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"BY W. W. PRESCQ'JT,
MONTPELIER, VT., WED&ESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1883.
VOL. 78.-3977. NO. 13.
3D. IE3 COLE
DKALKlt 1N
Wi'fi, Groceiles il Piiif!
WATERBURY, VERMONT.
I invito tho attention of tlio pcople of "Waterbury aiul vicinity to
my new aiul complctc stock of goods, wluch I slinll
sell at prices that will wnrrant satisfnction.
Shelf Hardware of All Kinds!
Oiic und two-man Great Anlericnn Cross-cut Saws and other
Saws of cvery deseription, Lightning Ilay Knives, Snusngd
Gutters, Stccl Shovdls, Snow Shovcls, Stakc Chnins, Cattlo Tiesj
, and all lrinds of Tools uscd in this locality.
TIN;WARE AND BRITANNIA-WARE!
kocp Toiulnntly on hnnd Tm-whro nnd Hiitnnnitt-vwire of
tlio best quality; Toilet Scts, Chiidrcn's Trnys, AVaitere, Fruit
Dislics, Tea and Coll'ce Pots, Tea Kettles, Pails, Pans, ctc, etc.
Paper Hangings and Curtain Fixtures !
My stock of Paper IJangings, Curtains and Curtain Fixtnrcs,
in cvery shadc and stylc, is coinplctc. Tlicsc goods arc from
New York manufacturcrs, and comprise all dcsirablu patterns.
FLOUR &d FEEDI
Plour in barrcls and in sacks, Patent Plour, St. Louis Flour
(Roller Procesa), and Micbigan Flour. I tsliall sell Flour and
Feed at tho lowest possiblc figuro. Thosc buying Grain will
find it to their advantagc to call at niy store.
GROCERIES andPROVISIONS!
Colorcd and Uncolored Japan Teas, Hlack, Oolong, Young
Ilyson and Green Teas, Finest Jniported Java Coll'ec, and puro
Spices. You will lind that my stock compriscs all goods in this
line. Finest PROVIDENCE RIVER OYSTERS eonstantly on
hand. All goods guaranteed. Keniember that tlie placu is at
D. 15. OOtJE',
Storo Opposito Jifinlf, "Waterbury, Vermont.
TO THE TBAflE7ffHDLESALETR RETAIL!
ARMS & HAINES, WATERBURY, VT.,
have iiov in store and to arrivc soon
One Tlxonsaiicl 33nsliels Corn,
thirty tons Middlings, forty-five tons Bran, ten tons Cotton Seed
Meal, Corn Meal and Provender, in lots to suit, which they oiler
at lowest possihle prices for cash or ruady pay. We also ofl'er
1000 BARRELLGHOICE FLOUR
including Minnesota Patonts, ilno St. Louis Pastrys, Plant's Ex
tra and othcr brands, Union Stcam Calla Lily, St. Julian, etc,
also the celebrated Kollcr Flours niade by Sidney Brown of'Og
dcnsburg, and tho bcbt brands of Michigan. Also in stock Oat
Meal, Graham, Buckwheat, Rye Meal, by the barrcl or less quan
tity. AVe also carry a large stock of
SALT, NAILS, PLASTER and PHOSPHATE
Kerosenc Oil, Molasscs, Fish and othcr Ileavy Groeeries at city
prices with addition of frcight. Our stock of Fancy Groeeries,
Teas, Tobaccos, Cigars, Canned Goods, Purc Spices, Coll'ees of
of all kinds, Soaps, Starch and other goods is lull and completc,
and we will offcr special inducemcnts to merehaiits in this vicin
ity who buy close and oftcn to buy of ns. AVc kcep all kinds of
Foreign Fruits and. Nuts!
including Lemons and Orangcs, Kaisins of all kinds, Figs, Cur
rants, Prunes, etc. Fine Flavoring Extracts, and a great variety
of Fancy and Staple Groeeries at lowest prices. Agents for
ThB GbIbMI Diamond Grown. Buckeye and LoiilWs Fine Cut
and Lorillard's, Lcggett & Myer's Star, McAlpin's, Forees,
Wright's, B. & L., and other styles of Plug Tobaccos, all of which
we can sell at lnanufacturers' prices to the trade.
Wooden Ware, Lamp Chimneys, Baskets
Mops, Brooms, Cordage, Paper Bags, at wholesale or retail.
Gloves and Mittens a specialty. Onc hundrcd dozen best make
Axes and handlcs, Shovcls, Iloes, ctc, ctc, comprising a large
stock of goods, which we will sell at prices which oughtto satisly
the closest buyer. Orders by mail will be promptly filled at low
est markct ratcs. Patronage solicited.
ARMS IIAIIVES,
PARK ROW, WATERBURY, VT.
Woolsons' Gard.
Aftcr a vcry successful soa
son we still find quito a stock
of Suitings and Remnants on
hand, which wc are anxious
to dispose of bcforo getting
in our Spring Goods for 1883.
We purposekeeping our lielp
at work during tho dull scu
son, and sucli goods as arenot
disposed of by order will be
mado up in our best inanner
and sold at a great reduction
on former prices. Any one
wishing to get a goocl gur
ment for a little inonoy will
do well to avidl hiniself of
this raro opportunity.
Woolson IJnos.
Dccember 20, 1882.
NATT. B. GOVE
CJONTUAUTOlt, ItUILMKH AND JOltitKll
In Woo-l. Rtone, or Itrlck HulMIiigsi Ittidgen, l'ieri or
ApproAcliea, rock quarri'lwtandfomiattlloDipuHn, CU
Uirui and cellan , of wood, brtck or toue.
HtortWi ofHcwi and oouotlng rooini Dttod up.
PUln, tUlr ralUftDd newrtu, PUnB, eitltnaUs, wrlQc.
tlouB aod nmWrUl furDlihwl, Hole nittDUfiH-lurr of th
MATCIILKHS UONCUSMION UIIUItN.
pLAINriKLU, VEHMONT.
nr"l)ulldlQgl laovttdftatlholiitAl, 70-70.
7
BARR0WS & PEGK
Invlte the attention of the jmbllc
Ui their large
li
Tatlor and Cook ttovet for woud or ooal and
Ranges ol all Standard Kinds.
They also nell tlie Jliilchlewi and llniidiilpli
PLOWSI
And ulvitiilxrl Slctl Ilitibid
"W'ire Fi'jict).
PU11E MIXE1) PA1NTS !
mnde from jmre leai aud ull, A
Keneral tUxk oi
Slie 1 !i I-I ardware
U nmctAiitly kept on hand, Ijtre iitotk
nnd low ;rlceH.
BARR0WS 4 PECK,
BOUTII MAIS STItEKT UONTI'KMEH, VT
$66
a wHk lo yonr own town. Tirnn aod 1 omflt free.
Addrwe u, HallitT A Oo orU.cd, Ualne,
tt
SIIKS
Jfrt (tverUfiemcntr,.
POWDER
Absolutely Pmre.
Thli Dowilrr new vnrlei. A mrvl of rarltr. ntmiBth
nd wtioleftoiumewi. 'or conotnl(Bl UinnvUn orrttnary
ktndi, fta-1 qftnot Iw Kld In competttlon vlth He multltnd
KOTA Ii .'OWllfcK CUMl'AMr,
6 and 7 Per Cerit
ANNUALLY.
Oood rirnt MortKRKfl Notf. bartni( above rnte of ln
terMtt iaytble wmt-annnally and ell oernml, rao be
oliUlnexl at Montwllpr, Vt., throHgh V, ,J, OMCAKON,
AiPnt of TIIK AMKIilCAN MOItfOADK. AND 1NV4.MT
MKNT COMl'AN Y of lionton. MajWHfbiiaalU.
NATURE'S REMEDY.V
Prostrated from Weakness.
IliLTIMOttE. Md.. Jllllfl A. ISi1.
Mr.ll. It, Sttxeni.
Drar mir I can tfMlfy to Ihe eool tff'ts of yoar medi
ixnt, Tor Feveral ymrn I Bllllcted wlth n Fevere oough
and ttpsknenn, and nax rfectly pronlrated lut afier
taklntr Uirra tMjttlf of your Vboktini, made from the
very reHi'ecirniiy,
MltS. M. K, 8TKEET,
61 Ollmore ntreet.
Vetrctlno Is Sold hy All DruggMs.
IS A SURE CURE
for all dlsoases of the Kldneys nnd
LIVER
Xt haa ipeclflo actlon on thla rnost Itnportant
org&a, cnabUng it to tbrow oH torpidity and
Inaotlon, BtlmulaUnjr the healthy aocretion of
tho Dilo, and by ketpinjE tho bowcla in frea
oondltlon, effoctlng lta refrular diflcharee.
UI nlrlln If you are ufTcrlne from
IVlCllCII ICIb mUrla.havo th chllls.
flroblllouB.dyBpc-pUc.orconfltJpatcd.Kidney
wort wni luroiy reuevo ana qtucJtiy curo.
In tho Spring tooleanBetheSyitcm, overy
one ahould taka a thoroueh ooureo of iU
11- SOLD DY DRUCCISTS. PrlceSI.
$6.00
Boston Journal,
THIRTY-SIX OOLUMNS.
2 CENTSPElt COJPY.
FIFTIETH VOLUME, 1883.
Tte Jlotoa Journl Is rediiceilio prlce from to S twr
aauum. Hlntfle coplra two cenu. No chADKO ln Mze
quatlty or general foaturoa, which bave made H tlie popular
t amily ewpaper oi New Lngland.
huj H vi juur lucai nowi Bgeoi, or reimi lor any
twrtlon of a yearat the rata of ifi ner anouui oontaKo In-
cluded.
PearliNE
GREAT IN VENTION
F0U WASHI17Q AND CLEAUSIlia
In hard or aoft water(AVITHOUT SOA1', and
wllhout danger lo the flneat fabrlo.
SATKS TIMI3 and I-AltOIt AMAZXNOLT,
and is rapldly coming into Kenorat use. Sold by all
Grocent hut beware of vlle counterfelta. Its
gruat succen bricgs out dangorom liulta
tloDB, but I'EARLINK t the only aafe article.
Alwayibeari ihe nune of Jamei rjle, NowTork,
SDFFER
no longer fromDyspcp
sla, Inciigcstion,wnnt of
AppetitGjlossofStrength
lack of Enorgy, Mnlaria,
Intormittont Fevers, Ac.
DROWN'S IRON BIT
TERS novor falls to curo
all those diseases.
Boston, November s6, 1881.
BHOUN ClllMICAL CO,
Gentlemen: ror yean I have
bten a great iufTcrer from Dytpepsla,
and could gtt no relief (liaving trled
ver)thlntf wlach was recomiiiend
ed) until, artmc on ihe advlce of a
fnend, who hau becn Lentfitted by
Urown's Iron Hittbbs, I irlcd a
bottle, wlth most lurprinng retults,
Trcvlous to taklng IIkoun's Ikon
liin bhs, everything 1 ate diitrened
me, and I sufTered greatly from a
burnitig scnsalion ln the stomach,
which wa unbearable, blnce iak
ing IIroun'iIhon UirriRs, all my
Iroubles are at an end. Can eal any
tlme wlthout any diiagrreble rc
tults. 1 am practically another
ycrson. Mrs. W J, Fiynh,
3oMavcrick St , i., lloston.
BHOWN'S IRON DIT
TERS acts liko a charm
on tho digostlvo organs,
romovlng all dyspeptic
symptoms, such as tast
Ing tho food, Delchlng,
Hcat ln tho Stomach,
Heartburn( etc. Tho
only Iron Preparatlon
thnt will not blackon tho
tceth or givo hcadacho,
Sold by U DruogUte,
Brown Chomical Co.
Baltimore, Md,
Sce that all Iron lUttcrs are made by
iirown Chemlcal Co , Itahtmore, aud
have crossed rcd linei and ttadc
nuik oa wrappr.
DEWAflG OF 1MITATIONS.
I tho Im kt 1'ni.ill vlfa.lt.
tlllir Itla lilit rvpr itivmtfil. kmt . itutr&f
ktoalnulllU lli;i:i..iaTfllconiiilrt.ln2D
luliiutra. Itnlll tldu kult a smhi varlay vt limy.
wurk fur wlilcti ttier. U .InnTH .rp.'lr market. Hcntl
fr(lrnil.ruilU'nu.ti)tti. 'I'lvntnlily Knlttlliir
01 Atili I nr C'u ti 1C3 'J rautuul htrbt t. Jtvktuu, U am.
tR 4ft 40n 5" IT.t bomfc tUmplM worth II frwe.
lij 10 ldlreo. BIUI0 Cu fortUiul, U.lnr! 1
T. II. IIOSKIN8, Aitrlrultnrnl Kdllor.
TIIK C1IILUK1CM XV K KKK1'.
The chlldrea kfpt cotnlng, one by one,
Tlil the boyn were flre and the girla were thtee,
And the Mg brown houne wm allre wlth f nn
From the banempnt floor to tlie oM roof trw
Llke ftarden flowen tho little one grewi
Nartared nnd tralned wlth the tenderMt baref
Warmed by love'i ennihlne( bathed In tu dew,
They bloomej Into beanty, llke toaofi tare.
Bnt one bf tbe boyl Krew weary one Aaj,
And leanlnii bln bead on bte mother'i breat, fc
tle sald " I am tlred and cannot play
Let me tlt whlle on yonr knee and rat.
Slie cradled hlm cloie ln her fond embrace,
Bbe hnohed hlm to ileep wlth ber sweeU?t ong,
A nd raptnroue love lUll llghted hls face
When hli nplrlt had Jolned the henrenly throng.
Tben tlie eldent glrl. wllh ber thoughlf ul eyee
Who fttood " wbere the brook and th rlver meet,"
Btola aoftly away Into rnradise
Ere " the rlrer' had reftthed br nlender fwU
Wbile the father'a eyea on tbe graree arabent,
Tbe mothrr looked tipward beyond the iklM
" Onr treanre," she whbpored, " were only lent,
Our dArllngi were angelt ln earth'a dlgnle.M
The ycan flew by, and the chlldren rgn
With longtng to thlnk of the world oifldt
And as each, In bln turn, bccamea man,
Tbe boye proudly went from the f attiet'e Mile,
The glrln were wotnen to grolle and fair.
That lorert were pm1y to woo and wln J
And. wllh orange bloflnoms In braldeddialr,
Tbe old horae wna lef t, new bomen bgln. ;
So, one by one, tbe chlldren hare gone
The boyi were flre and the glrlA were Ihreef
Ad the blg bron n honne ln glooiny and lone,
With but t-vo old fulk for 1U Cuinjiany.
They talk to eacli other about the past,
As they nlt togethr at eventlde,
And nay " All the chlldren we kwp at laot
Are the boy and glrl who tn chlldbood dled."
Dld Ilr, oMHdn't IIc I
Tlie Brattleboro Phanix prints this para
graph at tho hoad of Its agrlcultural depatt
ment :
The Nattonal GranKe. at it. recont Bes.ion beld
at IndiADPpoIlit, pax.ea resolutloDH condemnlav
CommtaloDer Lorlnft for siipire.nliiK tfae re
port ot a commlttee of eiuinent cheml.tA in re
lation to tbe InTentigation of Dr. Peter Colllcr.
cliemlBt of the departmcnt of aj;rlculturet on ttie
capabilitiea ot porchum as n .ugar produclne
plant. The reHointloas a.k for the imraedlate
publlcation of tbe complete report. fur the aid of
farmersin a new Indostry ".trangely neglected
by an ofllcer who bas appatently for many montha
been unmindful of a publlc duty."
This cliargs was brought agalnst the com
mlssioncT by a large number oi newspapers
before being thua noticed by the Nattonal
Orange, and we have iu these columns stated
It, od such good authority, as a lact. llut
in the last Maine Farmer we find the follow
ing:
Dr. Lorlnc;, comroi..ioner of agrlcalture, in hi.
report jugt publlshed, says that the report of the
commlttee of the Natlonal academy ot dclence on
sorchutn culture and the work of the department
of agriculture, was withdrawn by the commlttee
after it wns presented, bnt bas slnce been returned
and will be Uaued in a Tolume by luelf. tle says
it ls a valuable report, giviDg a history of cane
sugar productlon in this country, and compara
tlreTalae of thedlfferent varletles of sorghum
for sugar prodnction.
Now, while wo regard Dr. Loring as hav-
ing greatly abusedthe trust confided iu him,
as commlssioner, iu regard to the sorghum
business, we do not mean to do him the
elightest injustlce, and if ho is really not
guilty of suppressiug that report we are glad
to know it, and to make it known. But
there is eomething not quite clear about it
yet, and we hope to have the matter more
f ully explained.
Hoir He Dld IU
The Trovidence (Khode Island) Prm is
publlshing some very severe critlcisms upon
Commissioner Loring's conduct in regard to
the sorghum experiments, and makes the
following statement as to the alleged with
drawal of the national academy commlttee's
report, which was put forward by the com
missioner as his ezcuse for not printing it
"From the day of Dr. Loring's appoint
mont," Bays tho Prtt " he has tbrown
every obstacle which hls ingenulty could
invent and hls jealous meanneBs conceive to
binder the success of experiments under
way and to preyent the making of new ones.
Ile asked the National Academy of Science
to investigate and report upon the experl.
ments of Dr. Collior, with the evident hope
and expectation that the report would be
unfarorable; aud when it was receivcd he
denounced it as ' a defense of my chemist.'
Then he set about trjing to suppress it, and
by cajolery and misrepresentation at last
succeeded in havlng it withdrawn and in
ducing Benator Windom not to insist upon
hls resolutton directing that a copy be sent
to the senate. Now that the report of the
academy has been sent ln again, without
the oxpunging of a single materlal word or
statement which it at first coutalned, and
and with a stronger endorseraent than be
fore of Dr. Colller's methods and conclu
sions, Loring has been compelled by public
sentlment to allow an abstract of it to
reach the public, accompanied by a tardy
proraise that the whole shall be publlshed.
In this he bowed to necessity, for he was
made aware of the fact that the national
academy would insist on the publicatlon ;
but even now the commissioner, unable to
reaist hls tendency to misrepresentation, has
procured the publlcation of an untrue state
ment in the Boston Journal, to the effect
that the original report was ' suppressed '
by the national academy until it could be
carefully rerised and its mlsstatements
corrected"
" Doctorcd" Mcrluos.
The Augusta (Maine) llome Farm has
the following: " It is no secret that ln Ver.
mont and some other Btatea where Merlno
sheep are bred, breeders and those who deal
in thera resort to a inethod of ' doctoring '
them for the market, which, to say the least,
is disreputable and unjust. If the rams
and ewes sold are thoroughbred sheep of
undoubted purity, there may not be no much
crime ln 'doctoring' them for aale as in
caae of grade or inferior bred sheep ; be-
canse it is generally allowable to iit ehow aa
imals for exhibition, and to trim, fit or
prepare anlmals for sale. A sleek, well-fed,
clean auimal will sell better than a rough
and scuryy one; and deceptlon may be
practiced upon the buyer by Buch a course.
llut where a grade auimal of auy class U
sold for a thoroughbred, or an inferior one
so ' trlmmed' as to cover up Its defects, such
transfer is not a mere trlck of the trade
it becomes a crime, and should be a puoish'
able oileuco. Untold injury is done to a
good cause, and gross injustlce practiced
upon iunoceut aud uususpectlng persous by
Buch a course. The sooner it ls showu up
and farmers put on their guard agalnst irre
sponsible Jockeys in such stock, the true
cause of breeding will be serred the ;uore
readily thereby,"
Hocdlnir to (irass.
O. W. Davls of Waterbury Center, Vt.,
In a note to the Farmer, glyes his process of
seedlug to grass, whlcb our readera will
recognlze as the Bame aa that frequently
adrised in these columns, Mr. Sliaw says :
" My soil is a llglit loaiu, I plow in the
f all. In the spring, aa soon as I can work
the soll, I haul my raanure and spread on
from fitteen to twenty loadi to the acre, and
then ruu a throe-tooth cullrator as rauch
as I can across the furrow. I tben let it
stand one or two days for the ground to dry,
and then it is ready for the liarrow. I eow
three pecks of grass eeed and eight pouuda
of dover seed to the acre, and I have never
falled to get a good crop of hay the same
se&sou. Tlie hay I got tlila year was worth
more to me than any grain I could have
ralsod on the same land, and my stock was
not half killed ont by lodged grain, so I
have a good healthy stock for next year. I
know of some that hare plowed In the ma
nure to stock down who have had to plow
np the manure and stock over to get the
beneflt of their manure. Some stock in fal,
but they often lose all the clover. I have
the bost luck stocklng ln spring. I thlnk
that many farmers tn'lglit double their hay
crop if they would manage this way ln
stocklng their land. I know of many farm
ers that will manure their land well and
then plant it. The next year they sow it to
some kind of grain, and stock it ; they have
cropped so much that it leavea the ground In
a poor condltlon to hold out long, and they
wonder why their grass crop don't hold out
better. My reason for working my manure
on the surf ace of the soll Is that the grass
roots will get a more vlgorous start, and it
lasts longer. When manure is plowed ln,
it will take the grasa a long tlme to start
and the dry and hot weather will dry It up
so that will hurt it for a crop the first year ;
and a great many roots will never reach the
manure, so will not produce as good a root
as it will when worked in with the manure."
Vlck's lllnstratcd Monthly.
In the enforcedcontractionof oar agrlcul
tural department during the legislatlve ses
slon, one ot the thlngs that has been neg
lectod ls to notice the receipt, from the
publlshers, of a eet of four very beautlfully
bound volumes of the above magazine.
Kvery gardener In Amerlca knew and es
tecmed Jamea Vick ; thousands, indeed,
loved hlm like a personal friend j and hardly
the murdered Garfield was more heartlly
mourned ln the homes of the people than
was this noble and generoua hortlculturist,
whose work, In these volumes, we have re
ceived and read wlth sincerest pleasure.
The business of the lamented Vick is still
continued by his sons, under the old name
of " Jaraes Vick," and not only the Annual
Guide, but also the Monthly Magazine, is
maintalned in full vlgor, and under the
ablest editorship. Those who have the last
report of our Board of Agriculture will see
there, as a frontisplece, one of the lovely
colored plates that monthly adom Vick's
Magazine, which, in addition, is f ully illns
trated ln every department by fine wood-
cnts. The price is $1.50 a year, or in clnbs
of five, only $1.00. Address James Vick,
Rochester, N. Y.
Fccdlng Cotton Seed Jlcal.
A correspondent of the Journal of Agricul
ture says : " After long experience, I find
the safest ration to be one quart cottonseed
meal, one quart of corn meal and one of
bran, given twlce a day, for a cow ln full
milk, The effect of cottonseed meal on the
butter is to harden it, to give it a good
texture, and a fine nutty llavor. I must
advise all .to pay great attention to their
cows, wbile on this meal ; they ehould never
have it withln two months of calving, or
within ten daya afterwards, and it should
be given in small quantitles at first, grad-
ually increasing until the amlmal gets used
to It. The best plan is to inlx one ton of
corn meal, one ton of bran, and one ton of
cottonseed meal, on a floor, and then your
men will not be able to use too much of the
last material, as they are very apt to do if
they get a chance ; seeing how much good a
small quantity does, they are naturally in
clined to try doubling it."
Farm Sotci.
The Seckel is said to be the only pear
that succeeds well when grafted upon the
apple.
The new fertilizer laweeems togive good
satisfaction all around. You did a good
job, Brother Tinkham.
Tiiky do say that the new corporation
tax law waa a " put up job," got through
by Ilooker Crook, as it were.
" Skkmed sort of odd not to see the old
Dairymen's Association ringmousing around
the stato bouse," said a member to us, after
session was over.
It is said that not a slugle member of the
Board of Agriculture asked to be, and yet
all were, re appointed. Seem 's if we'd got a
civll-service-reform sort of a governor.
Somk of those who took an actlve part in
the Montreal forestry congress have a prac
tical knowledge of tree planting. Hon. M.
Joly has set out ten thousand black walnut
trees.
Is the Dairymen's Association now going
to be run on the plan of the old lady who
was ashamed or afraid to cry " f resh greensV"
A little more publicity would not hurt your
case, brethren.
The Orange county (New York) Farmer
says : " A silo on the Arnot farm at Elmlra
which was filled with fresh cut grasa has
been opened and found in splendid condl
tlon. Tho cattle fed with it look sleek and
do well, while the butter mado from their
milk is like that made from pasturage in
summer."
A ruouiNK.VT medical authority says:
" It is my belief that tea inllicta almost as
much injury on the female sex as alcohol
does on the male." We have ourself known
of genuinedellrlum tremena being produced
by excesive tea-drinking ; while tea tastera
in the tea-market often suffer from severe
nervous affectlous, euding in paralysis.
The eastern farmer, with reason, com
plaina that the railway monopolista should
transport the farm produce of bia western
competitor one thousand miles at a less ratu
than the former pays on a oue hundred mile
haul. It is slmply a bounty offered by the
rallroads on migratlon from the old Btates to
the new. This is neither justtce norequity.
A 8TOKY ls related of a farmer who took
the palns to read the numberloss conditions
prlnted ln fine type on hls fire-insurance
policy. After reading it carefully he re
marked : " As near as I can make out no
contingency can arise under which I am to
get any money." " Well," responded the
agent blandly, " if there is, it is an over
sight." Most any editor would be satisfied when
his paper had beeu generally reeognized by
press and people as the best of its olass iu
the world. llut Mr. Carmau of the liural
New YorUr is no such man. He is bound
to be so much ahead that no agrlcultural
paper in all the planetary spheres can pos
sibly equal his. And it seems to us that he
is about there now.
The loss of liquld manure ls one of the
most serious that a good farmer can Bustaiu.
It may not, aud usually does not, pay to ap
ply it iu liquld form, but the liquld excre
ment of horsea especially should be saved
by abaorbents. Fine cut Btraw is best, and
If this is used as feed what is rejected may
be afterwarila put to good Bervice ln the
stable as au absorbent." So says the llos
ton Cultivator, llut experience running
over several yeara with a number of farmers
in Orleans county, Vermont, shows that it
pays far better to apply llquid manure di
rectly to the land than to try lo save it by
absorbents. And a still wider experience
provea that chopped straw is one of the very
poorest of absorbents, instead of the best.
TIIK LAST MKKTINO III' roOAIIONTAg
ANI TIIK (IHKAT CAITAIN.
(A. I). 1B1B.)
In a Utlf h.U .t nrrnitroM,
When Ui EngllRh Jnne tu grem,
S.t tlt. Indl.n prlnrn... .ummonM
Tti.thr Er.rM mlght b. la,
For th. rnmor of ti.r toautr
Fllled lh e.r of ronrt kail qoeon.
Ttir. for Budlonra m .h.w.ltod,
Wltli half-KOrnfnt, Ml.nt lr,
All nndAiilfld bf th. .plenilor,
niMmlnn rouftil h.r .Trrwhere,
Itleht In broMprM Iiom .oil donblet,
C.m. a conrtler down th. .ulr.
A. wlth itrldlng ntp h. hMt1,
llurdened wlth th. qnen. oomtn.nd,
Load h. crled. In tonn th.t tlogled,
" VrttcomtiistUomtiomylanil"
llut . tremor lelzed th. prlnce..,
And Bh.drooppd apon her hnd.
" Wh.tl no word, my 1'ocliontA.T
Mn.t I com. on tndpd kne7
1 wera .Uln wlthln th. forent,
I were dend befond th. .e,
On th. liAnk. of wlld P.nmnker
I hHd lerlnhed, Itit for (Are.
" Ah. t keep a heArt rlght loy.1,
Tli.t n never mor. forget.
I can he.r th. ruib, the breathlngl
I can eee the eyetld. wet
I can feel the .nddeu ttgbtenlng
Of thlne arm. about me ret.
" Say, look up. Thy f Ather'. daugbter
Never fearvd the tAr ot man,
Shrank not from th. forent dArknea. '
When her doe-llke footetep. ran
T my cabln, brlnglng tldlng.
Of thecrartof rowbatan."
Wlth eztended artnfl, entreatlng,
Stood the italwart captaln there.
While Ihe courtlera prer-a around her,
And the pAAMng page. itare;
llut no .Ign gav. rocabontAP,
Uuderneath her vell of bAlr.
All her llths and wltlowy ogure
Qnlvered likean aepen lcaf,
And .he crouched aa If ih. .hrlvelled,
Froet-touched br lom .udden grlef,
Tnrnlng only on her huaband, Holfe,
One glance, .harp, neArchlng, brlef.
At the captAln. hanuhty geeture
ltack the curlou. courtler. fell,
And w 1th .ofteet word and ar-rent
Ile beeought that .he would tell
Wliy .h. turned awny, nor greeted hlm
Wboin .he liAd rved .0 well.
Itut for two long houra th. prlncr..
Dumbly .At and bowed her head,
Moveleee ai the itatne near her.
When at la.t .he epake ehe .Aldt
" White man. tongue 1. fAlee.
It told me told me thAt my tratl vat dtad.
" And I lay upon my deer-lkln.
All one moon of falllng leave.
(Who would care f or .ong or com dance
When the volce wlthln her grlevea T)
Looklng we.tw.rd wbere the noola go,
Up the path tbe .un.et weavee.
" Call m.'cbtld' now. Hlnover,
On my hu.band'. arm I lean.
Never Bhadow, Xentinoota,
Our twalrt hearU nhall come betaecn.
Take my hand, and let UR follow
Tbe great captaln to hl. qupen."
llarptr'l Mtgatintfor January.
For the Vermont Watchman.
Chrlslinns l'aklies.
I URS. .. B. CKAHAU CL.tK.
" 'Put a thought beneath their rags.'
There, my dear, isn't that a thought ? " and
Mlss Serina Skilllngs laid down the paper
she had been reading, and, removing her
spectacles, looked through her weak blue
eyea at Miss Jemlma Skilllngs who sat op
posite to her at the table knltting indus
triously. " Isn't that a thought ? Don't tell me,
Jemlmy, that yon can't bear Mrs. Browning
after that, because I won't believe you. The
dear heart I ' Put a thought beneath their
rags and tears actually blindod the faded
eyes.
" Ilum I a patch 'd be more aervlceable or
some whole clothes, it seems to me. The
lesa thought that's nnder rags the more
comfort for the wearer, I say. Anyway
wouldn't want to think much if I had to be
a ragbag," answered Miss Jemlma vigor
ously cllcking her needles.
"No, Jemlmy, no more you wouldn't.
Think of you being a ragbag I " replied the
sister meekly. " But that was a thought of
yours, Jemlmy, a very smart thought, and
perhaps Mrs. Browning meant that when
she wrote that llne. Like as not the ' thought '
helps to get rid of the ' rags,' and " but
timid Miss Serina did not finish her sen
tence. Instead she took up the towel she
was hemming before the paper came, and
sewed steadily without saying a word.
They were twin sisters, these two, spin
sters of age unknown, the only things ln the
busy little town which seerned to stand still.
For yeara the same gentle face, framed in
ita sbort gray curls, had smiled out from
that same front window at the chlldren
going to school. For years the same Bharp
volce had ordered tbem from the plat be
fore the door, whither those smiles had lnred
them, while the vlgorous strokea of a broom
swept clean the path to tbe gate.
But the years which seerned to fall so
llghtly were felt. A lengthenlng of the
houra of rest, a Bhortening of the hours of
toil, a narrowing of their ever meager in
come, because of smaller strength with
which to work, all told tales of age coming
on. But Mlss Jemlma battled with her in
firmities, as she dld with everything else
the world brought her, while Miss Serina
yielded gracefully, acknowledged the weari
ness so constant a companion, and often ex
changed needle and thimble for paper or
book, This winter afternoon she had found
this slnglo line of Mrs. Brownlng's and it
had selzed her heart. So as she glanced at
her sister, with head erect aud Dugers occu
pled, she dared to speak agaln.
"Jemlmy," she said tlmidly, " Wouldn't
it be nice for you aud I to put on some
Christmas patches ?"
" Some what V" aaked Jemlma in aston
ishment. " Christmas patches."
" Christmas riatches I" echoed Miss Je
mlma oylng her sister aa if eho thought her
insane.
" Yo-ea " hesltated Mlss Serina. " You
know, dear, we have so little to glve at
Christmas. With all our denying and con
triving and you know we have denied our
selves and coutrived, Jemlma we could
only glve one palr of sooks and one rullled
apron towards the Christmas tree. But we
could give a little sewlng. I could put ou
qulte a number of patches before Chrlst
mas and tbe poor little thlngs would be
warm. We could sew on a 'thought' with
the patch, you know, a thought of love.
j love aud ours. I thluk he would like
It."
A very loug speech for Serina. Before
she had euded Mlss Jemlma had dropped
ber work in her lap and was regardlng her
sister with a peculiar look in her eyes.
" And you propose to patch up all the lit
tle ragamuflins, Sereeny I Well, I muet say I
Where are tho patches to come from ?"
" That is just the best of it I" cried Se
riua eagerly, delighted that her sister did
not veto the attempt. " There's Mrs. Joaes
and Mrs. Sluipson and ever so many more,
who are too poor to glve much Christmas,
and too busy, wlth their large familles, to
work for others, who can furnlsh patchea
aud so belp, and we can glve the labor,"
" Seems to me that's a very small thlng
to do, Sereeny, sew on a f ew patches," ob
jected Miss Jemlma.
"Itlsso small it has uever been done,
Jemlmy, aud if it's all we can do, and for
the Lord's aake, then you forgot the
thought, Jemlmy, the thought o' the main
thlng. That is why I'd llke to call them
Christmai patches. Some of the poor little
dears never had auybody to patch or love
them. Thlnk how well tt will be to leach
them the Lord cares. If you approve of it,
Jemlmy, I'd llke to go rlght over and ak
Mrs. Leach for a few pieces. I thlnk ehe'll
have some."
" It'a cold and anowy, Sereony, you'll get
cold."
" I'm going that step, dear. There are
my old eocka to pnll on, and my muiller.
The Lord is very good to ns."
"Now, du tell I Christmas patches I sakes
allve I never heard of slch a thlng. That ls
jist llke you, Miss Sereeny. Ilev I enny 7
Well, I ehonldn't wonder ef I hed, but I
hevn't enny time. 1 would llke to help.
Poor leetle creetursl dear knows I've
thought of 'em often enough.
could do sumthin I"
Ef I only
" But you are dolng somethlng, you are
helping," explained Mlsa Serina, aa she
folded one large patch inslde of another,
" What conld we do without patches and
not a man or boy in the bouse these years 1
Everybody can do somethlng in this."
It was remarkable how the newa of thtj
novel enterprlse spread in the parish, and
how pleasantly it struck so many. The sis
ters found enough of patches, and, better
than that, whole palrs of panta only a little
out, and dressea not very much the worse
for wear. Then two of the storemen sent
tbeir buttons and thread. They had neither
of them learned either talloring or dress
making, yet they managed to cut out quitn
a few respectable, If not stylish suits, and
several young ladies offered to help In the
sewlng.
" A splendid thlng," the Ilev. Mr. B. pro
nounced it, and he wlped hls eyea Buspi
ciously. When on Christmas eve Mlss Je
mlma marched into church heading twelve
comfortably dressed glrls, and Miss Serina
followed tlmidly behlnd her wlth the same
nnmber of well-patched boys.
" The best of It all ls, they every one haVe
learned a Bible verse and know that Jesus
Iovea them," said Miss Serina enthusias
tically to a friend. " And to hear the way
Mlsa Jemlmy dld tell those little girls about
the baby Savlour was beautiful I Jemlma
is so smart I"
Do you think the other members of that
church intended to be outdone by those two
humble sisters ? Not a bit of It. They
had preparod a royal supper in the vestry
for these Christmas pick-ups, and, from a
fund which had been raised by some of the
young people, called " The Christmas patch
fund," a small present had been procured
foreach child.
Miss Jemimv. I want to thank vou for
starting this church on such a blessed
course," said the mlnlster, after the close
of the services.
" I didn't do it," said Jemima. " It waa
all Serina'a get-up."
ii r x,t ( , i u . tt..A-
vyuuie, tuea odiiuo, uucu buo ujiuioici
laughingly. "What am I to believe ? You
send me to Jemlma, and she senda me to
you. Wbich is the culprit ?"
"isow, jemima, you Know you suggesied
the patches."
"I know I dld no suchthinir. I wouldn't
have thonght of raga or patchea if you
hadn't read that poetry and talked as you
did."
" Whv,tobesure,"admltted Serina. "Mrs.
Browning started it all. She said ' Put a
thought beneath their raga ' and Jemimv
said they needed patches moro than
mougms.
" Yes," interrupted Miss Jemima, " and
you said let us put thought and patch to
gether." " A clear case, Iaughed olr. 15. " V ell,
taking a hand of each, " God bless you
both." " And Mrs. Browninc too," added
Jemima. "No," said Selina gently, "Ile
has blessed her already. Let us aak him to
bless the hearts under the rags and patchea."
" Amen, said i'astor li. solemnly.
Hcns as Types,
Ile who Ihlnks hens uninterestiug is no
observer. There is an air of pleasant home
linesa in a flock of these fowla scratching ;
their bustling tctlvity touched with grace
is suggestive of(many homelike things. Then
there ls great individuality in the members
of a flock. Thiilr doinga are illustrative of
feminlne nature. Chanticleer has long stood
for masculine vanity ; perhapa, more nearly
than anything else, he represents the idea
which readers of English stories usually en
tertain of Frencbmen. In the grace of un
studied gallantry, in ostentatious politentss
in little things, he stands without a riral.
In these matters, none of tbe leaux hommes
at the Francals, no Turveydrop in litera
turo, can equal the gray rooster in my back
yard. Of the useful virtues which Anglo-
saxons prize, Dick possesses lew. lrue, he
occasionally guarda a bit of meat or a worm
until some pretty pullet can run up and de
vour it, but in digging worms for a liviug
any one of my wiry black hena is much
more expert. When the rnorning corn is
thrown out Dick's hunger connuers his
breeding ; bis own crop is filled to the neg-
Iect ol nis HocK. in sptte ot ms lalllngs
Dick contrives, by deportment alone seem
ingly, to keep hls flock admiring, deroted,
submissive. To watering-place gallants 1
recommend the friendly proprietorship with
wbich he sometimes saves a tid-bit for one
of the young pullets, the "little things,"
who will be iu society next seaaon. As art
it is perfect.
If Dick represents masculine folble,Biddy
represents feminlne whim. In my flock is
one old hen who must once have been a
belle. Whenever she hears Dick's clucklng
call, indicating that he bas a dainty vait
ing, sbe will quickly leave a feast of her
own providing. Sad to say, she is often dis
appointed. Dick's efforts at scratching are
brief ; bis faith that there are milllons ln a
dust beap, wbich to most eyes looks un
proaiisincr enoueh, is as unbounded as Col
onel Sellers' own. Dasplte her experience,
this model hen never refuses to come at call
and never takes her disappolntment in any
but a meek spirit. Thackeray's Helen and
Laura were not more trusting. Her own
amnla rjowera of frettin? a livinrr are held &3
nothing compared to Dick's showy but fee
bie ellorts ; else, she believes she was made
to llve by Dick's bouuty and humbly walks
her appointed way.
The Black Spaulsh hen ought to be the
especial emblem of the educated workiDg
women of America. Her cblef character
istics are energy, grace and style. The
American woiuau aud the Black Spanlsh
hen are the only two of uature's chlldren,
so far as 1 know, that succeed in combininc
these traits. The combination iu both in-
etancea is charming. hiie the Black
Spanish has none of the Ilubens-like beauty
of a plump Brabma or Buff Cochiu pullet,
there ls a uistlnction about her which leavea
all merely plump pullets far behlnd. No
bird of the air is so acctirately described by
the word "stylish." What could be more
striking and at tbe same time less " loud "
than her black, satin-like coat, relleved by
tho little pointa of white at the throat and
the scarlet comb on the head ? What more
elegaut than her slender figure, more dlS'
tinguisbed than the delicate poise of her
head, more graceful than her drooning
comb ? The merely pretty, plump part-
ritigo styie oi ueauty la ueaten wnen me
graceiui utacK apamsn type ls in me neu
Cousidered as un emblem. the Black Snaiv
ish has other etriklng points. As a worker
sue is unequaieu. uy no means can sne De
hiudered m hen she has placed her ambitlon
on any object. Has she set ber heart ou the
center of tbe lettuce-bed 7 To the ceuter of
the lettuce-bed Bhe will, sooner or later, at
tain, even should all the men iu America
ln couventlon assembled resolve that the
lettuce-bed ia not her proper sphere.
One other poltit of reseinblance, and then
my countrywomen may accept or reject the
emblem; they certainiy nave as yet lalled
to find a better one. When the Black Span
ish hen batcbea a brood a rare occurrence
she becomes the most devoted of molhers.
Her tlreless energios are all bent on feeding
and protectlne ber young. I have known
one wbo had Iwen without food for many
hours to ref usa to eat a crumb till the chlck'
ens were first satisfied. The same hen has
fiercely attacked a large cat, who had mia
takon tbe breakfast plate of tlie chlckens
for hls own, and driven hlm iuglorioualy
from tbe yard. Yet an energetie young
lady acqualntance was olfended at my naui
Ing this hen after ber all, indeed, because
ehe knew the hen to be unusuaUyskillful iu
obtaintng the polltlcian's shareof whatever
good thlngs were tbrown to the flock. Alas
for the aenaltlveness of human nature I
Sjirinqjield Uepublican.
4 7
For tb Vermont W.tcbman.
AI.MK'B flUAVK,
ar his. s, . oi.niM ct.kk.
Her .kate. ar. haogtng on tb. w.ll,
Her.ledi. ldlywalllngl
Without, Ihe chlldren laugb and ibout,
Some .lldlng and nom. ekatlng,
I .fgh, abmel
Uowcanthl.be 7
Tbe .now I. falllng, pearty white,
I've watched lt often gladlyi
llut oh, to-nlgbt my heart I. wrung,
Through tear. I watrh lt .adly.
A pall, '11. ipread
Abov. my head.
One year ago we watched the .now
WIUi happy .plrlt. boundlng,
Her volce rang out ln merry about
Tbroogh all our bom. reeonndlDg)
And now ehe lay.
WlUiln her grave.
Ah, can It be her heart 1. itlll
Whilfl other bearta ar. beatlng?
I., then, the dear volco hmhed f the volce
Wa. foremoet In IU greeUug.
So oft lt .eein.
Some frlghtful dream,
Alilll lerlloll Helpn.. n'efall
Ilefore thy chAntenlng dumbly.
SlteAk thotl I 0!) ppeak, that we may llve
And sutTer meekly, humbly,
Wbile the .now lay.
On Allle'. grave.
Tlie Dlrorce Qucstlon.
There is a certaln social dancer Into which
the nation is driftlng through the facility of
securlng dlvorce from marriage. I can
think of no reason why such an ulcer aa
Mormonism should have been suflered to
develop itself ln this nation, except to fix
lts attention upon the sacred value of the
family. Mormonism ls the dcnial of tbe
famlly in one forras our present divorce
laws are a denial of it ln only a sllghtly dif
ferent form. In one system, a man ls mar
ried to several wives simultaneously ; under
the otber Bystem, he marriea them success
ively; both are destructive of the famlly
and therefore of the state. For thia nation
rests on a moral basls ; it tests on God, and
on the sacredness of the indlvidual in a
two-fold relatlon namely, to the nation and
to the famlly. If tbe relation of the indl
vidual to the state is not kept righteously
just, tbe state is endangered. That letson
the nation learned in the civil war. Are
we to learn the other by a proceas aa bitter 7
lt would not be etrange lt the armlea of tbe
Union were vet to march throueh Utah
nominally for the preservatlon of the Union,
but in reality f or the redemption of the fam
ily to be followed by another amendment
of the constitutlon, prohibiting divorce ex
cept for.that cause which destroys the mar
riage relation. For the family is an inatitu-
tion that lalla more naturally under tbe care
of the nation than of the states. It la an
imperfection of our polltical organlzition
that a divorce can be more easlly secured in
one state than another. It ia a fatal mis
take that in any it can be secured with ease,
and for any cause except that which destroys
the divlnely-constituted bond. For divorce
is not merely an awkward dislurbance ot
social relationa; it is settlng humau law
agalnst God's eternal lawa j it is law legal
izing adultery ; it is law putling asunder
what God bas jolned ; it is law breaking up
the family that God has created ; lt is law
removing a stone from the foundations of
the nation a stone bnilt by God into the
structure of every nation. History tella no
story plainer than that frequency of divorce
is one of tbe last and most fatal signs of na
tional decay. It operates in many ways aud
each way is disastroua. Its chief fatality
lies in ita uprootiug of all pure and noble
sentimeuts, in the destrnction of self-re-spect,
in tbat demoralizition that follows tbe
breaking of God's fundamental laws, in that
weakened sense of law tbat springs from a
selfisb and lusttul use of it, in the moral
and social confuslon tbat ensues when rela
tions intended to be permanent arj made
shifting, in a feeling tbat nothing ia to be
patiently endured in thia world, in a belief
tbat we must not bear the consequencea of
our own mistakea, in a weak feeling that a
bad estate ls to be fled from rather than
cured, and most of all and as thesum of all,
that deslre may control life and nse law aa
lts instrument, "making the will the scope
of justice." It is thua a reversal of the
whole order and duty of buman life, and a
literal prostitution of the civil laws. When,
as in Connecticut, in a period of fifteen
years, one-twentieth of the famllies were
disbanded by divorce there is let Ioose a
mass of disorgauized couscience and senti
ment that must go far towards corrupting
tbe whole. The attitude of the laws needs
to be changed ; in many states they render
divorce easy, whereaa it should be a matter
subject to sharpest scrutiny and governed
by the most stringent rulea. It is evident
also that leglslation should be by the general
governtnent, or be made uniform by Inter
state comity. But the subject lles much
nearer us and may well cousidered on this
festival of the bome. How happens lt that
so many divorces are wanted ? Why does
marriage which is entered into for life, seek
to anuul itself ultimately 7 The greater
part of divorces still are granted for ut
cause, but a vast number bear no justitica
tion. Why are they sought 7 The chief
causes seem to me to be these: Mairiage
is often entered into in a hasty, ill-consid-ered,
impulsive and sentimental way. It is
not made an important matter; it is left
too much to the young people themselves.
It is a relation demanding for its formation
the bigbest wisdom and longest experience ;
it is often formed with tbe least, and on the
lowest physical or sentimental grounds.
There ia much to be eald iu favor of the
French method, which places it in the hands
of tbe parents. Doubtless a union of that
method and ours would be the wisest. When
persons are married without consideration
and wisdom, it is not etrange tbat the fruit
of folly is soon reaped. The freedom
granted to young American bojs and girls
haa been mucb vaunted, but its outcome is
divorce ln just about the proportion of the
freedom. Joined to this is the influence of
the novels of ttn day. Nearly all turn on
marriage, and in a way to hurt its sacred
ness. There is no way in which poieon so
easily gets into the heart as through the
imagination. Let an unhappy wife find her
case set down in a book, and ber course is
nell nigb decided. Tbe snbject conies
very olose home to parents. Look to the
social relatioua of your chlldren. Look to
the book8 they read. Teach them that feel
ing is not to be set agalnst wisdom and ex
perience. Teach them that marriage is a
relation invested with the highest human
dignity and that it is also a relation to God.
From liev, T, T, Munger's ThanUgmng
Sermon.
A Kecn Itebuke.
He was a commercial traveler on his nay
from Bowling Green to Hopkinsville, Ky,
There was a wait of three hours at Guthrie,
and a party of young ladies, with Hvely
young married persons acting as matrons,
made the statiou ring with merrlment.
They were going to visit Mammoth Cave.
The face of one of them is a study a per
fect oval, yet wlth that rich, warm brnnette
tlut that you see more often in the Lttin
races than in the Auglo-Saxon. Her eyes
looked out from under the broad brim of a
Galnesborough liat, through balf-closed lids,
wonderfully tantalizing Tn their subdued
mirtb, coquetry and love of life, llghtly
velled with the Iaziness of good breeding.
The brassy and dappor little wretch of a
" drummer " has been watching the girls as
a cat would a bevy of frolicsome and unso
pbisticated raice. Hastily seizlng and re
turuing a bandkerchlef accidentally dropped
by the Galnesborough beauty, heseeks, with
tho audacity of his class, to open the con
versation, " A very gay party you have,
mlss." "Yes," says she, quietly bowing
acknowledgtuent of the haudkerchief and
letting ber laughing eyes drift slowly over
hlm ; " but then, you see, we know each
other," A very keen remark, keen as a Da
mascus blade, but perfectly lady-likein ita
unrutllsd good temper. Tbe "drummer"
retreated. l.ouisiiUe Post,
Flokenck NiaitTi.NQALE. Mlss Flor
ence Nightingale ls a woman lu ber sixty
second year, but wlth such a bright, un
wrinkled face that she would pasa lor fifty,
Her features are regutar, with a east and
ruddlness of complexiou. Her brown hair
bas no suggestiou of gray ln it, and ls worn
plain, with a small lace head-dress. She
Las good teeth, bright brown eyea, a pleas
ant voice, and is both a good listener and
talker, AUhough she Is an invalld, nnable
to use ber lower llmbs, she carriea no slgn
of paiu on ber thoughtf ul face.