never used the above remedy.
1t is probably good can do no harm. Char
coal is useful. Soft soap Zone pint) and milk
Zone quartz is usually effectual. So is salt
fat pork sometimcs.l
Year: 1875

The following from the Springfield Re-
publican, on the newspaper, is, with the
slight variations we have made, applicable
to the agricultural paper


What is an agricultural paper for? Ger
tainly not to relieve people from the
trouble of thinking and acting for them
selves. The proper business of an agri.
cultural paper, as we understand the
matter, is to suggest to point out; to ex-
hort with all long-suffering and patience to
critcise when things go wrong to applaud
when they go right to be at all times
helpful, educating, stimulating-a terror to
evil-doers and praise to them that do well.
All the while, and above everything else. to
print the agricultural news and to do this
in such an intelligent and Ineligible way
that the narrative Of to.day's events shall
illuminate the duties Of tomorrow.
Year: 1875

a superior lot Of COWS will increase the butter
product; but If fed to an inferior lot Of COWS,
waste can only be the result.


9. That the character Of the food has
some influence on tho character of the but
ter, but even here breed influences more than
food.


7. That there is no constant relation
between the butter product and the cheese
product.


8. That the casein retains a constant per.
centage, and that this percentage does not
appear to respond TO increased food.


8. That the casein appears to remain con-
slant, without regard to the season.


10. That increase in the quantity Of milk
is followed by an increase 10 the total amount
Of casein.


IL. That insufficient feed acts directly TO
check the proportion Of butter, and has a
tendency to decrease the casein Of the milk
and substitute albumen.


12. That the best practice Of feeding is TO
regulate the character Of the food by the
character Of the animals fed feeding supe-
rior COWS nearer to the limit Of their produc-
ton than inferior COWS; feeding, if for
butter, more concentrated aud nutritious
foods than for cheese feeding for cheese
product succulent material which will in-
crease the quantity of the milk yield.


The propositions contained 10 the first six,
and the 10th, 1llh and 18th of the above
rules, coincide with the suggestions of the
experience of most dairymen of ordinary
good sense aud perception who regard the
matter of increasing the product per COW as
not beneath their consideration. They are
simply common sense rules, enunciated in
the chaste, artistic phraseOlOgy peculiar to
DR. Sturtevant.


But if insufficient feed "has tendency to
decrease the casein Of the milk and substi-
tute albumon," as we doubt not it has, then
it would appear that the casein has not ia
constant percentage" as stated in the eighth.
Year: 1875

The Vermont Board of Agriculture will
hold meeting at Canaan, December 7th
and 9Th, in which the New Hampshire
board will join. On the 9th the members of
the Vermont board will participate in the
meeting Of the New Hampshire board at
North Stratford This interchange of courte-
sizes will be productive of good as well as of
pleasant memories.


The members of the Vermont board have
no authority to act for, or at the expense of
the state, at meeting out of the state, and
will attend the North Stratford meeting at
their own expense.
Year: 1875

DR. Il. s. Sturtevant recently made to the
Connecticut Board of, Agriculture report
on the above subject, in which he gives q
summary Of his conclusions as follows;


l. That the production of butter is largely
dependent on the breed.


2. That there is a structural limit to the
production Of butter to each COW.


3. That when the COW is fed TO this limit,
increased food cannot increase the product,


4. That the superior COW has this struc-
tural limit at greater distance from ordi-
nary feed, and more ready to respond to
stimuli, than the inferior COW.


3. That consequently the superior COW is
seldom fed to her limit, while the inferior
COW may be easily fed beyond her limit, and
as q practical conclusion, increased feed With
Year: 1875

fright up to the handle," be is looked upon
as lunatic or fool. Drainage of lands
already in sight is thought waste Of money
the idea Of fishing up those out Of sight under
fourteen feet Of salt water is too costly TO be
thought Of. But "those Dutch" will do the
thing and make money thereby.
Year: 1875

The Live Stock Journal says inventors
have given up the attempt to perfect self
binder with wire, because the wire cannot
afterward be separated from the straw, and
is likely to be swallowed by the stock. We
notice, however, from the reports of the New
York state fair that Walter A. Wood exhib-
tied his self.biDdpr which uses wire.
Year: 1875

1t is not an easy matter to save all the ma.
nure from pigs. have allowed for loss
of seven per cent on many farms, presume,
a loss Of seventy per cent would be nearer
the truth. The food of cows and sheep con-


tains large proportion Of woody fiber. This
is voided in the faces. But the food of
pigs contains very little woody fiber nearly
the whole of the food is digested, and conse-
queDtly We get small amount of solid
faces and very large proportion Of liquid
manure. Now, pound Of nitrogen in the
urine is worth more than u pound of nitro
gen in the crude, undigested matter found in
the faces. And this is true to still greater
extent in regard to phosphoric acid. Pro-
fessor johnson estimates soluble phosphoric
acid at sixteen and quarter cents per pound,
and insoluble acid at six cents. The nitro.
gen and phosphOric acid in the manure from
pigs, therefore, is usually worth much more
than that in the manure Of cattle, sheep and
horses. 1t is worth, probably, about as
much as that found in hen manure. In the
hen manure, however, it is an easy matter
to prevent loss, but in pig manure there is
so much water that it Is necessary to take
special pains to prevent its running to waste.
The urine of pigs will be found very active
and powerful manure,-Cor Western Rural,
Year: 1875

Hedges SO popular az fences a few years
ago, are found to cost more than post and
board fence 1t costs more to keep them in
repair, and they occupy much land and are
not thought so desirable as formerly.
Year: 1875

According to the Esquimaux, the seal
constructs its abode beneath the surface
of the ice in such manner that il can en-
ter it from the waters below. Here the
young seal passes its infancy, and when
the returning heat Of summer has destroy
cd its igloo or dwelling, the young seal is
old enough to take care OF itself; but this
mode of lodging its youth beneath the
ice is we'll known to the bear, who, with
its keen scent, soon detects the where
abouts of the SEALS nursery, and in order
to gain entrance makes a spring and
comes down heavily on the top Of the
iglco, crushes it in, and Immediately
seizes the young seal with its paw Here
it might be supposed the hungry bear at
once devours its prey; but it is tar to
wary to do so; it knows full we'll that
where baby is, there mnst of necessity
be mother, and that she will be in search
of her darling; therefore, the bear scrapes
the snow away from the seals hole, and
holding the the young seal by the tlippers
allows it to founder about. and when the
mother approaches, the bear slyly draws
the young seal towards it until the old
one is within reach, when he seizes> her
with the other paw, and thus captures
both.
Year: 1875

4 New Hampshire paper has this ac-
count of terrible suffering: Five years
ago last Writer George Malelam, a lad of
a dozen years, living in the north part of
Woolboro, went to Water village one even
Ing to skate with some boys Of that village


He got into the wafer and then walked
hbmc-a distance Of nearly two miles
his clothes freezing on him. His folks
were abcd on his arrival home and he slip
ped*9ff his wet clothes and in this wet and
chilled condition went to bed At first he
did not feel the affects of it, but after Il
short time he experienced slight lame
ness, and after while his joints began to
dislocatc and COZ ntinued until nearly: every
joint in his body was dislocatcd--his