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VOLUME 11-NUMBER 7.
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1866.
WHOLE NUMBER 527.
ORLEANS INDEPENDENT STANDARD.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
E. S. COU LES,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
COVENTRY, VERMONT.
Tensions, bounties and urrenrb of pay for ser
vice in the United States army procured.
CKANE At IJ1SIJEE,
ATIORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
NEWPORT, VERMONT.
W. D. Crane. L. II. Bisbee.
Special attention pahl to the collection of all
claims against the governmrnt.
J. T. ALLEN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
NEWPORT, VERMONT.
CIIAKLES I. VAIL,
ATTORNEY, PENSION & BOUNTY AGENT.
1RASHVROH, VfcRMONT.
V. II. I'AKKIII UST, M. !.,
HOMOEOPATHIC THYSICIAN & SURGEON.
IRASniROlI, VERMONT.
VM. I. TYLER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
IKA3HLROII, VERMONT.
Oillce in the Court Hoiimc.
DALE Ac KOHI.SO,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
DERHY LINE AMD BARTON, VT.
OI.O. N. DALE. J. B. ROBINSON.
lVnsiotis, Bounties uiul all Military Claims pro
cured. S. F. UIIEELKK,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER AND SALESMAN
BARTON, VERMONT.
Auctions attended to with promptness. Terms
reasonable.
A. ' I It It 1 1111,
MANUFACTURER SASH, DOORS, BLINDS.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Will always be ready to attend to all calls in
kis line. Call at the old shop.
S.V.HI EL STAN I'Oltl),
DEALER IN PLOWS, TINWARE, FLOUR.
IRASniROlI, VERMONT.
Also Horses to li t at all times, and general job
and team work done. S .tisfaction given.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Dealer in Clocks, Watches, Jewclrv, Sliver and
Plated Ware.
C. II. DUES ELL,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Also dealer in Cassino's Spring Mattranses, Cof
fins and CasUcts.
JOHN i:. SKINNER,
MERCHANT.
BARTON, VERMONT.
M. A. CHASE,
CUSTOM BOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Particular attention given to repairing. Shop
over the Standard oflice.
The Soldier's Wife.
She looked within the quiet room,
And saw three orphans sleeping there;
Theirs was the joy of childhood's bloom,
And hers the grief of cold despair.
Three broken forks well driven in,
Three stockings pinioned to a shelf;
A rude note, fastened by a pin,
Begged Santa Claus fill them with pelf.
The purse and board were empty quite ;
The twilight settled like a pall;
The dying fire made fitful Jight
And spectral shadows on the wall.
She crept beside the window pane,
And gazed into the solemn sky,
While steadily, in golden train,
Star after star went gleaming by.
And then arose before her sight
Another picture, far away ;
Where, sleeping in the placid night,
The father of her children lay.
She saw him gird his armor on ;
She kissed his brow and blessed him then ;
She bade him, when the fight begun.
Approve himself the best of men.
By Chattahooehie's rolling stream,
Amid the thunder of the fray,
The musket-roar and bayonet gleam,
One night his mangled body lay.
The pale star kissed her paler face,
And gemmed each tear-drop in her eve,
Then softly shone above the place
Where he she loved and lost did die.
Three rosy orphans sleep and dream ;
Three stockings no one conies to fill ;
For down by Chattahooehie's stream
Brave Santa Claus lies cold and still.
JOHN l SAItTLE,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
BARTON, VERMONT.
DEALERS IN DRY 00DS, W. I. GOODS, &e.
BARTON, VE1.MONT.
A good assortment of Hardware, Hats, Caps,
Bouts, Shoes, Fl'u'.-, S.ilt, Nail-, Clothing, &c.
V M "j )S L Y NaTso i S
Apothecaries mid "Wholesale Druggists.
BARTON, VERMONT.
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
AND CLAIM AGENTS.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Will attend the Courts in Orleans and Caledonia
Counties.
WM. W. OROt'T. -'. OROVT, JR.
1 1 E N R Yl II A.VI IUIhLIN
TIN-SHOP, STOVE AND HOLLOW WARE.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Williams' Soap Stone Stove, f best thing yet in
vented) Pumps, Sinks, &c. Repairing done.
F.W. ROH I N SO N,
DRY GOODS, W.I. GuODS, GROCERIES.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Read v Made Clothing. Hardware, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Cups, Flour, Salt. Nails. Glass, ftc.
D. S. CLAI'1
GROCERY AND RESTAURANT.
BARTON, VERMONT.
nn hand Ovsters bv the gill or the gal
Ion, Confectionery W all kinds, Pies, Cakes, Nuts,
Cider. Ale. Tobacco, Cigars, Apples, Figs, Dates,
Raisins, and good eatables generally.
" . J . ROH 1 N SON ,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT.
BARTON, VERMONT.
References. Col. Geo. H.Blake, W. L.Tink
ham, M. F. Blake, Barton.
A Gem.
It is not much the world can give
With all its subtle art,
And gold alone is not the thing
To satisfy the heart ;
But oh, if those who cluster round
The altar and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving ways,
How beautiful is earth.
Double Execution in Pittsburg.
Ben j. B. Marshall and August Freeke,
recently convicted of the murder of a
(iennan named Foerster, at Boyd's
Hill, near Pittsburgh, Fa., were execu
ted last Friday. Marshall made a
confession before his trial, implicating
eeke, who. although the testimony
was against him, persisted in declar
iiii; his innocence to the last. A letter
"rom Fittsburir, dated Friday even-
A Legend of the Rhine.
The Rhine is celebrated for the in
numerable ruined castles and monas
teries that stand on its banks, and
each has its history.
Our guide told us of one, an old
monastery near Lingerfield, which I
thought worthy of a place in my note
book. I gave it my own interpreta
tion and present it to the reader, hop
ing it may meet with approval in its
perusal.
During the "Thirty Year's "War"
which convulsed German)-, on a fine
summer's afternoon a foot traveller
came to the little hos telry of the 'Trav
eller's Rest,' which stood by the road
side on the river's bank. His garb
proclaimed him a soldier. High black
boots were drawn half way up his
thighs, in which a loose pair of breech
es lost themselves, and a rusty breast
plate covered his buff leathern jerkin,
a broad leafed low crowned hat, from
which a single black feather depend
ed, was pulled low upon his forehead.
He was armed with sword and pistols.
There was something in his martial
bearing and firm tread that seemed to
denote the officer. So at least thought
the little sunny haired maid of the
hostelry who came forth to serve him :
for she said at once :
'What can I serve you with, noble
Captain ?'
'A flagon of Rhenish, and of your
best vintage, mind, and a bit of some
thing to eat, in the first nlace.' ans-
wered the soldier, good-naturedly
chuckimr the "irl under the chin, like
one accustomed to that familiarity ;
'and then a bed for the night.'
'The first I can supply you with ;
but the second, I am sorry to say I
cannot."
It was a man's voice that spoke.
They had been joined by the land
lord of the hostelry a short, pussy.
little man with a fat face and a red-
nose.
'And wherefore not?" asked the
soldier, carelessly throwing himself
on the wooden bench under the tree
that shadowed the hostelry with its
branches, whilst the girl went into the
house to procure the refreshments he
had bespoken.
'Because every room is cmracred.
The
mg, says :
Throughout the whole of last night j and I have not a spare bed left.
and up to the time of his execution ; young Baron Ravensburg, his
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mis morning, rrecKe waiKeu tne nar-; and their attendants, will arrive here
row limits of his cell. His spiritual j this eveninsr. Their courier was here
adviser. Jtcv. u. a. wensen. 01 the this inornimr to bespeak the room
Lutheran Church, was with
sought by all means in his
'What would you have had me do ?'
asked the soldier, in his usual careless
tone. 'They might have fired with
better success at some other poor dev
il of a traveler, who might not have
got off so easily as I did.'
'What could have possessed them" to
have fired upon you ?' exclaimed the
landlord, and it almost appeared he
asked himself the question as much as
he did the soldier.
'Precisely the question I asked my--self,'
returned the soldier : 'and since
you have mentioned the expected ar
rival of the young Baron Ravensburg,
I think I have a clue to the whole afj
fair. Some outlaws, having heard of
the Baron's journey, they have formed
a plan to waylay him. These two
men were sent forward as scouts to.
apprise the others of the Baron's ap
proach'. Seeing a solitary horecmau
approach, they concluded to plunder
a little on their own account. As I
was not molested further on my way
hither, the rendzvous of the band must
be beyond there, consequently the Bar
on, will reach thi3 house in safety.
Now if you cannot accommodate me
with a bed, I shall take up my quar
ters to-night upon this bench, for I
feel it my duty to warn this young
Baro", for I know something of the
family, of the danger which threatens
him.'
The landlord gazed curiously at
his unceremonious guest. There was
no mistaking the man. Courge and
determination were highly stamped
upon his line cut leatures.
You are an officer ?' he said, in-
siy
Yes
-Captain?'
Exactly.'
Disbanded ?'
Xo.'
The quiet smile that accompanied
this answer bewildered the landlord.
In fact the Captain was an enigma
that the worthy host of the 'Travell
er's Rest' found it impossiMe-to solve.
The appearance of the maid of the
hostelry with a flask of wine and the
refreshments which the Captain had
ordered, interrupted the conversation.
The iiost whispered to the mrl and
nniri-i
'That's unfortunate. But I am not
so mrtieular I am a soldier as vou
see so give me
a bundle of straw in
and that will
him, and
power to
prepare the wretched being for his in-
cvitaoie late, inis morning he was one ot the outhouses.
fresh and in good spirits, and at about ' content me.'
11 o'clock, shaking hands with the; 'Imnossihlc !' cried the host with
'I have no fear; aiac,.jtv wliieh rather surprised the
He leaves a wife and two : poi,iior : 'even as it is I shall be obliged
thirteen and fifteen years to mnl- snmp r.f thp Bnron's servants
sheriff, said, in German
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daughter
then hurried away.
What did he say to you ?' asked the
Captain apruptlv, fixing l.ii keen eves
sister I upon the girl's face.
do wait upon you while he went
up to the monastery,' answered the
girl unhesitatingly.
'The monastery ?' rejoined the Cap
tain, leisurely inspecting the contents
of the flask of Rhenish, which seemed
to bo liUK'li to liij satisfaction. 'That
old ruin upon the hill yonder. It is
then occupied.'
Oh, yes ; about a year ago a party
of wandering monks, whose monastery
had been destroyed bv the soldiers of
of age respectively, in Lokennen. in ! sWi in the mcn nir. Mv house is the leasrue. occupied it and they have
tlie kingdom of Hanover, Germany. ; but small, as you perceive, and the ! remained there ever since. They call
At precisely one o'clock P. M. the Baron's retinue is large. Ten miles ; themselves the 'Black Brotherhood of
sheriff approached his cell, and called ;. further on there is an excellent inn. ! St. Bruno.' And very pious and self
upon him to prepare, at the same time .you are used to marching.' said the , denying men they are too. They
stating that he much regretted to be , wt wjth au attempt at facetiousness. i keep wrapped up in an odor of sancti-
compelled to perlorm this unpleasant ; anj tu0 distance will be nothing to
duty. Freeke replied, "I don't blame j vo
you. It is all right. You are only j 'Excuse me,' answered the soldier,
doing your duty.'' His arms were j tapping the heel of his boot with his
The Landlord, who had returned
from the monastery, welcomed them,
conducted them into the hostelry,
while two rough looking hostlers took
charge of the carriage. The outriders
stabled their own animals.
The Captain had observed all that
passed with an attentive eye. He had
expected a much larger escort. The
iady "was without a maid, and the
Baron had but five attendants, and
yet the landlord told him there was
no adedmmodation. There was some
thing wrong.
The Baron came from the hostelry
followed by Bonita, bearing a fresh
flask of Rhenish.
. "Good eyening, Captain," he said
-courteously touching his plumed bea
ver with a graceful action which be
spoke the finished cavalier ; "perhaps
y&u will do me the favor to drinkthis
flask of Rhenish wine with me."
"With all my heart," answered the
Captain cheerfully ; "mine is empty."
The Baron seated himself on the
bench, and Bonita placed the flask
and cups before them.
"Stay !'' cried the Captain as she
was going; "how many monk3 are
there in yonder convent, my pretty
Bonita ?""
"Twenty, I think, Captain," she
answered.
"Thank you ; that will do."
She went into the house. The Bar
on regarded the Captain attentively.
His question about the monks seemed
to surprise him.
'Do you think of retiring from the
world, Captain," he laughingly inquir
ed, "and taking up your abode in mon
astery ?':
"I'faith, not I." He filled the cups
in that careless, off-handed mamier
which pervaded everything he did, and
raised his to his lips. "Your health
Baron Ravensburg."
"You have the advantage of me,"
answered Ravensburg, as he respond
ed to the toast.
"Oh ! call me Captain Bernard."
"I passed a dead horse on the road.
The landlord tells ine it was yours.
I also saw the bodies of the men slain
by you. A narrow escape, Captain.
By the way are you in the Imperial
service ?"
"I am not. To be frank with you,
my sword is at present at liberty." ,
"Then take service with me. There
is something in your appearance that
bespeaks the gentleman and the sol
dier, and I like you. There is a
Majority vacant in my regiment which
1 can promise you."
"On my word, Baron," returned the
Onptnin, onu;.iB guud Uumuicdij. : nrst stopping place. They parted
"you do me much honor on so brief with mutual expression of regret. But
an acquaintance ; but we are likely thev were destined to meet again. On
to serve together in a sharp campaign the bloodv field of Lutzen. when Pap
which is nearer than y o u imagine, penheim fell, and his routed cavalry
Whether you or I shall take direction tied in dismay before the impetuous
of the affair depends upon yourself charge of the Swedes, Ravensburg was
after you have heard what I have to made prisoner. He was led before
tell you.'' the vLtor of the well fought field.
"In heaven's name what do you Bernard Von Weimar, who had as-
guard. The Captain, Baron, and the
others, each armed with a sword and a
brace of pistols, occupied the large
apartment on the ground floor. The
landlord was to admit the robbers
one at a time, as had been arranged
by the Captain of the band himself,
and as fast as they were to be secured,
gagged and bound, or killed outright
a3 circumstances warranted.
As the hour for the attack drew near
every heart beat anxiously. The
coolest man of the party was the Cap
tain. Unconsciously he had assumed
entire direction of the affair, and the
young Baron and his followers obeyed
him implicitly, seeming to recognize
his fitness for the position without
question.
A stealthy footstep approached the
door, and the landlord, assisted by the
cold barrel of a pistol, which felt dis
agreeably close to the back of his head,
admitted a robber, who was instantly
secured. Another followed, and an
other, until it came to the eighth a
stout, brawny fellow who, by the
herculean effort, twisted his throat out
of the Captain's grasp, and shouted at
the top of his lungs :
"We are betrayed !"
Two other robbers who were close
behind discharged their carabines in
at the door, and instantly retreated.
A veil of pain answered the discharge,
and one man fell in the hostelry. The
door was instantly shut and barricad
ed. Lights were brought forward, and
the man who had fallen was raised.
It proved to be the landlord. He was
quite dead, both bullets having taken
effect in his body.
After a brief consultation the robbers
advanced in a body against the door,
attempting to hew it open with axes
which they had procured from the
stables. They were met with a fusil
ade of pistol shots that thinned them
to one-half before they had forced the
door, and then it was the besieged
that sallied forth, and not they that
entered. The survivors of the band
fled.
The fight was over. Fifteen of the
band were killed,wounded,and prison
ers. The prisoners were treated with
the summary justice of military times,
beig shot at sunrise by the Baron's
followers.
The Baron and his sister renewed
their journey in the morning, being
attended by Captain Bernard, whom
the Baron furnished with a horse by
dismounting one of his own followers,
and Bonita, whom the Countess had
engaged as maid.
The Captain left the Baron at the
State News.
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
Death of the Rev. E. J. Scott.
Rev. Elisha J. Scott, of this village,
died at his residence, last Wednesday,
alter an illness of aoout a week. He
has been in quite feeble health for
years, and the disease against which
he had been constantly struggling, at
tacking him more violently than usual,
his strength and vitality were unequal
to the contest with it, and he gradual
ly failed until nis death.
Mr. Scott was born in Craftsbu y,
Aug. 11th, 1803. He entered upon
the Christian ministry in 1828. He
has resided in this town more than
twenty years. When he first came
here, and during all his stay, he was
connected with the Methodist Church
and Conference, although his health
much of the time kept him from active
labor in the ministry. He had, at
different times, for several years the
editorial charge of the Christian Mes
senger, and, in the absence of Rev. Mr.
ebster, occupied that position at the
time of his decease.
Mr. Scott was an unostentatious.
modest man, almost singularly so when
his clear intellect, his s?und judgment,
and his accurate knowledge are taken
into the account. His mind was well
balanced, his convictions decided, and
his reasoning faculties of a high order,
and those who knew him entertained
the highest respect for his opinions.
He was, while he had the strength to
preach, an able, faithful, effective
Christian minister. As an editor, he
gave a character and tone of unusual
merit to the columns of the Messenger.
His mind, also, was the home of the
beautiful thoughts which find their most
fit expression in poetry, and he was
the author of hymns worthy a place
in the best sacred collection. A touch
ing hymn, composed by himself in his
last illness, and sung at his funeral,
moved the audience to tears.
As a citizen he was quiet and un
obtrusive, working chiefly, as he had
health, in the field of Christian labor.
He was respected by all, and those
who knew him best loved and admired
The Drunken Man.
aik The Troubadour '.
then pinioned with a white lined band-!i,p.1Vv st....l senbbnrd. nnd nil the
age. The sheriff, upon reaching Mar- whiie subjected to a scrutiny of which wavs has his black cowl drawn closelv j The landlord of this hostelry is in
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tv all the time. Thev never hold any
communication with the world with
out; no stranger is ever admitted be
neath their walls ; and whenever one
of the brotherhood comes out, he al
Sadly the drunken man
Turns to his home,
When his last sixpence for
Liquor is gone;.
Cold blows the wintry winds,
Wild is its moan
Drunken man, drunken man.
Haste to thy home.
One, for the drunken man,
Hopelessly wept,
Fondly she watched for him
While others slept,
Sighing in search of him,
Fain would I roam
Drunken man, drunken man.
Come to thy home.
Hark ! 'tis the drunken man !
Heard ye his cry ?
Curses upon his lips,
Wrath in his eye;
Woe to the wretched one,
Heart broken and lone .
Drunken man. drunken man,
Sad is thy home.
Joy in the drunkard's home,
Sorrow hath fled,
Heart-beaming happiness
Smiles in its stead ;
There the teetotal pledge
Conquering hath come
Drunken man, drunken man.
Glad is thy home.
The Dangers of Tippling.
This is a time when pvprv vpII.
wisher of humanity should admonish
the young to beware o the evils of
strong drink. I am alarmed to see
the prevalence that there is of intem
perance. You have known cases in
which a fire broke out in a building.
and engines came and poured their
streams upon it, until at last the flames
were subdued, and great clouds of
smoke rolled up, and one by one the
engines were taken away, and police
men set to watch the place ; and bv
and by the flames broke out again
here and there, so that it wa3 necessa
ry to again invoke the engines, al
though the fire had seemed to be extinguished.
Xow, the human heart is so inflam-
him. All will mourn his decease, and mable, the passions are so temDtable.
especially will the church' and Confer- that is is necessary to keep playing
ence miss the wisdom ot the counsels upon them all the time and for that
ot this veteran member of their orgam- matter, in this particular sin, with cold
zation. water. For therp is a
Mr. Scott's funeral took place Sat- bility, in every generation, to intem-
urday, at the Methodist church, and perance. And there is this about it,
was attended by a large concourse of that the temptation is insidious ; the
people. The services were very im- appearances are specious ; the risks
ressive and affecting. The coffin are terrible, and the exDectations are
was borne by his brethren in the min- exactly contrary to the probable re-
stry. Rev. Messrs. Ludlum, Cooper, suit. Men do not expect to be drunk-
vidder and Copeland, participated in ards. Men do not become drunkards
the services at the church, Mr. Cooper suddenly. The work of their deoTa-
)reaclnng a discourse lrom this appro- dation is gradual. At first they take
mate Scripture : a social glass, they take a glass for
"For I aui now ready to be offered, social reasons, not dreamimr that thp.
and the time of my departure is at time will come whea their appetite for
uaiui. I stronor flririK' nll h lpraciti .In. r,l
mean ?"' exclaimed Baron Ravensburg
in astonishment.
' Softly in a whisper there may
be long ears about us. In a word we
are in a den ol cut throats. Yonder
old monastery is occupied by a band hood.'
of robbers in the disguise of monks.
sumed command of the Protestant
army on the fall of Gustavus Adolphus,
aud in the brave soldier and skillful
General he recognized Capt. Bernard,
the destrover of the "Black Brother-
shall's cell, said to him. "This is very j j
unpleasant, but we have to do it. i soldier; and in mv long marches 1 j here as long as they have, 1 have nev-
John ji:n.ni:ss,
UNION HOUSE.
OLOVKJ1, VERMONT.
An excellent home for the traveler. Xo pains
will lie upareil to promote the comtort ot guests
11. JI. LITTLE,
rUOriUETOR OF the barton hotel
haiitox, vkkmont.
Carriages in attendance on arrival of traiDS.
The Stages all stop at this House. Also a good
Livery in connection with the same.
5iTl i r u iiTit i ,
HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTER
HAKTON-, VKKMOXT.
Imitator of Wood and Marble, Paper Hanger,
Glazier, &e.
i ) O I) 5 0 PICTURE
LEATHF.Il C0VE11ED
Photograph Albums,
mailed free to any part of ilie country on receipt
of
One Dollar and Twenty Five Cents,
BY II. A. WOODMAN,
JEWELRY AMD FANCY GDOCS DEALER,
No. 371 Washington Street, under Adams House,
BOSTON,
on must take tins on meamntr a
neck-handkerchief. Marshall did so.
The prisoner had been in close com
munication with his spiritual adviser.
Father Amardas, for some past, and
was praying with him all the morning.
He weighed two hundred pounds, had
a good countenance, and up to the last
moment said he felt no depression of
spirits whatever. At 1.10 precisely
the two condemned men ascended the
scaffold. The clergy, sheriff, deputy
and prison warden accompanied
them. Marshall knelt in prayer upon
the front part of the platform, with
Father Amardas, lor some minutes.
Freeke, however, sat upon a chair, and
said to the sheriff, in German, "I have
togo this road ; but I am innocent, and
I hope God may be merciful." Then
turning to Marshall, he said, "Confess
th.it I am innocent. .Marshall re
plied. -Ihave nothing to confess. The
chairs were then removed, and both
prepared to die. The drop fell at
fifteen minutes past- one.
ie was unconscious.
"V o " I
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nave oeen accusiomeu to use iour ices
instead of two. I did not conic all the
way here on foot.'
'Where it your horse ?' asked the
landlord quickly, and with some anxi
ety, the soldier thought.
'Some two miles from here he ans
wered carelessly.
'Two miles from here !' echoed the
landlord quickly ; 'there is no house
there. Why did you leave him ?'
'Simply because he could carry me
no farther, and I had not been in the
habit of carrying him. He was dead.'
'Dead?'
'Yes. It happened very strangely.
These are troublesome times, I know,
but I thought the war had not invaded
'I am not a foot i over his face. Though I have been
er seen one with his face uncovered.'
'I thought you said your uncle was
going there ?' remarked the Captain
A Recruit from the Grave. T'ie
News says the following
circumstance, among the most remark-
this quiet province, at least I was
Pelts, Hides, Hags, Old Paper,
PRINT PA PER i SACKING,
Copper, Pewter, Brass, Lead, Old
Iron, Feathers, Bees' Wax,
AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE
taken in exchange for goods hy
H. 0. WII1TCTIER, Agent.
TO THE LADIES.
Wc would call vour attention to Madam Foy's
Patent Corset Skirt Supporter. Alsotlie
iiosion Corset Skin Co.'s Patent
Improved and Flexible
Hoop Skirts, ot every style and variety, constant-
l .1 I r. m ',iln liar
IV on nam. uuu n "
3 H. O. WIIITCIIER.
J?arton, Dee. 2j, I860.
V KWBl'RY SEMINARY and Female Cot
f li'iriute Institute Newlmry, Vermont. Hev
Silas K. Quiml'.v, a. M., Principal. Spring term
open Fel. 15 h. Summer term opens way loin
Send for u Catalogue or circular.
WHITE CHESTER BOAR.
r nv ...i.enrihpr lins lately purchased a full
I Ki!.,i...tvi,itP Ph. ..iter Hoar, which he designs
to keen for service. The who are desirous of
improving swine will do well to call and see nim.
I l.nmpht him from Montpelier almut the 20th
of Deeemiier last espccialy for the use of the lar
mers of this vicinity. E.C.COLBY.
West Glover, Jan. 3, 18G6 3v5
L IO II T .
I ALE at II. Chnmherlin's Shop in Barton and
j take a look at Batehelder' Patent Itctiecter.
It is n splendid thing.
1 ASH paid lor Furs by
II. O. WHITCHER.
icitu ti. von .ali;.
r JMIE SUBSCRIBER has some 50,000 brick,
of the very best q'fj' LEWIS.
Barton, Dec. 20th, 18G5. 62w8
Faith Extraordinary. At Zanes-
ville, Ohio, there are many colored
icoplc who live by barbeving and oth-
er li'jni woriv. inev uicioi uiu uiwi
part an orderly quiet people, many of
them religious, having a church of
their own, and an ebony minister, of
all of which they are justly proud.
At a late revival on a cold night, this
expounder was delivering a powerful
appeal on ''laith, the groans ana sods
of his hearers gave token of its effects
on their irrepressible natures. The
tears stood upon his dark cheeks, his
voice quivered, while he emphasized by
vigorous blows on the table. In the
midst of all this the stove, agitated by 1
his jarring blows, rolled over on the
floor. Brother Lewis, a very high
man in the church, had located himself
near the comforter of shins ; he stood
irresolute when the voice of his minis
ter cau.e to him laden with faith
-Pick up de stove, Brudder Lewis ;
pick up de stove, de Lord won t let
it burn vou." Brother Lewis's mind
was filled tip with miracles of faith he
had heard that evening, so he yielded
to the appeal of his preacher, grabbed
the hot stove, but dropped it instantly,
and turning his reproacliful eyes to
thn discinle of faith, exclaimed, "Be
AAVS w---
ftU he wont."
It costs more to
than to bear them.
wrongs
told so, and therefore I rode along
fearless of danger. When I came to
that little glen with rocks and weeds
cresting it upon either side, I thought
a natural idea lor a soldier that
it was a capital place for au ambush,
and so it proved ; for I had scarcely
entered it when two carbines were
fired from the thicket. Mv horse
neighed with pain, reared up, and then
fell to the earth carrying me along
with him. I knew that he was badly
hurt, for I have had horses shot under
me before ; so I quickly snatched my
pistols from my holsters, .extricated
my feet from the stirrups, and went
quietly down with him. Fortunately
he fell stone dead, and did not kick.
I lay motionless on his body, and wait
ed further developments.'
'Two men with carbines in their
hands emerged from the thicket and
came rapidly towards me. When
they were within ten feet of me
arose, and called upon them to sur
render, as I was anxious to learn the
cause of this unprovoked attack, there
leing nothing in my appearance, 1
thought, to suggest the idea of booty.
But the rascals, who evidently thought
me dead, were so terrified that they
beat a hasty retreat towards the
woods, so I was obliged to send a
couple of bullets after them to stop
them ; and being an indifferent good
shot they did stop, and unless some
good christian gives them burial, they
are likely to stop there for some time.'
'You shot them both ?' stammered
the landlord ; and his teeth chattered
and he grew very pale, all but t'ie tip
of his nose, which, with contrast with
the rest of his face, looked redder
than ever. v 1
carelessly sipping Ins wine.
'Oh ! he only goes to the porter's
wicket: he never jroes in. He
plies the monks with food.'
'And how many bottles of this cap
ital wine a mouth ?'
I am sure I don't know how many,
but I know that we have more empty
flasks at the end of the week than the
number of travellers could possibly
have drank.'
I thought so. The close neighbor
hood of these good monks accounts
for the excellence of the wine. St.
Bruno, your very good health. Do
manv travellers pass this way, sweet
heart ?'
'Not many ; and what seems to me
very singular,' continued the girl,
bending toward the Captain, and speak
ing in a low, cautious whisper, 'none
that pass this way ever return
Indeed ! hat kind ol a road is it
between this hostelrv and the next
topping place?'
'Very lonely and desolate.'
'Infested by robbers, eh ?'
I believe so. Tbough my uncle
always assures travellers there is no
danger.'
'Who is your uncle the landlord ?'
'Yes, I am his niece, Bonita, if you
please, sir.'
'Whether 1 please or not. is more
than I can say ; but you please me,
my pretty Bonita.'
He caught her quickly around the
waist, drew her upon his knee, and im
printed a kiss upon her cherry lips.
Thegui freed herself from his embrace
and retreated in confusion, but she
did not seem verv angrv at the liber
ty the soldier had taken. It was
something to be a handsome captain
even in those days.
The sound approaching wheels now
attracted their attention, and a light
travelling carriage drawn by two
horses and driven by a postillion, and
accompanied by four outriders, Throve
up to the hostlery.
The attendants opened the carriage
door, and a young man in the hand
some uniform of Pappenhehn's dra
goons jumped lightly out and assisted
an elegantly attired young lady to
alight from the carriage. They were
the Baron Ravensburg, Colonel in the
Imperial service, and his sister the
Countess Aaalia. " '
league with them. They have been Loui
apprised oi your coming, ana win eith
er attack vou here, o r to-morrow
upon the desolate road beyond. As able that occurred during the war, is
they know that I am here, from the vouched for by Colonel Ellis, late of
landlord, and may warn you, 1 should the First Missouri Cavalrv, and can
not be surprised if they assailed us hft attPSted bv the parties concerned :
"A fcw davs after a fiercelv con-
'Great Heavens ! my poor Adalia! tested battle"in the outh, a paVtv of
soldiers belonging to the First Missouri
aim- uerc iu-uiuub.
I care not if I can save her. Twenty
of them the girl said and I have but
five men twenty against six !"
'"Excuse me; your calculation is er-
mi i r
roneous. mere are out is against
seven. You counted two who are
killed and you have not counted me.'
'You will aid me then ! My dear
Captain, this is generous."
1 have fought a good fight, I have with more and more freonent. fndnl.
a..i .u.. i x.i i . ,
uuisiiuu my course, i nave Kept tne arence, the habit increases, and at. W
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Iaun carries them bevond their own mn.
liencelorth there is laid up for me trol. They sin and sip. alwavs de-
a crown of righteousness, which the ,-laring that they could stop well
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uuiu. tnu rinieous uuire, snail give
me at that dav." Freeman.
ermonters have paid durimr the
past year the sum of $12,191,68 for
postage on newspapers ; for letters
written $7,940,74, and for stamps on
newspapers and letters, $169,059,38.
Justice June, of Brandon, fined
Reuben Tiheld, Henry Kceler, Harrv
essions and Allen Draper, $5,00 each
with eosts, for profane aud obscene
language in the streets of that town
on Christmas day.
The amount of cheese manufactur-
nough it they wanted to : but they
lever stop, l hev slide down step by
step, till their life is blighted. Their
aoblc powers are wasted. They have
lost the errand of life. And even if
men at a late period do reform, still
fieir life is gone.
It seems tne most fatal thiap- in the
world this fas ination. this infatua
tion, that falls unon men in t.hia rt.
peet. Sound a trumpet, call the roll
o: drunkards, and those that are to lx
damned and assemble them on some
last plain, and go through the ranks,
and find me, if you can, one that set
mt to be a drunkard. Find me one
took a jaunt over the battle field, and
came to a spot where tfie rebel dead
were buried. In one place the hair
of a man's head was seen stickinsr out
of the ground like a tuft of grass, and
near by a hand was seen protruding
upward, which evidently belonged to
tho cornse that owned the head of
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"Jiy ueai .dluuii it, is nuuuuy ui .ajr
the kind, l merely enter into an ai- Onn nf tho lr-vmon rpmarkprl to
liance with you for our mutual benefit, j colunariions, in a spirit of thous
and as vou nave the strongest party ioa im.:tv. it0 tW's n rol.
the advantage is decidedly upon my reachinr out for somethinz : let's see
side, i ou they mignt possioiy piun- what he wants r tji the same spirit
der ana suner to ucpart, out me tuey of wanton mischief, almost reckless
would certainly Kin in revenge ior nnsH tll. :ivairvmeri took hold of the
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their COlliradS Slaughter. mnn'a lmnd and hauled t lift bod v nut.
"Captain, I place the direction of of th the loose dirt faiiiar"iack
this affair in your hands myself and mto tne hollow hole. Soon after, the
people are at your orders. What is man hcsSLn to stjr an(j manifest signs
the best course ot action. f uea tft llttpr astonishment and
invite me to supper witn you wnen horror of the resurrectionists
the landlord announces that it is serv- T, t k h hi rescuers
ed. I will secure him. lhen your to their ient anrj wag rubbed down,
people must secure the hostlers and washed off, and in a few days became
put them in a safe place. Then col- (lonA a3 new hc SSl tj,at in
lect your whole force into the house the battle he was stunned by the
and let us barricade it to tne uest oi pasgao:e of a shell which knocked him
our ability. Eighteen men will tind sensciess. He was picked up among
it difficult to dislodge seven, even out the dead and buried like the rest Not
of this small wooden frame work. R(,r tou was founa on his bodv. He
Having deprived the robbers of all s3l;a he had ioined the rebel army, and
means of obtaining information in re- f0UgUt the-federals long and well, but
gard to our plans, I will make the a3 th;3 uis second appearance on
andlord divulge theirs. You have eartn he would now ioin the federals
no idea what a very persuasive way 1 and fight for them. He accordingly
have. pnlistod in the. First Missouri, did a
This plan was carried out to the let- g.00(j deai 0f tou2h marchine and hard
ter, and a pistol held by the firm hand go-hting, and last September was mus-
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oi tne uaptam at tne neau ut me gun- out ot- tne service and paid ou
ty and trembling landlord compelled at j3enton Barracks
him to divulse all. 1 he Baron and
his sister were to be held for a ran
som, and the Captain killed, he not
eing considered worth a ransom
When all had retired to rest the land
lord was to admit the robbers into the
hostelry,
The captain laid his plaas at once
The front door was left unfastened,
but every other available aperture was
secured as firmly as possible under the
circumstances. The Countess and
Bonita were; placed in the upper story
for security, with the postilion as a
ed at the Enosburgh Center Cheese that did not expect to get clear uf
Y actory, last season, is estimated at Irunkeuness.- l ou that tamper with
200,000 lbs; consisting of 2, 100 khe dangerous beverajre are putting
cheeses, made from 2,100,000 lbs of your feet in the very prints that their
milk. feet made, vou are repeating the samp.
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thimrthat thev said, and vnn nrp o-n-
Atthe late session of the Grand hn2 ri-rht strai-j-ht down to Wmrtinn
Jury in Windsor County, fines were Us they went. And I say to you watch 1
imposeu to me amount oi ?oo,oo ior rake carc Be viirilant 1 One thin"-
violation of the prohibitory liquor j
law.
A girl of weak intellect, 14 years of
age, strayed in the woods at Pownall,
a few days ago, and starved to death.
Her brother died in the otate Prison
the other dav.
Rev. Simon Parinlee, P. D., who
is verv certain 1 he that lets strons
drink alone is safe, so lar as this vice
is concerned. Who else is safe God
only knows. Deecier.
for the long period of fifty eight years.
is about to close his labors in Swan
A. 1 A - 1 ll . f 1
ion, auu to spenu tne evening oi uis
davs with his children in the State of
New York. He has been anions: the
most esteemed and successful
ters of the State, having admitted to
Justice overtakes many a rogue.
Knavery is the worst trade.
Learning makes a man fit company
for himself.
Modesty is a guard to virtue.
Not to hear conscience ia the way to
silence it. t;
Richest ia he that wants least.
Drunkard's Brains. Hyrti, by far
the greatest anatomist of the age, used
to say that hc could distinguish, in the
darkest room, bv one stroke of the
lias been in the ministry in Vermont scalpel, the brain of the inebriate from
that of the person who had lived so
berly. Now and then he would con
gratulate his class upon the possession
of a drunkard's brain, admirably fit
ted from its hardness and more com
plete preservation for the purposes of
demonstration. Y hen the anatomist
the churches over which he has been w;shes to Dreserve a human brain for
jnaced, nve nunarea memoers on pro- any ien!rth 0f t;me he effects his ob ect
by keeping that organ in a vessel of
alcohol. From a soft pulpy substance,
it then becomes comparatively hard.
Bnt the inebriate anticipating the an
atomist ; begins the indurating process ,
before death begins it while the brain
remains the consecrated temple of the
soul, while its delicate and gossamer
tissues still throb with the pulses of
heaven born 'ife. -Stransc infatua
tion, thus to desecrate the god-like 1
Terrible enchantment that dries up
all the fountain of generous fecline,
petrifies all the tender humanities and.
sweet charities of life, leaving only a
brain of lead and a heart of stone.
fessiou ot their laith. "Well done
rood and faithful servant," "may not
the churches of Vermont sav.
St. Aians Butter Market. The
shipments of butter and cheese from
st. Albans, have steadily increased
from 599 tons of butter and 245 tons
of cheese in 1851, to 1517 tons of
butter and 587 tons of cheese in 1865.
The grand total for the fifteen years
amounts to 3,603,644 lbs. of butter,and
16,628,197 lbs. of cheese, or about
seventeen thousand tons of the former,
aud eight thousand of the latter.
M t . Mansfield Railroad. The
citizens of Morristown held a town
meeting last Saturday, and voted by a
majority of 16b to 60 to authorize
their select men to take stock in the
ML Mar sield Railroad to the amount
of$10,000. The resolution was after
ward J amended so as to forbid the
payment of any of thi3" sum for the
p irposes of engineering, surveying,hut
to be expended in the actual building
of the road.
B ston Medical and Surgical Journal.
Beware. -Young man, shun the cup
that intoxicates. Let not the voice of ,
the tempter allure you from the paths
of . temperance to the highway that is
thronged by the moderate drinker and
the drunkard.: ; Drink only , the bever
age that God brews-rpore cold water.
The steps of the drunkard all tend
downward ; they 'lay hold on helL"
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