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Year: 1875

EDITOR VERMONT FARMER ii take the
liberty to ask you for information. have
back lot from which a heavy growth of
hare wood timber was cut and burned into
coal many years ago. find in the old pit
bottoms a large amount of coal dust and fine
coal. l would like to know if that can be
used to advantage as a fertilizer upon the
farm and how is tho best way to use itP


Starksboro, Oct. IL, 1875. LEI.


charcoal is an impure form of that won.
derful substance, carbon, which enters largely
into the composition Of both animal and veg
table matter. 10 combination with hydro.
gen it forms carbohydrates or fat and heat
forming elements in food. 1t would seem to
be a simple thing to apply it to the soil in
such way that it can be utilized as ferti.
lizer. And yet we cannot give any certain
directions for doing it. Carbon in some of
its forms, as in the diamond, is exceedingly
indestructible; and it is we'll known that
charcoal is very effective in preserving meat
aud other substances from decomposition.
II fine coal and coal dust from a coal pit be
applied to land, we are not certain but it
would remain in just the state in which it
was applied. If composted with manure,
the query arises would it not tend to retard
its decomposition, and so injure its value.
Carbon has the capacity of absorbing seventy
times its bulk of ammOnial gases, and is
used with efficacy as an Antisceptic for pre-
serving meat and other substances and as a
remedy for bloat in animals.


The most certain way that occurs to us
for the utilization Of charcoal dust aud fine
charcoal is to feed it to poultry.


II any reader Of the FARMER whose knoWl.
edge Of chemistry is greater than our own,
or who has had practical experience in the
use Of charcoal as q fertilizer, can give any
information, our columns are at his service
Perhaps Professor Collier can throw light on
the question.
Year: 1875

The subject of pruning fruit trees is one
which practically receives too little attention
from the farmers of Vermont. Orchards are
allowed to grow with little or no care until


the trees become tangle of useless sprouts
and dead limbs. Such orchards of course
fail to be profitable. The owner knows that
something ought to be DONE but is not sure
as to the best time to do it, and with the ex.
pectatiOn OF getting light upon the subjeCtl
he OOnsults such writer's as he may have ac-
cess to, or the NEST experienced fruit grow
ers Of his acquaintance, aud In reply is di.
rected by the first to prune when his saw
and knife are sharp, never when they are
dull. The next tells him that there are
fiity-twO days in the year when pruning
should not be done, viz the afty.two Sun.
days, each giving good advice as far as it
goes. One advises to prune in March, an.
other in June, another In November, until
every month in the year has been recon.


mended as the very best time to prune fruit
trees meanwhile the orchard has been al
lowed to remain untOuOhed season after sea.
season, till at last concluding that apy
time were better than no time, be seiSes his
ak and hand-saw and goes to work. If apy
such chance to read this article, let them
commence Immediately, for the result Of
Year: 1875

The prospects, for the winter, in this part
OF ChamPlain valley are aattering enough
for all reasonable purposes. 1t has been,
thus far, an unusually dry season. and short
pastures have been the rAls but hay crop
Of excellent quality, secured without
being wet, and an abundant yield Of small
grains, eOnduoes to q general good feelisp
among farmers. lo H 1r4


The potato crop is short, especially Early
Rose, as the dry weather held them back
too long for a good yield late varieties
promise well unless cut off by frOsts. Buck.
wheat cannot be counted on and, in fact,
there is no crop more uncertain. II set
well, but the weather was out Of key in
some way, and fields with splendid growth
OF straw show but Few plump kernels. It i.
more uncertain than spring wheat, and that
Is giving 1t pretty bad recommend, in my
estimation. The apple crop is nothing to


boast OF. The last cold storm in the spring
did the mischief orchards that were ex.
Year: 1875

The only reliable test Of the value of fers
tilizers, is in practical use. One trial is not
sufficient to establish their character, or to
determine how they will act under different
circumstances and in other conditions.
Year: 1875

As one Of the results of the late
boat race at Saratoga, clergyman
there is said to have petitioncd in
his prayer last Sunday for his peo-
pie, that they might glide STEALTH
" down the lake OF ease, end turn
lug well the stake boat of life,
come IN ahead at the finish, and
carry of the great prize OF a place
ID heaven,
Year: 1875

When playful lad is sliding
down a sand bank with u heart full
Of careless joy and u pair Of sum.
mer panlaloons, nothing moro
quickly turns the current OF his
thought than TO slide on brier.
Year: 1875

A vcrdant young man from the
rural district had his pocket picked
this morning Of about six mil.
lion dollars. AS he is a poor man,
the police made great efforts to re-
cover his money, and finally sue
cecded in arresting the offender
Most of the money was recovered,
and the rascal sentenced to con
gress for eight days.
Year: 1875

Taken in full doses on retiring for the night, il
will be found TO exert the most powerful influence
on the organs of circulation and perspiration. Per
spration flows from every part of the body, glow
o! heat extends from head to foot every muscle and
hore is relaxed, and in state of the most crafty
ing repose, while pain, soreness of the bones and
muscles disappear, ard the poor sufferer, in state
of mind at once composed and happy, sinks into a
refreshing sleep, lasting until morning, from which
he awakens new man. A mild dose before break.
fa.t and another before going out for the day, will
nreyeni his taking more cold.
Year: 1875

o Night, look down through cloud and star


Upon our fret and pain
Bid all the dreams that day denies


Bloom into faith again
In tender shades OF shadow come
And take earth's weary children home
Sweet teacher, wiser than the schools,


Thy speechless lessons bring;
The rebel soul, the aching heart,


The will like broken wing,
Make ready for stiller night,
And for dearer morning light
Year: 1875

How HE LOST HIS HAT. A cit
izen of Burlington, Iowa, is in mise.
ry about his hat. The other day
he hung it on hook inst back of
the closet door which opens back
against the hook. His wife had
occasion to rummage around in the
closet after he hung up his hat.
AS often as she pushed that door
back, just so often would it fly shut.
leaving her alone with the darkness.
Vexed at last with the persistent
contrariness of the thing, she threw
her weight against it, and was re.
warded by seeing the door go clear
back and remain back, just as she
wanted it. But when the husband,
a day or two later, went to that
hook for his hat, what sight it
was, to be sure. Flatter than a
drink of ice water on Christmas
morning, more wrinkles in it than
in a was hdoard, and as far removed
from any hope of future usefulness
as a KeOkuk bank. His wife bot
hat rack the next day, and
now when he goes into the house
she meets him in the hall, and
points out to him the folly of going
up two flights of stairs and hanging
his hat behind door in the attic.
Year: 1875

About 10 o'clock in the morning an alarm was
given from box las for fire discovered in an un-
occupied brick house, No. 1913 street. The fire,
which originated under the stairway, was evil
IDENTIFY the work of an incendiary, but fortunately
the flames were extinguished before any damage
was dene.


Shortly after l o'clock an alarm was so Inded
from box SIS by the janitor of the Wallach school
huildinE. which pIoYed TO be false.
Year: 1875

A painful accident occurredsyesterday in the
job printing department Of the NATIONAL Re-
PUBLICAN building, by which lad named Archi-
bald Alexander narrowly escaped losing his
arm. He was engaged in cleaning cylinder
press, when leaning over to work In the interior
of the press he accidentally moved the shifter
which CONTROLS the belt, and set the press In
motion. His arm was drawn under the cylinder
and terribly lacerated. Fortunately his position
was almost instantly discovered and the press
stopped. The flesh and snews of the arm were
torn in o frightful manner, but the bones were
not fI3ctured. He was conveyed to Entwisle's
drug store, where Drs. Hsgner and Triplett per-
formed the painful operation Of gathering to-
gether the torn flesh and sinews, which was borne
manfully by the young sufferer. He was after
wards carried to his home. Although the In
ger at the present tlme Of his losing the arm.
Year: 1875

few are aware that it is this same element in the
system that gives us strength and vigor, and that
jnsuff1cency of it causes weakness and debility


The Peruvian Syrup, o protoxIde of iron, is pre-
pared expressly to supply this ytalizing element.
Year: 1875

FOR Inc cecil wing.


A Democratic Road Supervisor.


AS an illustration of one of the small
leaks by which the county's money has
been wasted in time past, and is still oozing
out, we will give you an illustration Of one
who operates-well, you can supply the
place to suit. Under the old system he
had full gang of poor hands, (old men or
boys, horse and cart, and frequently a
plow team, for which he charged the coun-
ty, adding for his own time, and neither he
nor the team were employed large part
of the day.


Under the new programme he gets over
moro road with half the force, patching it
so it will pass the Inspector, and he gets
his pay, but very rarely adding any perma-
nent improvement, SO that the roads are in
a fair way of being worse next season than
ever, and all the money wasted. 1t is
not because he is Democrat that he is SO
thoroughly incompetent to be entrusted
with spending the county's money, but if
he had not have been we doubt if he would
have been permitted to continue in charge
of large share of the roads of district,
(taking those unsold at the Commissioners
bid), by our present economical Board. If
these men can allow 500 or more to be
thus wasted by one man, (who has no per-
sonal interests in the roads, in one district,
what may we expect if the slow and easy
men whom they have nominated for their
successors are entrusted with our pocket
books? We know nothing personally
against them, but if their past is to be
taken as criterion for their future course,
We may look for many fat jobs to be pass
ed under their unsuspecting eyes, for clerks
to make out all sorts Of bills, &C., and we
know that one, at least, of their nominees
will never trouble his equanimity to look
after the fraud, and would probably, un-
aided, never be able to discover it if he
did. Surely no man that is incompetent
to do his own business properly is fit to be
the custodian of the county's trusts. A
word to tho wise is sufficient.
Year: 1875

We have large number Of campaign
subscribers on our list, whose term as
campaign readers will close with the
next issue of THE WING During this
short season of acquaintance we have
endeavored to make THE WHIG both
pleasant and profitable, and hope we
have been 50 far successful as to cause
our numerous readers to feel real loss
in the absence of the weekly Saturday
visits of the paper.


As an inducement for any, and we
trust all, to continue their subscriptions,
we offer THE WING from the first week
in November to the end of the year
1876 to leach and every" of our cam
paign subscribers, for $500 in advance,
which will be giving them the paper IA
months for the subscription price Of one
year.


After the next issue the paper will
be more devoted to literary matters
general and local news, and our Farm
Department will always be filled with
articles full of interesting and useful
information to the farmer, whose bust
ness is the great and overshadowing
interest of Cecil county. Subscribers
who propose availing themselves of this
offer should send in their names, accom-
panied by the subscription price for the
next IA months, 5000, by the middle
of the first week in November, in order
to insure continuance of their paper
without interruption. Our issue of the
9Th of November will contain the Off
cial returns of the county and the un-
official returns from most of the States
in the Union which hold elections on
that day.
Year: 1875




At a Temperance mass meeting held at
Woodlawn, on the Goth of August last,
resolution was passed upon motion of DIR.
Mackall, directing the President and Secre-
tary of the meeting to request the candi-
dates for office to have printed on all the
tickets to be used at the approaching cleo
ton, the words "For Local Option" in
order to give the voters of the county an
opportunity to express their sentiments on
that subject-those favoring a Local Option
law voting the ticket with those words on;
those opposing such a law voting ticket
with those words torn off-the supposition
being that the persons elected to the Legis-
lature would respect the sentiment of the
people so expressed and act accordingly.


In accordance with said resolution, let
ters making this request were sent to all
the legislative candidates. Written replies
were received from Mr.. John H. Bunting
and Mr.. John r. Bond. The former stat
ing that he was in favor of complying with
the request, as he considered it due to the
people that they should be heard on this or
any other subject, the latter stating that he
was willing to do whatever all the other
candidates would agree to. A verbal reply
was received from Mr. Albert Constable to
the effect that he thought the candidates
had no control of the matter, but that it
should be referred to the Executive Com
mittees of the political parties. No other
replies were received.


A meeting of the Executive Committee
of the County Temperance Alliance was
held at Elkton on the 18th inst, at which
it was resolved to refer this matter to the
Executive Committees of the two parties,
as suggested by Mr.. Constable and others,
and they were requested to take the neces-
sary action to have the tickets so printed
as to give the voters an opportunity to
express their views on the subject of Local
Option at the election. Meetings Of the
Executive Committees of the two parties
were called and held on the 10Th inst,
when it was determined by the Democratic
Committee that they would not permit
their tickets to be printed in the manner
indicated.


This, of course, put an end to the plan
proposed by DR.. Mackall, as, unless the
question was submitted to all the voters of
both parties, no fair expression of the will
of the people could be obtained.


The aforegoing is plain statement of
this effort of the people to be heard on
question, by large portion of them thought
to be of vital Importance, and will enable
all to see exactly by whom the gag is
applied


The question before the Committees was
not whether Local Option law should or
should not be passed, but whether or not
the wishes of the people should be heard.
1t is for the voters to say whether they
shall have an opportunity of informing
their representatives of their wants or
shall quietly submit to have their mouths
closed and this inalienable right denied
them. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COUNTY


TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE.
Year: 1875

Complete in 12 monthly parts, at $l each reproducing the best full page illustrations from the earlier volumes of the Aldine.

 Each monthly part will contain six superb plates with accompanying descriptive matter, and whether for binding or framing, will be entirely beyond competition in price or artis- tic character. Every impression will be most carefully taken on the finest toned paper, and no pains will be spared to make this the richest production of a press which has won in marvellous short time, world wide reputation.
Year: 1875

Especially assorted for Scrap Book Illustrations and Drawing Class Copies.

 A large collection of pictures of different sizes and on almost every conceivable subject have been put up in an attractive envelope and are now offered at price intended to make them popular in ever sense.

 Envelope No. l, containing 50 beautiful engravings, is now ready, and will be sent postage paid, to any address for ONE DOLLAR. A lib- eral discount to agents and teachers.
Year: 1875

TO THE PUBICNo popular gained such excellent in the spac the ARON PIANO. Each it's increased three times already have found enlarge The PIANO has led others to offer to the public cheap Piano bearing

 similar order that med chasing fthe thinking they obtaining with call to the following fact, namey:

 All the Pianos manufacture have the following cast in
Year: 1875

A WOMAN mas recently been detected


in England who has been driving cab,
in the guise of man, for the past ten
years. She was born, it seems, at Taun-


ton, Somerset, where her father was land


agent to nobleman. She had great
liking for handling the ribbons, and


learned to drive horses while very young.
When little more than fourteen years OF


age she was married to an army surgeon
by the name of Honeywell, and her
name, as married woman, is Margaret
HONEYWELL. The two lived SO unhappily
together that at length she ran away
from home and went to London. She
there met with woman who had former
ly been farm-servant to her father ana
who had married cabman, and, from
what she heard in regard to the CAD
driving business, she resolved to earn an
independent living in that branch OF IN
dustry. By wearing her hair short, ana
by iudicious use Of clothings she man
aged to present the appearance OF a
short. stout man. Her face being OF a
Year: 1875

THERE is hardly city in the United
States which does not contain more peo-
ple than can get fair, honest Hvlng, Dy
labor or trade, in the best Tunes. Wneh
times of business depression come, Ike
those through which we have passed
and are passing, there is a large class
that must be helped to keep them from
cruel suffering. Still the cities gfoW'
while whole regions of the country
especially its older portions-are de-
populated year by year. Yet the TACT Is
patent to-day that the only prosperous
class is the agricultural. We have now
the anomaly of thrifty farmers and stary-
Year: 1875

The physical strength and hardness
Of the English has long been subject
for the admiration and wonder Of their
French and American visitors. These
are due to the system pursued by Eng
lish parents to their children almost
from the hour of their birth. Instead Of
the French bon-bons, French dresses,
late hours and other abominations which
make American children, especially
girls, puny, nervous and sickly at ten or
twelve years of age, English children
have built up, before arriving at that age
a. fund Of vitality which lasts them
through life. They rise at half-past
seven all the year round. They are
carefully bathed and rubbed, and by half
past eight are hungry for breakfast,
which consists Of dish Of oatmeal or
hominy and bowl of milk or of Epps


cocoa, with q little stale bread crumbled
in it. Instead Of the oatmeal or hominy
they may occasionally have perfectly
fresh oftboiled egg mixed with stale
crumble1 bread. After breakfast they
pay their mamma an hours visit, and
then 60 for an hours walk. On their re-
turn they play in the day nursery until
twelve, and are then put to bed for an
hour and half. Between halfpast one
and two they have dinner. This meal
Year: 1875

work of comparing and setting to time
the mean solar standard clock. The
omission Of one current in each minute
is unimportant as concerns the regulated
chronometer and clock, but not so as re-
CARDS the chronometor which is driven by
the current To accommodate the chre-
nometer to this state of things, its sec
onds wheel is cut with ffty-nine teeth
only, and its seconds circle on the dial
correspondingly divided into fifty nine
equal parts. The resting of the hand
during one second, which takes place at
a particular division of the dial, conse-
quent on the loss Of one current in each
minute, is therefore compensated for by
this construction of the seconds wheel
aud engraved dial plate"
Year: 1875

should consist mainly of strong beef or
mutton broth, wholly free from grease,
and mixed with half its bulk Of boiled
rice or barley. 1t must be cooked espe-
eially for the children, and the cook must
be made to understand that children's s
meals should be prepared with even
more care than even grown peoples.
For dessert they may eat little stewed
fruit or rice pudding. At three clock
they take their afternoon walk, remain
ing out, unless in the bitterest weather,
until FIVE. Then they have what is called
afternoon tea-bread and blackberry
jam and sweetened boiled milk. The
next thing is good hearty romp in the
nursery, in which the whole family takes
part, until about half-past six. At seven
they are put to bed. This regimen, pur-
sued with slight variations until they are
seven years old, produces the results in
mature years which travellers admire.
Year: 1875

In France the track is of turf and
about eighty feet wide between the fences
in front of the stands, but away from the
front the course is marked out by the
grass being cut short and signal pests at
various points. AS distance is marked
by meters instead of miles and fractions
of miles, as in America, none of the
courses are just mile around, as in
America, yet the horses start at various
points, as they do in fractional races on
mile tracks in the United States, which
is a much better plan than running in a
straight line as they do on the various
courses at Newmarket in England. The
horses run to the left in France, keeping
the field on the right hand side all the
way, instead of to the left, as in Amer
lea. Horses appear to run better on
turf than on dirt tracks, and there is no
doubt but that American horses would
make much better time by running on
turf.
Year: 1875

THE WHITE HousE. This fine
establishment melted down before
the big fire, but the proprietors
still live and still claim the lead in
the clothing business, To prove
that they are still alive and mean to
maintain their former enviable
reputation as clothiers, Messrs.
Cohn 4 Isaaes have now bigger
and better stock than ever. and are
daily supplying customers at their
new location, 13S South q street,
Their large assortment OF Winter
clothing and gents under and dress
wear is the best ever brought to the
CITY. Come in and see US
Year: 1875

On Saturday evening last William
COggins, young man living in the
10Th district of this county, aged about
Is years, in company with "a younger
brother, were out squirrel hunting,
and as they sauntered along, were dis
cussing the suicide of Edgeman, the
young man who shot himself last
week, when William got to speculat-
ing as to whether or not man could
or would shoot himself, and from
speculation he went to experimenting.
Placing the muzzle of the gun under
his chin, with his foot he felt around
the trigger, and soon demonstrated
how easy man could shoot himself.
The ball entered the head, and it is
presumed penetrated to the brain, as
he fell dead instantly. Standing by,
witnessing the experiment the
younger brother, after seeing its fatal
results, posted Off for assistance. The
body remained in the position it had
fallen until jury of inquest was held.
Kingston East IenneSSeedn.