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GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.
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XONTPELEB, VT.
WEDNESDAY. JULY 19, 1882.
A Letter to our Voutli.
To the Young People of Verkont,
iJbeetinc.: I make no question that in
thoso days when the bighor schools and
colleges of tbo state, and throughout tho
country. havo closed tho work of unother
yoar, and your associates who hive boon
engaged in study are with you onoe mora,
you have boon brought specially to con
sider tbo quostiou of a course of stujy for
yourselves Yon havo thought diffjronlly
about tbo matter. Sjmo havo said tho
confinement of school lifo is too close, tho
work distasteful ta me; I will keep out of
the schools. O.hors of you havo said, I
am s ) much ncodod at homo that tho mat
ter must bo delayed for the proseut. When
the farm work is in different hinds, as
whon a sister in-law comes into tho home
a i that I can bo excused from the kitchen,
than I will consider tho matter. Oihors
h iva sail! yos, I sco no reason why I may
not go as woll ns others. Father has tho
stamps, and he may as woll spend them
on mo ns to koep tliain for mo. Still an
other class have boon saying, out of tho
depths of nature's thirsting for bettor
things, how much I wish I might have
sjmo advantages in tho schools, but it
seems impossible utnlor my circumstances,
Givo mo your attention for a moment,
young people, I have something to sug
gest; and in tho beginning let mo toll you
that thore never has been a timo when
there was such :vu opportunity for live,
etrnest, culture! young man and women
as at tho prosunt. Tho places stand beck
oning you, and are ready to givo you
labor and its honorable roward as soon as
you are fitto 1 to fill them woll. The eyos
of tho world, too, are largely turned to
wards New England, as the source from
which many of the best workers of the
world are to come. It is literally true
that such a premium is not put upon work
ers from any o'.hor spot on earth. Tho
world, to bo sure, is not particular as to
whore a man comos from if only he is able
to do elH jicnt work ; yot in tho start, when
all one's record is yot to bo made, to have
come from New England is a great recom
mond. A careful observer says that in tho
oldor wostern states tho young man from
New England has an advantago of moro
than thirty per cent over tho young man
native thore. Thore !s a reason for all
this ; it is not a mere casualty. Men from
these regions havo made honorable re
oords in tho past, and tho world wants
moro of tho same stamp.
Rellect for a moment how largo a share
of tho enterpriso and vigorous thinking of
our age is in the hands and brains of men
reared among tho hills of New England,
or who are but a generation romoved from
resnloncn horo. We havo come to n timo
whon this enterprise and vigorous think
ing aro demanded moro than over before.
Then, too, there is a kind of patient pluck,
that is dovolopod in tho strugglo with our
rooky soil and rigorous climate, which is
always at a premium everywhere. All this
call for mon and women from those parts
is but the voice of GoJ calling you to bo
ready for a noble work when tho moro
direct and personal call comos for you to
take this or that place The timo lias now
coino also when tho groat battles of tho
world uro not to be won by porsona!
prowess and vigor of muscle, but by the
power of intellect and strength of thought.
The present demand is more for brain than
brawn. Wc get a vast power of muscle
in this cou utry by immigration, but somo
body m ust do the thinking for these hordes
or our nation will bo ruined bv (heir emu.
in ;. When the lad uf fifteen years is
ready to begin his life work we shall havo
seventy millions of pooploj and a few
thousand niii.it do the thinking fur all
these millions. So tho times demand of
joiing people a thorough tr.a n n f..r
,rrrat work.
1 "n; ! imi.N!
VOL. XXXIX.
MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1882.
NO. 29.
this
Sunday .School Lesson Nolcs.
HV HKV, ,i. o. siiekhuhn.
or ovor-modost ahont
suit. Tho name of tbie
Inly -M: llliuil linrtliuous- Mark 10:16 r,j.
Christ has now mado considerable pro'
gress in his journey toward Jerusalem
Ho has crossed the Jordan,probably near
tho historic place where Israel, under
Joshua, first entered the land of promiso
Ho comes on his journey to Jerico, the city
...1. :..i. n . t . . i.i .
Yuieo uri wnnsiooii mo nosts of Israel on
entering tho land. At the gato of entrance
to or exit from tho city (the ovangclists
uiuer in ineir account) sits a blind beggar.
Travelers toll us that at this timo no sight
is more common In the east than beggars
at the city gates, and that many of those
are reduced to beggary by blindness.
They tell us, furthermore, that these boo-.
gars aro not slow
pressing their
beggar is given by Mark alone. This
gives us another instance of that knowl
edge of mimitire which nppoars so often in
this gospel. Those noarest Chsist, doubt
less, heard the name spokon, or after his
healing, as ho followed Jesus in tho way,
they may havo beconio acquainted with
him. This man saw nothing of the throng
as they approached, but when they boga"
to pass the spot where ho was stationod, ho
realized that an unusual number were
p using. Some ono of the company, evi
dently in answer to tho blind man's quos-
lion, informed him that Josus of Nazareth
'vas passing. It appears that at this time
i" the ministry of Jobus the peoplo upon
the streets had como to know Christ, and
'"join with his lieaven-uppointed namo tho
"I'uiooftho town where ho was brought
"! I am not sure that wo havo any ro
1 oid of a previous journey of Christ to
Jerieo. Hut his fame had gone through
''it all Judea and far beyond. Tho lame.
"'id the leper, and the blind had nil hoard
hls wondorful power to hoal and, with
out doubt, many hearing these things, and
hi their misfortune and lonlinoss having
lima to think of thoso matters, camo to
have a real faith in Christ as the promised
Redeemer.
Bartimeus seeuii to have had a much
better understanding of tho real character
of Jesus than did most of thoso who camo
to him. lie addresses him by tho proper
Scriptural titlo: ' Son of David. ' Many
Jews might have been addressed as sons,
or descendents of David, but Jesus is the
son spoken of in prophecy and generally
expected among the Jews, as ono who
would bring back the old days of prosper
ity and glory such as wero enjoyed undor
David. Tho rich young ruler addressed
Christ by a title such as would bclit
loarncd rabbi; this man knew Christ bet
tor and gave him a name far more signifl
cant. The request of this blind man also
poluts him out as ono who knew well how
to ask of Jesus. "Havo mercy on 1111:
ho cried. Christ's mercy comprehends all
that wo need; if ho gives us this we have
iu that fact a pledge of all other good
Ill's cry was doubtlos earnest and repeated
Many ol llio niiiltituile, I.nko says, those
that went before, began to rebuko the
mau for noisy demonstrations to attract
the attention of Jesus. Nothing will bring
ccusuro mucker than manifestations of
jrcat earnestness in approaching to God.
But tho pressing need of this man would
not allow of his rcmaiuiiig quiet, lie only
rciod out tbo moro "Have mercy on mo.
Woll might ho have been earnest almost
to desperation, ilo most likely bad not
met Jesus before and would not prolabh
meet him again; ho could not follow him
and wait somo opportunity to seek hi;
favor moro quietly. The prcsont was bis
time and ho was determined not to let the
present slip.
Christ honors such earnestness and per
sistency iu seeking nun. lie could not
pass on indin'erently when such request
was mado of him. Ilo stops short on his
Lurncy and commands tho blind man to
bo brought to him. Now the multitudo
speak In a different strain to this blind beg
gar. Christ has singled him out among
all tho throng and now invites him to his
immediate presence. Well may the poo
plo say to Bartimeus, "Bo of good com
fort." Ho is now tho most honored man
in all that company. Such honor i3 sure
to bo bestowed upon all who seek the Lord
in truth. No sooner is tho word brought
to him that Jesus calls him, than ho rises
from his beggars' scat, and casting off his
outer garment ho at onee hastens to meet
the Great Healor. Wo come now to one
of tho most suggestive incidents in tho
ministry of Jesus. Indeed nothing can
surpass in solemn interest tho scene when
burdened suffering man draws nigh to his
Savior for help. Jesus asks a question
that was altogether unnecessary, so far as
tho blind man was concerned, but it was
necessary to teach us the proper way of
making petitions to him. There could bo
little question as to what tho blind man
wanted most, or as to what ho would ask
whon wo remember his evident under
standing of Christ's mission. But Jesus
wanted to present us an example of direct
and simple prayer, or asking of him.
Ilo may havo sought also to tost tho do-
groe of faith this stranger had in him.
Jesus asked, What wilt thou ? Two of his
most favored disciples had a little before
brought a request to him and werodeniod.
In this case tho very question of Jesus
carries with it tho pledge that tho request
preferred shall bo granted. The real dif
ference in Hie two cases was in the spirit
which promoted the petition. In one case
self and personal emolument in honor and
dignity wero sought, while in this case
human suHeringnnd woe appealed toChrisl
for alleviation. Tile prayor offered is in
every sense a pattern for us. No waste
of phrases or of formed titles, but simple,
reverent, direct: "Lord, that might r,..
oeive my sight." frank, straight .forward,
believing beyond a dotilc, never was a
potition put up in this way refused. Christ
spoke the potent word, and soon the sight
less beggar of .brieo follows rcjoioin"ly
among the disciples of 1 l.ivid's Son. The
lessons of this passage are niiuieruii.; and
instructive. Take the first opportunity to
appeal to Christ. I,t no rebuke from
others hinder you. Opposition to your
coming to Christ is ahvay.i opposition to
your best interest. Having found healing
at the hand of Jesus, dedicate your restor
ed powers to his service and follow Mm in
Rev. Dr. Gow of the Brattleboro Baptist
church Is enjoying a two week's vacation.
Trof. E. H. Iligbey has resigned the
chair of Greek at Middlebury college and
will study in Germany. Prof. Higbey is
ono of the best teachers the faculty ever
contained, and this step will be greatly
regretted by the friends of the institution.
Mrs. Jennie Fowler Willing delivered
tho baccalauroate sermon before A. E.
college for young women. Mrs. Willing
is nn eloquent speaker, but this is tho Erst
timo wo have krowu of her assuming
the functions of a minister.
Rov. A. II. Webb of South Royalton
started this wosk, Wodnosday, for a four
weeks' vacation In Nova Scotia. Brother
Webb is very popular with, and useful
among, lua peoplo and will doubtless come
back refreshed and ready to do better work
than ever.
Hon. John. B. l'ueo presidod. Mr.
Lowoll of tbo M. E. church offered pravcr
and Col. Joel C. Bakor, Eq , delivered
the address at tho third of a sories of opon
air meetings, under tho ausnicas of Km
Rutland Lotlgo of Good Tomnlars. The
address was hiirhlv couuiiondnil
Itcv. J. M. Buckley, D. I)., of tho Now
i on. Attcoauc, and Kev. John W. Boach,
D. 1 , of Wesleyan nnivorsity, havo been
mado LI.. D's., nnd Rov. J. T. Gracey,
missionary editor of the Xorttern, and
Rev. J. J. Lnfforty of tho Richmond
Christian AJcocaU have been mado D. D's.
Tho Rev. Dr. John Brown, of Bedford.
land, now traveling in this country, is
r to John Bunyan, author of tho
winijs mo in; im v
Nature had failed In her meaning.
Made a mletake in her plan,
Fiiedtothelimoaoran infant
The trunk or a man.
IJown on the deck, while the ferry
Crossed and recroased the stream.
And faces were chawrinir about lnm
Like those In a dreiu ;
Down on the deck in h is writ m
He aat all the day selling bonks ;
But far beyond price was the etory
I read In his looks.
Eyes that grew brinhtwith tlio burl.-1
That breaks many atronr men diwu.
Looked into mine from that wairnu.
JSeamlnir and brown.
Eyoa that had law rheil at the sorr m
From which a worldling flics:
Eyos that were fu II of trvnnrriw.
Beantlf ill eyes.
In them I saw peace eittiutr.
Who keepetb the world's Uearl warm.
Peace, who comes sfter the battle
After the storm.
Tesrfu I the eyos of a lady
Croaaiuir that river with inc.
As sho said, when she saw Iriw Ii"!iliv
A eroatt.ro ml hi be.
" To what riau the poor boy link furw.ir.l
Throturh all life's wearisome way ?"
oulck as his smile came the susver.
" To wiUKS some day "
Men wore passinK.cotnplaiiiiiiK.
Ood had forsaken their imrt;
Bolter be crippled m body,
Than crippled in heart.
Let us remember tho answer
( If that boy in his hopeful way.
And ever look upward, forward,
" To wins, some day."
Iii the (.'pyser Rpgiim.
I Notes ol au AiiiriiatTripto the VcNousl.
En
a sneers
xne leuowsionopatk, be it remembered
is a volcanic region of noarly toco square
uiiiro, 1.UI11I uuuress nas set apart as
pleasure ground for nil imnolH fnc .ill i
Il lies mostly in the northwest corner of
...y.imiiis territory, anil we enter liy way
J'.lgrim's 1'rogress." in his pastorate and n ,t i .T3:r ' l, rs ":,v"
is only tho sixth minister that church has manifestations which enmhin. ., ' . "11!
had sinco its orzanization. 250 this Wonderland, as it hn p,.m,. i,. ' i.
umiru. ton worn park", nowever, as mi
nlln In II :. lll.An I , ,. .i
Rev. Dr. Leonard W. Baeon. i Hi.n.. - "ri u-."' -"!" . s'eai,,n.?'
ng tbo lax divorce laws of New Kngland, of the weli-kcpT pleasure grounds in our
akes the ground that no vrramtr ia ,ri ,i.,n :,i !LV , "3, n om
i. 1 vfi iuiuiku eniiitais : utit out
here are no impertinent signboards wam-
Miss Brown, of that rTTClur".?.1 lao Sras3' '
forty years old. and who has been iegaitf ualiy" on gut a and we GZt iKd
married to four husbands. Hnr nm i n,b JL, .V i. vu 'lt 1'lal 'ountt
Is Kmily Brown Knight Williams Phps no't combatet Uya S of "noTant po"?
Ihomas. This woman is still in good tieians. The Yellowstone pkfa , oro
society, if they havo anvth nc nf the lik ti, ",.r ' J8 llor.
and is dnnhtln roo.iw " ' "J""' "T"'.?! bngmmt.
. . A T J whenever wimer una on a mr grander sea e
a chance prosonts-aciae. a extent, bnt yot like them. R
l!ov John R. Gow was. .Tnlw Rih ..i; Iew and lar
between, thoro
as well
Roads are
are miinv
ed and installed as pastor of the Fair Haven ,n,tl J r ,ig,oup!ng9 of net'
Baptist church to succeed Rev. A. C sspben1
terguson. resigned. Mr. Gow is a son of timos enw capped mountain peaks
Rov. G. B. Gow, D. D., of the Brattleboro streams plunge into deep and mvsterious
Baptist church, and was this year eradu- .T1 C'' . r, , ntoAoP S' lifo to
ated bv the Nmvion tl,oi,.i "i r uu watets not laintoU too
J " .uw.USn,, nummary, strongly witn sulphur, swarm with deli-
1 ho cxaming council sat in tho forenoon, cious tront and white fish. Let us first
with Rev. J. K. Richardson of Rutland stu(1y ' uetail tho most remarkable hot
moderator and Rev S. Henry Archibald nf Water reg,,n '? th.e world, repeating the
Wallingford secretary. The exercises of o "
the afternoon were as follows: Sermon by ntn spring of Now Eealand, and parallel"
Rev. Dr. Hovev. President nf ing the springs and mud covsers of .l ie.
theological seminary; right of followshiD IloW many Anlerioans know that our gey-
,, Q aim it . """"owsuip, sers outnumber those of all tho world
Lev. s .II. Archibald ; charge to the candi- beside, and operate on a grander seaTe in
(late, kev. 15. Gow; charge to the the frequency of the eruptions, tho volume
church, Itcv. M. M. Mills of West Haven. of watcr cast and tlie li'gUt to which it is
Rov Clifford II Smiil, f iv.. tj ,.i thrown; and surpass all others in the
boro us t Graduated fi lm y.h' 1 U, blilliant ornamentation of their chimneys
Pittsfield and Sherburne. L , l a "el8ul,ul "10,I-
the main Madison or Fire llolo river,
which is shut in by high, volcanic, pine
clad mountains, gashed with deep gorges
and strown with fragments of trachyotc
and obsidian. Our first camp is made in
me norm border ot the park, where a
rough hotel has been erected by a Mr.
Marshall, who lives hero tho year round
riven Vornmnfr. in (, i . r 'B" "' w o ami a i,,00,i
, r , - ..buu.Uu ui oi nut-nrown, rosy children. The lo"
neneli'.s. Hon. L. P. Poland of St. Johns- hotel nestles at the foot of hili cli'll'i with
miry uas also given a thousand dollars to natu' 'wn ol lirown grass stretchin
the
Miss Louise. Howard has given livo
thousand dollars to tho Vormont Uni
versity for establishing five scholar
ships. These aro to bo known as tho
"Louisa Howard scholarships;" and by
tho terms of tho gift proferenco is to be
the way.
Personal.
Mr. Moody is now in Paris, but expects
to soon return to Kngland where he will
remain a yoar longer.
Rev. W. II. Wight is pushing thin"s
uiowusviiic, anu says no was never moro
happy in his work.
George W. Curtis and Paul II. ll iyno
have been mado LL. D.'s, but no ono will
think of them as " Dr." Curtis or " Dr
Hayne.
James II. Flagg, a graduate of Middle
bury and Andovor, has boon called to
supply uio Congregational church at
Rycgato.
Kov. Mr. Loamod of Minneapolis
preachod at the M. E. church, St. Albans,
last Sunday, tho pastor, Rev. II. A. Perry,
Doing absent on a. vacation.
Win. Taylor has sent twenty-two mis
sionarics to Brazil alone sinco last Sep
tomber. Tho work which ho has beon,
and is, doing is simply marvelous,
Kov. Goorgo B. Safl'jrd of tho Third
congregational church, Burlington, has
tendered his resignation after a pastorate
of more man twenty years.
ine colored pastors in Chesterfiold
county, S. 0 repenlish their exchequers by
cnarging ten cents apiece for certificates
of baptism and church membership.
uev. JJr. 1). U. JIcAunlly has been
editor ot the St. Louis Christian Advocate
for twenty-seven yoars and has dono n
groat work for the church. Tho papor
continues to improve.
Rev. Samuel M. Dike has resigned the
pastorate of tho Congregational church at
Royalton. Mr. Dike has boon largely
interested in and dono a good work for the
N. K. divorce reform league.
Rev. Caleb Kales of tho Vormont confer
ence diod in Lowoll, Mass., July 2. His
ago was 77 years nnd 7 months. Ho had
preached in the Now Hampshire and Ver.
uiont conforeucos forty-two years. His
funeral was at Walden the ulh.
same institution to found a scholarship.
Tun (ioot) a Talker. Sceno a small
lawn on Seneca street. Timo noon.
Personages a parrot suuning itself on a
CW...IJ wsim: Ha upon cage uoor, aim n
strange dog wandering upon tho lawn.
Tho parrot spe .!;s first: "Sick! Sick! Sick
lum!" The dog with ears and tail erect,
looks about for something upon which to
charge; be espies the parrot and nn exoit
ing scene ensues. From out the confused
mass of dog hair and parrot feathers comes
the shrill cry : "Git out, you beast, git
out!" 1 log breaks for the street. I'irmi
after looking at herself from head lo foot
gravely cielaiun: "Polly, you talk too
much."- CUrc'and Voice.
. UVJ ,., ,V,1 .1 1,1
laiinilrv nn n'..:lM,
i me in tiiu oi i 'litest iiciiinnta nrn Hninl aav. lor nero m.mv ol in iiir ni,, I n...
lite haprcned, a fow days ago, to ono of Prcat geysers are located. Tho rivers How
the most prominent mombersoHliiionhinni I hot wator. and hoilinir f.i.mi .inu .,.
md ho considered it so cood Hint l.n nnnl.l vonient for wasbinrr riiirim. v., ,.i,.i.
not refrain from telling it to bis friends. on for livo miles along the haso of Hie
away to tho lorUs ot fire Hole river, whil
a spring brook Hows by tho d-.nir. The
last Marshall baby, by the way, w as born
hore, and tho gtivemor of Wyoming has
been up to name tho infant and promise
heragiftof $2000 from tho territoiiil
legislature, a pledge, whose redemption
ought to be dillicult, unless this gushim
official proposes to inako the present on"
of his own pocket. Hire h genuine
pioneer lifo. Last winter the women of
this primitive hostelry shot a too inipii.i
ifi "bim flfiicu Dunn oegan nigging n
mo root nouso. J l.o dceil was woi thy of
our I untan mothers, and shows us that
pioneering is about tho camo thing in
Wyoming to-day that it used to be in the
earlv life of New Kngland.
Tho valley for a distance of ID miles i.
full ol steam liko
.....I- .L .
.iu, ine geysers, u Is not difficult to
,,"JS,m one s sett passing between New
Kngland hills about Thanksgiving time,
the ground sprinkled with snow and the
streams ice-coited and bordered, for the
atr is eager. But our horses find the
streams unoomfortablo to their feet, the
nowis a transparent fraud, steam is
wafted across our faces, and we catch
light of geyser eruptions in the distance.
Our trail still follows the river or sulphur
wator, and out of holes in the thin crust
that saves us from the infernal regions
um.in.vB auiptmrous mmes.
In tho Upper Geyser Busin are grouped
the principal goysers convenient for spec
tacular effect and comparison. Before us
as we picked our wav nn the hrnarl v.ll
whitened by tho overflow of hundreds of
.:ywus rose mo sepulchral and weird
eralers. oarthquakos rumbled and roared
beneath, and flashing in the distant sun-
iil'i.i was "uin faithful" dashing skyward.
I his geyser justifies Its name by spouting
every 5 mindtes from an orifice seven
reel long by two wido, its eruptions lasting
rroin 5 to 30 minutos, and it is without a
fellow in tho wido world, because of the
frequency and unfailing regularity of its
spotting. Sprcatout within an area of
some vi mucs aro at least 2000 hot springs
and geysors, tho latter belching oolumns
of scalding wator of sizes varying with
the ibmcnsions of their nrtA from . .
jiicltc:, to 25 foot in diameter, and to hights
ui jo upioooo ieet, tne out
break beiug accompanied by explosions
like Uio crackling of artillery and the
deep boom of thunder. Of course the
geysers aro duo to the voloanio foroes
which hold sway beneath this part of the
oai lh. Heat wnrms to life the steam giant
whoso savage play awes mankind. Bun
sen proved the true theory of the causes
which combine to make these eruptions in
Iceland in 1810. and his conclusions have
become matters of elass-room demonstra
tion. He found by a series of careful
experiments that the temperature of the
water in the goyser tube varies at different
depths, as also at different periods between
the two eruptions, the changes always
taking place in the same manner and with
considerable regularity. Immediately
before the eruptions there Is a maiimnm
temporatuie at the bottom of thn wall ,
cniinmieu at, zou.o- r.. and a minimum
immediately after of 203.4. The temper
aturo of boiling water at the depth reached
oy mo inermometer snould be about 276
V. The water thorefore in nn rwrt nf tho
, , . . , , t " UO
" ""i enougn to gorminate steam
under the conditions. But tho higher you
ascend in the tube the lower is the temper
ature at which water Bill hnil. If tw n,
column bo thrown up by the generation of
nuiiiui m me unaergrouna channels, the
vua at mo oottom, wnicn is near the
boiling point, is brought to a bight where
it is sufficiently relieved from pressure to
be converted into steam. The water in
tho lubo is lifted still higher, until the
steam condenses by contact with the cooler
"''i io wuico it imparts its latent heat.
Kieh condensation mnkna n rltnnSi;nn
the subterranean explosion whioh precedes
an eruption. By successive efforts enough
of the superincumbent column is thrown
oil to raise noarly all the wator in the tube
ii, liiu ooiitng point, until at last the relief
from the pressure is suflloient to permit
the ejection of the eontonts of the tube,
ibis i jection continues until all the reser
voirs around the geyser are empted, when
it subsides until the proper conditions are
established again.
Before a geyser in play the most pre
tentious artiiicial fountain sinks to insig
nificance. Ono is impressed and oppressed
with the unoanny performance of this
contract upside down. Tin cloar water
rushes out of the earth propelled by
resistless force and leans unward In dnfi.
suvimuon precisely as tho cat
aract falls, a great white foamino- mo
which quivers, shivers and shatters'in the
air, ono shock following another and
pulsating along the column, tho whole
c ipooci aim sneotod with olouds of steam
nsng aoivo ana clinging around it
u neti tne steam kinor has snnnt his
strength tho hot pillar beoomos ohedinnr.
agai n to the law of gravitation and returns
thundering to earth. Amid this vast nlain
jerseys tho mest picturesque effects aro
A Land of Surprises.
ins i.iiiuence was sought by a personal n"18 "na skirting tho river to a wii'o doso
friend in "Wniir Vnvlr in ,.!.,..:.. I lutn.lnniT.'Hn )..: ti '.
ki m "uuiiu hi. sppoilll- '"r."".iuS iinia, nuru aro mo "paint
raent for Ins son in a branch of tho ser- PtiJ. ' bubbling vats of semi silicioti clay
vico controlled by tho war department, which varios in color from croamv while
I hn Ol.l'lTinn acl'n.l ,..... ...l -l I .a nl...r n.. ..rTli. i ,
-. ,.v. ...v, ,,il3 unu WUUQ lD0 Q,8. . ,u piuB. ui aiuie; --non s nan aero, a far
.......... ., iu,.. iiu nuuiu oe only '"s uiiuumg in uio oann aisclojino' a
to happy to do, nnd accordingly he saw hissing purgatory ; and the great blue
l ie secretary of war nl oit tho mattor, and boiling spring. Thoso proachors in the
then wrote to his friond as follows : "lam beautiful Connoticut valley who are tena-
encouraged to bopo that tho youth will cious of an aotual boiling and roaring hell
have an appointment before the dandelions could And most realistio suggestions out
blot with gold the springing grass in bero for a word painting of the dreadful
Monroe county. In Monday's mail came Pbce. Yot I imagine tho stillest stickler
an envelope addressed to the aforesaid "r tho old fashioned doctrino auion"
member of the cabinet, marked personal, them all would scarcely enjoy his conccn"
flOIll Monroe COUntV. It Was onnnnrl. nn,l tions Of Such a hnrmiftni- .
enclosed in a blank sheot of note paper, through scalding mist into the deep dam"
there were two small but frosh dandelions, nation of a hot sprine or a defunct er or.,.
Ono folt like the Dutch traveler ovorland
who encountered a hot sptino- down in
Stales, which has kept up a flickerinrf ex- i,e o,olanbered out of tho canvas,
istenco for a very long period, is af?ain ?YeIei T.ehlcle wltli faluiy Pty and
trying to get up a revival of energy. ,i T luu leePS-car, tiy
What is claimed to be the first silk rearine i """'"T1 aomemingor ascram
oxhlbition ever held in this count i? ble.oame.uPon a c'e" spring which boile J
in New York, and will remain uirDuicnce. no thru:
The silk growing industry in the United
so through thesummcr, under theausnioes caut,10"3 hand, and then tore back to tho
of tho North American silk exehnr, unprotected family. "Dondor und blitzen!
always prcsentod. Tho column of water,
mount oi spray sums ana cnanges from
in imeiit to momont with each throb from
below and bufl'ot of the wind nbovo, and
no suiiiigm crowns it witn rainbow tints.
You have seen the Ludlow high pressure
water pour out or Chief Leshuro's biggest
combination nozzle. Increaso that steam
and propel it witirmany times the force
i'i uio top oi ino cauicilral tower, and you
have a conception of what a great geyser
h like No gey -or spouts constantly, and
c i. h Is :f law unto itself. Thoy aro about
v ' stages oi operation, gushing,
putting steam, splashing spray about the
bowels, boiling with florconoss, or almost
placid save an unoasyspot which indicatos
thu geyser Iii'jc, whence an otitbroak will
occur in time.
The ico fountain which forms oach win
ter in Springfield cemotory illustrates how
geysers are built by the inciustations of si
liea as the hot watcr boils out of a bole in
tho earth, slowly rearing a white structure.
A boiling spring bocomes in timo a gey.
ser, ir iu building up a mound of precipi
tated mineral it forms a vertical tube of
sulHeient liight and regularity to give a
certain presure of compressed water.
Theso mounds or craters vary infinitely in
form ami and hight and resemble in grace
ful delicacy and beautv frost frnt wnrL- nr
coral formations. Unlike the white mo
notony of frost penciling?, the crater
emmneys or basins nre often dyed with
exquisito colors, The white grounding,
which glistens like purest poroelain, re.
lived with delicate pinks, vermillion.which
runs into crimson, browns of all shades,
orango and yellow, the softest eorus and
tho daintiest buffs. The clear water that
covors nil this boautv deonens into tho
neaveniiosi diuo in tue center of the era'
ler, anil hanging over it are often gaunt
r11 '" ii sir. ppeu oi meir bark and
bleachod whito. On the edge ol the plain
sullen pines keep sombre guard, nnd the
purple hills rest the eye beyond.
The tourist will do well to spend much
tune in tho Upper Geysor Basin. It boasts
the eight largest known geysers, any ona
of which is unparalelled in the volume of
,w..u ..u,w,.i,u aim MAuuanvn. n - . ... - .
Tho exhibits show the original silk makers nBns.0y aivo on; drive on! Hell is
in all stages of their existence, from The n l'to torn here!" !
egg to tho cocoon. The feeding worms t. 8pr,ing IS 2j0 feet 1,1 l''"ueter, !
am t. wnrt i.nnn i,,,,n,r, . " j 8 nUf!o mass of lndiso wator 8RRt.ll in tf in '
" r'" auuiuvw HCCfl JUJU LI1H I " . O ' "
osago orango, and thore is a lartre and fino u PPani'y oottomlessabyss, boautiful
show of cocoons. Thore are exhibits from ?,ul ,cruo1 88 . Tho closing of this
wator ejnetud and the hight to which it
rises. I hey aro the giant, diameter seven
Ieet, wa'er thrown 110 feet, lasts two
bonis; giantess, diameter 18 feet, hight of
cx-rome jet 250 foet, lasts 20 minutes;
beehive, diameter 2 feet, hight 220 feet ,
lasts 20 minutes; grand, diameter, 20 by
25 feet, hight, 300 feet lasts 20 minutes
i i . " '-- rrTTl i in mnlnii ,1 V:t.. f r
manager stated, in his onetime romorV. " wonaenu w our eastern eyes, but Ibis is 1.1 a ...7L U'KU
that the exhibition was intended o prove P"1 0 shading on to the merest 'Z '" ! "M ,J H
thattlinirnitonKtnto. nUnri tr.-m. . l''-.'t fee'' la813 10 tO 30
an7,,7t;;7n ThrrM "If.'K" scendsourimaeTninM. Nor is il,i ! V,m l0.s: L'M. '"8ts 20 minutes; The
beendomonstmted.butit has also proved ' tne edSe of the spring the blue mooi'
true that. hnvnnnt n, i..n.i 1 1 nd graduates into all the colors of n. i 1 8 u,no "-"'"blesthe white rums of some
make either an indnatrfal o,.;. Ptram. It would balfio an artist t ' "'"-.'c.!!MJil,,T lC0Btod b "J"1?.6 torweef
twelvo states, nnd more are arrivino-. The
Bocky mountain region has been
uaiuornia is a land of stirnrism. Tho
sweep of the valleys and their marvelous
fertility, the height of the mountains and
their rugged massiveness, snow drifts at
one oour ana orange bossoms the next,
mo lunssivo onus oi tne rosemlte and the
big trees which tower up 300 feet, vine
yards which yield fabulous i nnnmAa nnrl
mines that make kings in a day out of the
Kiimy, oiouzau mnorers, au these are
taken hero as a matter of course, but sur
prise the staid traveler from the Atlantio
coast. San Francisco is a unique city.
A ride to the famous "Clif house" at this
season will tell you of what the trade
wmas are made, and as your cheeks are
pelted with the mad whirling sand.yon take
stock in the power of tho "sand-blast" to
cut down a eranito column: nnrl rot tho
.1 .. I . L I ' J
uuuus moug tue snore covered with ex
quisite flowers console you by their beau
ty tor tne stings of the sandy storm. The
pedestrian wears on one side the slreni n
overcoat and hurries on with a brisk stop,
and on the otbersido he languidly sighs for
ou.inuei eosiume. ir omen are met carry
ing the most fragrant of bouquets picked
nuiu men- own frnruen. vet wnsrino-
u.i l !. , ' .,
m unu passes now tne pal-
i-d ui uiiuiuuairu, woo expenaeu on the
hallway alone for carpenter's wages in
nuuuworn .jno.uuu ana in nve minutes
"China town" is reached with iu ;ri,i.
and scenes as oriental as Hong Kong itself.
You sleep under heavy blankets, sit before
a mazing nre in summer time and go out
to pick orange blossoms and roses. You
take a waiting street car with no externa.)
pewer, "no pullee.no Dushee.no horse" nr
carried up the steepest hills with marvelous
coierity. ion enter tho t'alaco hotel and
are not surprised at the statomont "that
our carpotlng alone, if cut into narrow
strips would reach across tho continent!"
You look at its great height, its acres of
flooring and readilv believe tho statnmnnt
that "a regiment of soldiors could be quar
tered on its roof" and when you are told
that 2500 guests are to be accommodated
in the gathering of the Knishts Tomnlars
in 1883 you simply say "of course."
Wo rode out a dozen miles to visit Mills
seminary of wide fame, expecting to see
pupils at work, and are told "Our year
closed with May and we are preparing: for
iv. r,.n i .T. r . ,.s. .
iuuit.il buim wuiuu opuus lo AUgUSl. Ana
so vacation quiet broods over the place;
so our ideas are upset and you never know
what to expoet. Yet a day in this para
dise is one to linger forever in one's mem
ory. Partly encircled by the toot hills with
an outlook upon a sweoD of countrv won.
drous fair and the distant bay glimmering
in mo suQiigiit, wun snaay waiKi, now
passing through a wilderness of flowers,
then under a grove of the eucalyptus,
pines, live oaks, mammoth alders the siae
of treos now by the side of dingles and ra
vines wild and arid, then ovor lawns soft
as velvet, you indeed feel that the world
of fairy-land is no myth. This seminary
is olosely linked with Hampshire county,
by the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Mills, who
have built it up, and who have caused
buildings and grounds to spring up from
treeless fiold, are from Ware, and Miss
Tolman, her sister aud others of the facul
ty are from Mount Ilolvoke seminarv. In
fact we rambled to-dav over 'Mt Hoi.
yoke walk." Moro than 1500 pupils
havo been enrolled, representing different
states and territories as well as tho Sand
wioh islands, Alaska and Mexico. It Is to
California what Mt. Ilolyoke seminary is
to New England and the foremost of its
kind on the coast. A school of art, under
the special care of Miss Jane C. Tolman,
who seleoted in Eurone the choicest nhn.
tographs to illustrate her work, is one of
tne special features of this institution, and
the musical denartment is onrtnr nn.
of the best masters in the slate. Tim lt
graduating class received hirrh
for the thoroughness of their work. Liko
all similar institutions, more money is
.u mcci, fcu uluoiuou ui us wormy
founders. William Hydo of Ware has
givon to mis seminary some 3000, and
nis namo is lovingly cherished. All this
jvhiubdio property consisting of GO acres,
with buildings, cabinets, library, pictures,
n.u., una uueu given oy rrosiaent Mills to
the state, a donation most munificent. Tho
seminary is deservedly a favorite on the
racinc coast, and the oducation recoivod
there is of solid nnd enduring character.
An ex-president of ono of tho six comm.
nies was buriod in tho city to-day,an event
so imposing as to attract and arrest the
attention oi even a San t ranciscan. Kc
nownod for bis almost fabulous woalth,
his wisdom and high social standlnrr. inr
his plantation in China stocked with 2000
slnvos, throe wives and seven ebildrnn ih
body of Loo Toy Foon was deemed worthy
of most imnosinrr ceremonies hefom it .
tnkon to China. Through n portion of the
day it lay in stato under a gorgeous canopy
in the open street. Boasted carcases of four
pigs nnd two sheen were placed hu hi
side with their noses to tho west. Above
thoso woro a pyramid of confootious.con
seoratod fruits, nuts, etc., whilo fancy paper
streamers and burning incenso added to
tho strangeness of tho scono. When the
procession started after tho corpso had
been salutod with sobs and salaamino- hv
squads of mourners, two noar frionds of
tue ueau, uressou in white and mounted
ou wnne norses, preceded tho hearse
attended bv a brass band ami vnnn.hinr
Then camo a lino of bovs in hlim un,i0-
each boaring a lantern or banner on which
somo virtuo oi tlio tlecensed was nsnriho.1
surrounding a riderless wiiite horse shroud.
ed in black. Footmen in olivo silk with
roon s wile mullluil ami howml r,nr.rl
doublo supported by two old women fol-
loweu aiso on loot. Then came tho hearse
arawn by lour white horses draped in
black. A whito robed Chinese sat with the
driver scattering oards bearing eulogies of
the departed. Red, yellow, white and
foia paper streamers fluttered in the air.
he hearse was also surrounded by 16
ball-pearers in white, while in contrast,
a procession of priests followed in black
rooes. men came over 1U0 carriages and
20 express wagons, ono bearing hnknrl
meats. It is said that the carriages alone
uuoi, juiai, au mrougn mis procession
were Chinese bands with their wild clan
gor anu uisooraant tones. "A heap men"
were about the streets, it being said 20,000
Chinoso were on the sidowalks, an unusual
3iBul oveu iu uina-town, wriero strict de
votion to business is the rule, whether men
live or die. The bodv was dnritsri in .
reooiving lomo to wait the sailing of
tue next steamer. Uorrt.yondcnce of the
1" .iic'uuttcui.
Economy iu Feeding Farm Stock.
JA W'"' mwtiuiraof tha BosMof Airrlr-,,1
KariLl ' U0 Curuwll. member of the
Bill few farmers in Vermont are cxclu
iiveiy grain and vefetahln r.rr.i,iw,
Nearly all our farmers keep more or loss
smua., anu ins question tiow to feed th
atrwik- fi-nm fi. . I . - . ,
nuui grown on tne farm, or
tuai puronasea, to produce the best results
is one ot vital importance. Farmers should
produce all the good meadow and clover
ujr pusaioie, out mixed farming gives him
uvto ui msa uoarse ioaoer. raw nn
stalks, and some seasons damaged 'hay;
these contain a certain mount, nf m,,li
ment. Too few farmers iin.i.,r0tJ-,i h-.
to uuuze mese poor roods, and feed, ir
eonneotion with the good, in proper mix
Mires, to prouuee the boat results. To
mrui nuuoessimiv. tarmrm nf V..-., ,
should improve their methods of feeding
n. oreeuer oi any Kind of farm stock, to be
stock
circum-
gonoral
successful, must observe certain principles
of brooding but there are also certain
priuc.pics oi loeaing tnat aro just as neo-
essary lor mm to follow. Breodinrr and
moil 1 n tr nn ! I . e
6 uuu lu U,.,Q ,0 proiJlloe t)le
most perfeot animals. No breed of ani
mals can reach a high degree of excellence
Trillium, au uuononnpn .it c.,iini.in e i
M. i 8 " Proportions. Farm
win uegenerate under advnran
stances, starvation, exposure.
ff .f P y as any I'ro'lnots
of the farm will on poor soil and bad
cultivation. Animals nnon n, (.... .i
pending on tho owner for food and care
will just as certainlv fiarrtr fl.o maPbe ,.r
proper feeding as if they were bred in
accordance with the best accepted rules ol
breeding.
The two obiects nf n.rr;r,.,ii ... .i .
production of Dlants
are both composed of the same material
in nearly tho same proportions. Wo can
grow plants without animals, but not
animals without plants. Tho difference
betweon vegetable an,! animal life is
plants oro able by the force inherent in
them, and by tho force which nviai. in n,
y.io ouua up trom materials in
soil and air complex compounds, while
animals lack this power and are obliged
., mmivcs ot the compounds
already formed bv the nlanu ThA ,.ii
stirnn nn n nnn..:M . - .
-... ,, v.u,.olu auiouni oi lorco, the
animal takos this fnrnn
two processes supplement each other; the
, " " """i'leuj circio, mo living ani
mal taking the plant and using it fjr the
materials in its own kjn j
heat, force, nnd tho different processes
?!'5 ,I 1.?Jtl18 Tlleso materials
used to build up tho animals aro constantly
"J "isiiiiu, aim aro nnally ex
creted from the body and go to build up
moro plants. Animals are kopt for three
purnoses-to produce labor, to produce
food, and to produce the raw material for
manufacturing, each requiring different
fcmd, amount, and quality of food. The
farmer should undorstand tbo materials
available as food, and also the adaption
of the materials for the purposos for
which he raises and feeds his animals.
He should understand tho processes of
digestion, circulation, respiration, and the
production of flosh, fat, wool, milk, butter
and cheese.
VVhen we speak of fodder, or feeding
stuft, we moan thoso plants that contain
an the nutrients, in proper proportion, to
build up the animal organism. The ma
tenals are classed as nitrogenous and non-
u.tiUguUU3. lae nitrogenous materials
. u.i oiDuminoias. such as albumen,
,.v,..uto Dy mo wmte of an egg)
fibrin, (represented by lean meat) casoin,
(the basis of choese) and others of loss
.ojounance. au the albuminoids are
u.uibu m tue lollowing chart, protein
Irotoln furnishes the substance of bone,
iiuiua, uoois. tenrlnnst. mn,.M
, -. : ; u.u,ub, iioives
r., D,u, ,v,i auu woq aB(( a3Q
u.e iu tne production or heat and force
I hn linn.nilpnr,AHn... . - .
i materials, sucli as
auu sugar, aro classed as carbo-
uju.rues. v,aroo.nydratcs are transformed
into fats to a slight extent ; thoy serve for
.-w ut mo oooy, anu also aid in pro
ducing muscular force.
FEEDING STlTt.s.
Tho average result of some twolvi
"nit'jrsos oi mo composition,
dlgostibillty and money value, a, Riv.eu
"j oiu lor ticrmany, 1880:
KINDS OF I'MHHEl;,
TF.BMS FOR ADVERT ISING.
F'Tnna,iiiareor lShueaor lesavf .Wats trt .i,r
I iilMs il,: uiirnlmrol lusrtl..us ara nartnl ou ti .
limi't, ill'e";,;Lr'""1'' 10
lrot,ate anj 0iiumi.si.juers' N'utioea, ti uo.
.L'l oiwitlutlonol Co i.arturMblu ate 1 lr, i, i ,r
ar. Iuf rt.c.io.. n sent i,, uffi ".. T n.t si i
cwiesu tlie inter ius uwuej must a.
Noticfsln ni'w. rv,l,Tmn..lgnTit wr liii,.a, b n,tr
tlou. but no chaws uurfe oi iasa iu", M'uls.
et!t,!!!I?," J?""" Marrlaa insertwl uralm. I ut
2ttSr, r'l',r'.J,',t'c?0' uf 'Hi(i.l
i me ralo of 6 centa rer line.
SIrailow lisv, ,mr,
" ( mfHlimn.
KM (,'Iovor, poor,
" Kood,
Pasture Orans.
Wintnr Wlinat alraiv
Oat straw,
Potatoes,
Hnirnr llaota
Tilrottia.
Oarley,
OHtH,
IudianCorn,
Rpaup,
llyo,
RlH'lrivlirv-i!
Wheat llran. liue
..Inono,! tn.l
Cotton seed Meal.
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t0 i and weir
feel ; the
success of it for any length of timo. Presi- d,e30ibe' muoh, morc;to dopict ou canvas,
o.. -.1. 'm. . . .. . I Ihfl tints nnrl ahailinrra n,l,;.,t. ..i 1.
ri.".. l. . . au"ubb a mat ,ttr!a,ln,, m .io , " . i ustify its name, and so on
"'L?"I!on.?n.ot.ner wprehem ould he ' .X T.. 1 I beehive in action
wv uvuiui DAUUUlUBUl ttiat, laSLlLl.-... " . . ' "'I'
year thoro were 25.000 persons encaeed in m"?ulnS exaggeration. 1 do walls of tlie
silk culture in the United Statos, while "!TDg areLsome 2feet hi"'h' ani1 on "
next year thoro would be 50.000. Hn. " wnonco too water llowshnii V "
,tl..ln,l ll,t li;.l .1.. sut nnn nr.7, r IntO tne TlVer tliroiirrh elian nr.la .l '.": I'"""'
'.inirtju .mi. iii ii iiihii. I y ma 90ii.U00.UU0 DOW I , .. " " "111,00
annually sent abroad to buy raw silk to ,, 0 D.ru"am'y colored with scarlet,
supply the 325 Amoriean silk mills would yeJ!?w an" Sree,n' 8 contrast to the
do Kept at notuo to support a now and
most attractive industry, especially suilod
to women.
A gentleman saw an advortisomout that
a euro for dvsnonsia tuieht bo bad hv
sending a postage stamp to the advertiser.
lo sent nis stamp and tho answor was,
ing in your garden and let whisky alone.
wuue surroundings. With c oser i,ri,t
are revealed ecru, lemon, bull, bronze
pink and fawn tints. On frosty morning
rainbows glorify tho stroam which rises,
and the whole effect Is gorgeous in tlni
extreme. In this Lower Geyser Basin, as
it is termed, are smaller springs, deep
blue and hot, bordered by brilliant incrus
tations. But time presses, and our caval
cade canters briskly up the alkali basin to
tielinod stops; the beehive is per
f in spreads its walors so as to
We saw old
Tho form
er pours its tremendous seven torrents np
vertically, widening at the top, and the
clear drops fall with a musical splash into
little pools and pour and tinklo down
tho broa I terraco beforo the inner reser
voirs are emptied and gravitation calls
back tho groat flJ0j above. Spri ngfiilil
llepubliatn,
l-.xaminor-Well, Sir, we will now sup
pose you have beon called to attend a
patient who has takeu a poworful doso of
arsenic. What would you advise giving
him? M. I). (embryo)-Tho last sacra
ments, sir.
The editor of the Snrineliold fDhbrt Jfv.
pullican, in a recent foreign lottcr, credits
lo the Kev. Mr. Twltchell this storv nf .
cv-cut DAjiuiieuce ui MOWellS. lie
was in the same car with him, on an East
ern railway, when a bright young girl
came along and sat down by him and be
gan to talk to him. Said she: "Wo have
been taking a summer trio and wo h...
adopted 'Their Wedding Journey' (one of
""""i" ' uiosi popular works) for our
guido book We have been to all the places
mentioned and havo been dellghtod at all
points. Oh! how I would like to know the
author! Howolls, who is a bashful man,
hardly knew what to say, but had to ao
knowledge, under the heavy rattling fire,
that ho had "socn" him; but at the next
Station he trot out. nrntnnrlinrr thn k;.
journey was ended, and got into another
lIRr t dnrl aha mill I .,
. - ...... um uow mat sne
also had "soen" him!
Mr. MuAll now has thirty-two mission
stations in Tans and environs. The num
ber has increased by seven during the past
year. Ho now proposes to open missions
among the Ircnch of Algiers.
The nutrients, nmtnin -m.i i...
drates, should bo fed in proper proportions
.v. uu iuiii ui Dusiainiug our animals
economically and produce tho best insult.
Good grass or good hay contain all the
group of nutrients in proper proportion to
sustain life nnd givo a healthy growth to
our animals. Oil meal, cither cotton or
linseed, contain a largo per cent of the
albuminoids, roots a large per eont of
starch, either, if capable of sustaining lifo
do it at a great wasto of ono or tlio other
matorial. They aro a one-sided feed
Here is where farmers often fail to rocoive
mo expecieo results from feeding certain
kinds of fodder. They feed a nnn.R(rln,l
food
The important ihino for lie In ,ln ,
to mix the food we raiso or nurchasn m ns
mj oeeiiiH ma oesr results at tho least cost.
Food rations need to be adapted to partic
ular cases. The growing animal needs a
different ration from tho mature one, and
this varies according to what, tho i,n0i
Is to produce. But just at this point there
is great danger. In feeding for production
we must not lose sight of one nftrvwsnrTT
absolutely necessarv. aualitv that, ia
m 1-vuantutiuu. ootue oroea oi animals
have been bred and fed for several gener
ations with but one object in view. Take,
for instance, some breeds of bogs. Hogs
iu meiiuiu-Kiowiuir sections oi ournmintrv
are fed with corn from the day they are
weaned until slanghtored. Corn is a good
toou to fatten, out a poor food to build up
the frame and arrow bono. Tho whnlo nim
nas Dcen to fatten
aim
nd fatten onrlv. nml
the result has been diseased hogs; they die
by the thousands too much fat. too little
musole and bone. It sometimes used fn hn
said of a farmer, when breedine in the
wrong direction, that ho was breeding
into tho ground. We mav iustlv s that
some of the breeds of hogs aro being fed
into tho ground. Some of tho Jersey
cattle men aro doing the samo tuino-,
feeding corn as the exclusive grain foo3,
feeding it the year round, feeding with
but one thing in viow, that is to
produce rich milk tor tbo production of
butter. This course of feeding for a few
generations I bolievo will destroy the
vigor of constitution necessary in a herd
of dairy cows.
it snould oe the study or tbo fartuor to
understand how much of the nutritive in.
gredionts of feeding stuffs contain, just
wuat, sina, anu now mucn our stock needs
for maintenance and to produce tho obiects
desired. German experimenters have
studied into this matter very carefully in
two ways. First, by experiments feeding
animals with different kinds nnd amount
of food and noticing the effect. Second,
ty observing the results of feeding different
kinds of food, as practiced by the most
successful farmers. The German feedino
standards, although not exactly ssfe for us
to follow, are a eood rrui,in f. ...
arrange standards of our own, when tho
value of our fodder, as compared with
theirs, is ascertained. The valuo of feed
ing standards, based on the results of ex
periment and observation.
very much on varying conditions. For
the maintenance of full grown animals
when at rest, if the aiiiliin r n- rji...
. . , , uui luuuur
is known, it is nossibln in rri . it....i,i..
exact feeding standard, but it is another
thing when feeding for production hero
enters an important factor in determin
ing the amount and character of the food
the amount and kind of production.'
whether that production be in labor from
i ho horse or ox. or milt fmm tt, -
wool from the sheen, niiihrent hro'o.i.
ind even different nnlmni. nr,u .....
breed show different capacities for produc
tion and require different amonnts of foo l
Ihe slock farmer very well knows that
what we call coarse fodder. fr,r-rr n- i.....
that they vary considerably in"uonircts'i-'
turn according to tho circumstances under
which they grow, tbo condition of the
soil, their state of maturity, tho condition
in which harvested. It is therefore of the
highest importance to learn how these
various factors affect the valuo of a f, l, lu
ll is a well established fut tl..,t ii...
natural quality of the soil and its fertility
has a very marked influence on the chem
ical composition ot tho fodder erot.
According to analysis mado in 1 i,..r,i
iitrinany, the hay from a mannrerl i,,.. ,',!'
ow contained 12 per cent of albumen, that
uuiu mu nnmanureo ono only 9 per rent.
Another investigation mad in M,.,.t ,.,.'
bowed rank plants of oats, barley, wheat
ml rye to contain at tbo iwrrtnain.. ..r
flowering ltj per cent of albumen, ii"tho
try matter, whilo weaker plants eontaiuod
mly 10 per cent. Fodder prrin-n ,,n
heavy clay soil, consisiing of a mixture of
timothy and red clover, sample (Xo 1)
wan taken from a part of the tield which
was in an ordinarv state nf f,.Mii:.
(So. 2) was taken from a spot where the
excremenis and urino ot growing animals
had caused a luxuriant growth. "The two
samples had tho following composition
No. 1 had U per cent of tbo albuminoids
and 1 9 per cent of crudo fiber and carbo
hydrate. No. 2 had 20 per cent of the
albuminoids and C8 per cont of carlio
hydrato, including orudo liber. No. 1 had
a feeding ratio of 1: 7, 2. No. 2 had a
feeding ratio of 1:3. 8; this was the
whole amount, the indigestible as well as
the digestible.
From many experiments it soems to bo
characteristic of hay in somo parts of New
England, as compared with that in Ger
many, that it has a much lower percent
age of the albuminoids. This may not
apply to our Champlain valley hay
Several analyses.mado by the Connecticut
experimental station in 1879, showed the
average per cent of the albuminoids In
timothy hay to be 5, 6. Timothy hay in
Germany has 9, 7. Tbo carbo-hydrates
was 75 per cent in the former and but (18
per cent in tho latter. According to this
timothy hay in Germany is of nearly
twioo the value of that raised In Connec
ticut. There was about the samo difference
in clover and other grasses. Analvun
confirm the common observation that hay
that is wet when being harvested is dimin-
isued in value, urass is relatively richer
in albnnien and poorer in crude fiber
before heading. When the question of
early or late cutting of hay is raised we
have to consider not only the quality of
the fodder, but the quantity, and quantity
of it which we can obtain from a o-jyen
area. Soon after blossoming the albumen
in the stems and loaves is very rapidly
transferred to the seed; if left to remain
until tlio seed is ripo it is simply hay
straw. A large number of experiment's
has proved beyond a doubt that when
crops are raised for fodder tho greatest
possible amount of digestible nutrients are
produced per aero when tho crop is cut at
first beginning of blossoming. Clover is
rich In tho albuminoids; a mixture of
clover with meadow hayusually improves
tho quality of tho fodder, but clover suf
fers moro loss by rain when beinL' har
vested than meadow hay, sinco from 25 in
10 per e.mt of its dry matter is romnv.iM,.
by cxtr.'ictiou with cold water.
All kiinls of grain contain the three
groups of nutrients, the albuminoids,
carbo hydrates and fat, iu largo quantities,
in small bulk, with littlo wasto mutter.'
heneo are a very important stock food".
Corn contains the smallest nor cimi of il,
albuminoids and tho largest per cent of
uurbo-bydrntps of any of our grains; it i.-,
therefore, not as valuable n foo.l win...
towth of body is desired : should h' imt
little fed except for fattenini' nuriioies
riio carbo hydrates necessary for a nt-on,..-
nulritivo ratio for stock ibirinr? nnv nerm,!
of their growth is much cheaper obtained
louuer, cituor nay or straw, thin m
corn. Oats, peas, beans, aro rich iu allm
men, consequently aro valuable to lie fed
Willi poor hay or straw. Clieniical :m.iKvi
shows wheat bran to contain a larger "per
cent of tho albuminoids than Ih whole
wheat; its nutritive ratio is 1 to 4: ,js
fed with good hay, ono pound li.:n. to i
pounds of good bay, raises the ratio t.,
Lo, 5, which is nearly a cotnnlein rmi.,-
for growth of auimals from one to tw i
yoars oi ago, it tins is too bulky, substitute
peas or linseed moal in p;1eo of oue
fourtu of the liny and bran. Cotton ami
linseed meal, whon the oil i ex'rrtetcil.
aro highly concentrated food, the rielic-t
in tho albuminoids of any acucssable food
thoy aro valuable when fed wilh any oi
the poor fodder of the farm, or with roots.
Roots havo but little albumen, ennspniu.i-t-
ly should never bo fed alone, with corn,
poor hay, or straw; when fed it should be
witii good nay (clovor is best) and in
eonneotion with peas, beans, cotton or
linseed meal.
There aro several important things set
tled by a large number of experiments iu
Germany that should be a guide for every
breeder in fooding and preparing hi.
animals. It has been observed in nnmor.
ous experiments of oxen, cows, sheep and
goats, that increasing tho protein of a
ration has no tendency to diminish tho
digestibility of carbo-hvdrates. hilt, nn tlin
contrary, when carbo-hvdrntfin. n.i,i.i
m large quantities to a ration it depresses
tho digestibility of the protein to a consid
erable extent. The greater the amount of
starch which is added to a ration tho moro
is tho digestibility of protein decreased;
tho same is tho case when sugar is added'
and when starch or sugar is added to
increase tho nutritive ratio, it not only
lessens the digestibility of the protein, hut
much less of the starch and imnr
digested, thus causing a double loss. A
too wido nutritive ratio may causo more
waste man a too narrow one.
I will mention a Gorman e
show the influence of one constituent upon
the digestibility of tho other iu the food
given to stock. Sheep wero fed o l. ,
pounds of cooked Dotatoes with "i .t .
of wheat straw. All the starch contained
in the potato was fully utilizod by everv
anim.il. Ihon to tho ratfou just mentioned
was added 1 MO pounds more of potatoes
thoy then found that a part of tho starch
was not assimilated, but nassnd intn n,.,
excrements, but when pounds of pc i
meal was added to the mixture complete
digestion was obtained. The pea moal
was rich in protoin, and by increasint:
tllia (if lll.tlllr, ttln r.. 1 1- i
. ,uuu .anon narrower,
it increased tho digestibility of thu starch
or carbo-hydrates. Kxporimonts prove
that tbo greater tho quantity of protein in
fodder tho more completely will they he
digested. When the quantity of starchy
substance amounts to 1-7 of the weight of
(Continutd on Zdpuge),