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VOLUME 11-XILMBER 9.
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1866.
WHOLE NUMBER 529.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CRANK Ac msiJKK,
ATIORXEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
NF.WrottT, VERMONT.
W. I). Crane. L. II. Bisbee.
Special attention paid to the collection of all
claims against the government.
J. T. ALLK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
NEWPORT, VKUMONT.
The Bridge of Bale.
A TOUCHING TEMPERANCE STORY.
( H VlU.l'.S I. VAIL,
ATTORNEY, PENSION & BOUNTY AGENT.
1KA8HIUOH. VERMONT.
' w jut. tyTkk
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
JKASIU'KGH, VKUMONT.
Olllee in the Court House.
OAI.K Az kohinson,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
DERBY LINK A.D HA11TO.N, VT.
OEO. N. I1AI.E. J. M. ROBINSON.
Pensions, Bounties and all Military Claims procured.
JOHN I. SAKTLK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
HAJ.TOV, VERMONT.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
AND CLAIM AGENTS.
HAI1TO-?, VKUMONT.
Will attend the Courts in Orleans and Caledonia
ComitU'.o.
VM. W. CJROl'T. .'. OHOrl, ill.
" C I A It K 1 1 1 K!ST, ."l7l)
HOMlEOPATlIIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
UtAsmiU.H, VIllMONT.
S. F. Will-. CLE It,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER AND SALESMAN
H.llT.lN, VKUMONT.
Mirnisi! ;itt'iided to wi.h promptness. Term
ifC.ISntl.lljU'.
A. . l UUIl.it,
MANUFACTURER !AM. DOORS, BLIND
IIMMIIN, VKIiMOST.
Will .i:w:v!i' ready to attend to all c.ilN i:
til- line. ali ir the "Id l p.
Where the majestic-Rhine rolls its
broad waves like a silver landmark
between France and Switzerland,
stands the wealthy Swiss town of Bale.
It forms, as it were, the entrance gate
to the count ry which abound so great
ly in magnificent mountain scenery,
that it well deserves to be called the
''gem of Europe." The Rhine divides
Bale into two parts, great and little
Bale, and a large wooden bridge spans
the river. At the farthest end, to
ward great Bale, there once stood a
toll-gate, surrounded by an ornament
of very questionable taste, called the
'lolling king.'' It was a huge, wooden,
painted figure with a crown on his
head, and whose tongue and eyes were
kept in perpetual motion by a water
wheel. In a time of discord between
die two partj of the town, this woni'er
i'ull piece of art had been erected by
great Bale, in order to annoy little
Bale; and centuries after taste had
ueeu refined and peace established,
the "lolling king" still surmounted the
rate, a relic of barbarous ages, the de
ight and pride of all the urchins ol
iale. But many years since the toll-
her with a kind of stupefied wonder.!
Was it his child ? was it his guardian
angel, ready to take wings and fly
back t o that glorious heaven from
whence it had come to save him, come
in vain ?
Again he heard the clear, melodious
voice. "See, father, how high Mary can
climb, and look, I can play see-saw !"
Catching of the balust rade, the child
suddenly suspended herself over the
water and began to swing fearlessly to
and fro. The father saw fluttering
garments and waving tresses, he heard
the rotten wood work creak, and sud
denly the dangerous position of his
darling presented itself to his dull in
tellect. What if she should lose her
hold? if the old balustrade should
break? He started to his feet, he
would fly to the rescue, but (), horror !
his feet refused to carry liiiu ; luciiuj,
to and fro like a reed in the storm, he
again and again, fell ba;k against the
wall. "001110 here, Mary," he shouted
in dreadful agony; "Come fetch me,
father," the merry voice answered, and
the dangerous pastime was only pur
sued with greater energy.
Once more the unhappy man tried
in vain; he snatched the full bottle
from the table, and emptied it in one
draught. Alas, it was but to seal the
The Vermont Brigade.
ate has been done away with, and j sentence of his doom and that of hN
.lie lolling king's reiim has come to $.11
ud.
SAM l I.I. STANFORD,
DEALER IN 1'U) AS, TINWARE, FLO UK
I'CASlll UOll, VKUMONT,
:s II 'i-i" ' li t at -II times, and general jo:
,0.1m w rk d'Hu-. S ti.-t.ic:i,ni fjivcii.
1:. i:.kavso;
W A It'll M A K E R A N D .1 E W E L L E R
UAllTON, VKUMONT.
De ilcr iii Clocks, Wa dies, Jewelry, Silver an.
Plated Ware.
JOHN i:. SKINNF.Il,
MERCHANT,
n.urrov, VKUMONT.
child. The hour of heavy retribution
uad at last come", mid the man but
r.apoi what he ha 1 sown. He had
liven himself bod ,' & sou! to the pow-
ori'ra,le collectively; lor they knew
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II O T O O R A P 11 E R .
HAliTON, VKUMONT.
Photographing done in every style of the art
Small pictures copied and enlarged to any siz.
and linislied in India Ink. A law a-sorttncii:
of Alliums ami oval frames always on hand, and
lor sale cheap.
W.M. A. t'lIASK,"
CUSTOM BOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
UAllTON, VKUMONT.
Parricidal attention j.'iven to repairini.'. Shop
over the Standard otiti c.
MALI. .V JOSI.YX.
DEALERS IN DRY GO'-'DS, W. l.(;o()DS,&c.
MAUI OX, A I hMoN I .
A too. I assortment of Hardware, Hats, Caps,
Bunts. Shoes, Flour. Salt, Nails, Clothinir. &c.
V M. JOSI.YX A MS.
Athi ari' ami t Io1-m.I. Oniusisl.
UAllTON, AKUMONT.
IIF.NUY -HAMHKKLINT
TIN-SHOP. STOVE AND HOLLOW WARE
UAllTON, VKUMONT.
Vil!i:i!ii' Soan Sroiic Stove, ( i't'-t thin:
vented) Pump", sinks, &c. Rcpuirin:
F. V. KOU1NSO V,
DRY GOODS, W.I. GOODS, GROCERIES.
UAllTON, VKUMONT.
Readv Made Clothing, Hardware, Boots,
Hats, Caps, Flour, Salt, Nails, Glass. S:
' 1. S. CLAIM1,
G ROC Kit Y A N D R K S T A U R A N T .
IIARTON, VKUMONT.
k-..ns on hand Ovstcrs liy the still or the gal
lon, Confectioni'iy
A hundred years ago, a toll collector
.us sitting at this irate to receive the
tccustod.e .1 toll from thi.1 passengers. er of the devil's agent and no earthly ! perfectly well that they Avere the best
. ie was a Doweriul man, ineasurino; hand could restore to him what ho had ! li raters in the known world. Thev
ix feet without his ihoes, and once i .ost. One more desperate struggle ; were long of limb, and eould outmarch
is features had been as bright and a.d the miserable wret.-h lay railing! the army. They were individually
atellectual as thev were now dull and ; on the ground and srroaiihig most tear-1 sei!-re!iant and skilltul in the use of
ioated. Alas ! one master passion tally. No man was nirh. no help came,
uid reduced the poor man to a mere : ami suddenly the creaking sound of the
..reck of himself the toli-mau was a i breaking balustrade smote lilie a kneii
u unkard. It is said that in the pride iqion the father's ear : he heard a i'ear
;f her heart, the Egyptian Queen, ; fill cry. "Father. In dp. help !" he heard
Jieopatra presented to Augustus a cup the splashing of the water, as the
if wine in which the powdered dust of merciless waves closed over their lovc
i huge pearl was lissolvetl, thus wast-; ly prey, and then all was silent. For
ing in one drought of wii.e what would ; a while the man lay there in a state of
nave saved from misery mauv of her: misery which no words can express;
toor subjects : but this toll man did ! but .overstrained nature, even in this the water with a steadiness that sur-
.itr worse, for the cups which he empti- j moment. would have its sway he soon prised the army. They were an in
d i'roin niorniinr to niirht, swallowed : drooped asleep, and slept, while the ' corrigible, irregular, noisv set of ras-
only being that loved him wa
awav on the glittering wave
sunlit Ivhine.
It was midnight when the t"ll man
awoke. He found himself lying on
lite lluor of his room, and his first
They occupied the public squares here
for some time, enjoyed themselves not
wisely, nor yet virtuously ; and re
turned to the Army of the Potomac
sadly demoralized in all but the two
great essential qualities of fighting
and marching. It was a fortunate
thing for the New York mob that it
avoided a conflict with the New Eng
land troops at that time.
Upon the return of the brigade to
the field they held on to their old rou
tine of life and maintained to the
close of the war the splendid reputa
tion they had won at the very outset.
There were many regiments equal
to the Vermont regiments in actual
battle, and some that, like the 5th N.
Y.'Vols., not only equaled them in
fighting qualities, but greatly surpass
ed them in drill, discipline and aD
poarance on parade. As a brigade,
however, they were undoubtedly the
best brigade in the Army of the Po
tomac, for they not only fought as well
as it was possible to fight, but they
could outmarch with the utmost ease
any other ororiization in the army.
It was the intention of the writer
only to refer to this brigade as fur
nishing the best type of the American
soldier, but this article has grown be
yond its intended limit, and we have
therefore not the space to examine in
to the causes of this superiority. Two,
however may be briefly stated. First,
that the regiments from Vermont were
brigaded together. This rule, strange
to say, seemed to work well only in
regard to the smaller States, like Ver
mont and New Jersey. Second, the
1'aet that Vermont during the first
year of the war recruited her regi-
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arms anU they Honestly believed tliatj meius anu Kept mem mil. iveguueu
the Vermont' Brigade "could not bejtal and company officers, knowing
beaten by all the combined armies of ; that their ranks would be filled up,
the rebellion. I discharged men freely, and thus man-
They
qualitie
Tho following description of this
noted brigade appears in the New
York Citizen of last Saturdayptvrit
ten by 'one who did not belong to i,
and who never. was in Vermont.' It
will be seen by the tenor of the arti
ticle that the writer is no flatterer,
although the relation of the truth con
stitutes his production complimentary
to the gallant "Green Mountain Boys."
The editor .says it is from the pe.n of
a Major General in the army of the
Potomac: i.
"They were honest farmers turned
vagabonds. They were simple coun
trymen turned into heroes. ' They
stole ancient horses and bony cows on
the march. They pillaged moderate
ly in other things. They swept the
a lUcr stripped tjie orchards
for miles where they traveled. They
chased rabbits when they went into
camp after long marches, and they
yelled like wild Indians when neigh
boring camps were silent through fa
tigue. They were ill-disciplined and
familiar with their oftW Thev
swaggered in a cool, impudent way,
and looked down with a patronizing
Yankee coolness upon all regiments
that were better drilled, and upon
that part of the army generally that
did not belong to the Vermont Brig
ade. Thev were strangely proud, not
of themselves individually, but, of the
AGRICULTURAL.
aged to get rid of their weak and
worthless soldiers. For tlisse rea
sons the Vermonters were good men.
They -,ere fortunate, moreover.
in
vet ill-
done.
shoes
it'sdl kinds, Pics, Cakes, Mits,
Cider, Ale, Tobacco, Ciaars, Apples, l-r.'s Dates
Raisins. Railroad Umldinu', opposite Depot.
joi i S J KN S i-s,
PROPRIETOR OP Till". UNION 110USK.
OI.OVKU, VKUMONT.
An excellent home for the traveler. No pain
will he spared to promote the comfort oi quests
H.H ; L ITT LI'
PROPRIETOR OP THK 1SAKTON HOTEL
UAUTON, VKUMONT.
f.,r,.i,,.,r. iii attendance on arrival of trains.
The StasTes all stop at this lloii-e. Also a i;oo..
Livery in connection with the sanic
M7 II I BI1AK1),
HOUSE, SIGN AND CARRIAGE PAINTER
UAltlON, VH1MONT.
Imitator of Wood and M.ul.ic, Paper Han.-ci
Gl izier, ivc.
.1. T. HOWLUJ,
FOREIGN it POMKslIC MARBLE WORKEI
IHUI'IN, VKl.MOVI.
(ir.miic Mnimiii. ms lui ni hed. shop on W
tcl'iec..
II. S. Lit i.l'dill),
CARRIAGE MAKER A.M REPAIRER.
11A1.IO.N. VI.UMON 1.
(j M.d woik .ii.d i. Uy p y. Always a. h on.
lam: & AIAMS,'
C O M M I s. -s I O N M E R C H A N T S ,
and 1),, It -ale dc.iel s in
l'Lot lt, 1U ITKU, ClO I SK AMJ A 1.1. KINDS O
Col N I UY 1'i.OlJl CK.
57 Main Miic., Spi n. i-tii Id, Mats.
O. II. Al'AMS.
tot only his earthly property, but it:
orought his young wile down to a pre
mature grave, and ruined his immortal
-old. And yet he was so good temper
d, that even in his worst tate ol in
toxication he did not rave l;ke other
drunkartls. but the enemy laid hold of
his intellect, and reduced lite man of
forty to a poor, tottering wretch, whose
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u'ics were unit, w no.e ncao a.nu nauo.-s
were trembling, and whose limbs often
refused to carry him. Thus he vege
tated on from vear to vear sunk in a
tate ol torpor, and unmindful of that
oul for which he had one day to ghe
an account, and of the Jod who made
it. And yet there was one being who
joidd animate with life this worthless
mass of clay, VI10 could call a ray ol
n a Al l ..' 1 1 . . . '
iliieiieei to tnee ueu v es, anu a io-; ,.0,mi fay
ing in)le to tliese heavy iqs. it was
Mary, his motherless girl of live years ,
old. She was a bright little thing, and
die poor man loved her wiih all the
power of heart which wa- left to him,
and in his most deplorable state of deg
radation, he never spoke an unkind
word to his little Mary. And Mary
oved her'poor father too; her tender
ige prevented her from seeing deep
er into the mvslery of his helpless con
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iiUon. -lam growing old, nine one,
cry old." he would say in answer to
u r, when she asked of him the reason
jf his reeling gaitand trembiing hands.
uid the innocent child had believed
im. "Poor lather is so old ! so old 1''
,;e used to whisper, when the curse
were veterans in fighting
almost from their first skir
mish. This was at Lee's Mil's. They
crossed a narrow dam under a fire.
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made tneatta-k: tney were orcteretlto j uu mg micu cummauuers as vxeu. .
make, ami came back wading deep in I F. Smith, and Gen. W. T. II. Brooks.
It naturally resulted from this combi
nation of circumstances that they be
came a great power in buttle, and
drifting' cals. They were much sworn at du-j earneu a reputation of which every
of the; ring their four years of service ; yet; man and woman in Vermont may well
they were at al times a pet brigade.! u proud.''
There were but tw o things they would ;
do march and. tight : and these The Medicine Question. The
lid in a manner peculiarly their own. j Temperance world is taking correct
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How to Distinguish Barren Hens.
Barren hens are those that never
lay, or that will sometimes produce a
few eggs ii the spring and at other
times a small number during the latter
part of summer. Such hens are to be
found in almost every poultry yard.
As none of the treatises on poultry
now extant allude to this subject we
herewith record certain infallible signs
by which barren hens may be distin
guished from those that lay.
Hens that lay are off the roost at
the 'first dawn of the morning, while
barren hens often remain there until
the sun is high in the sky, or until the
laying hens have ample time to fill their
crops. Laying hens have a voracious
appetite, which appears almost i n -satiable
when t h e j are being fed ;
while barren hens are often very in
different about eating. Hens that are
about to commence laying, or that, do
lay every day, or every alternate day,
are as active obtaining feed for them
selves as one having a brood of hungry
chickens is dilligent in scratching up
and scratching out necessary feed for
her young ones ; and such hens are
always ready to run into he barn,
stable, or other places where they are
not permitted to go, while a barren
hen moves about with as much indif
ference as if she were a piece of ani
mated stupidity. A hen that lays an
egg to day and another to-aiorrow has
a comb and gills red and glowing like
t!.e ruby lios of a beautiful damsel in
the last stage of her gigglehood,
while the comb and gills of a barren
hen will be as oqlarless,palid,and some
times wrinkled and dried up as the
onee fair faee of some of our maiden
aunties of forty-five and upwards.
When a hen that lays has eaten till
her crop appears distended to its ut
most capacity, she will force down a
little more, while a barren one will oft
en appear as indifferent about eating
good feed as a weaned baby after it has
been stuffed with sweeteakeand candy.
A hen that has laid an egg to-day and
will lay another to-morrow, will go
singing around the yard and uttering
sott and complacent notes, as if the
vast universe were an Eden of love,
and producing eggs were a source of
exquisite pleasure ; while the hen that
never lays has no more music in her
soul than the wife of Socrates, andap.
forlorn as the mother ot
a
his si.i"'. The flickering light of sever-'
til laulerua was playing oxer feature-
u hich v. ere surpassingly beautiful in
their solemn repose, and a voice aid,
voiir child is dead The bereaved
lather threw himself over ihe lovely
sleeper, and from his hrea-t rose the
despairing cry, -She is dead, and I
have killed her'." Ala-! he was m.
ber now. sober enough to measure the
full extent of his guilt and his loss:
all the uowers ot his mind seemed to
Samuel ten months before the birth
now
him.
in
a minute, to
glaring vividness, the fearful conse
quences of his sin, and then, night,
deep, mental night, threw her dark
veil oer the wretched man's mind, and
when he rose from his knees, he rose
as a poor, harmless idiot. The hours
rolled heavily on : the little body was
laid in its last bed: he suffered them
to do so. -Carry her gently," he
whispered. '-she sleeps so sweetly."
; Dust was given back tojlust: many
tears fell on that little coffin. The
llw. iio,d ii-lii,d, ,1 i -rt -i I ... mii- lii.n W moi'Oi- lii.llhl lie hnVII to
thiM.r .Rut Ir.llnwe.l the,,, Tl.ov li..l n'cohol wlintev,' r fo-m it mav assume. ! ot tliat istinguisaed prophet
a quiet, attentive, earnest, individual ! to be taken into the human system,
wav of lighting that made them terrific ! It has been demonstrated that there
in i.attle. Each man knew that hil no virtue m alcohol, as a i.everage
neighbor in the ranks was not going! or as a medicine. It is not digestible,
to run away, and he knew also ' that but is expelled from the system as
he himself intended to remain where j alcohol. It imparts nothing, but robs
he was. Accordingly none of the at-i the system of vitality. It does not
tention of the line was directed from ' build" up, but its nature is to destroy,
the important dutv of loading and fir-i It is under all circumstances, as a bev-
ing, rapidly and carefully. When ; erage or a medicine, an enemy, audi
moving into action and while hotly j should never be compromised with in ;
engaged they made queer, quaint J the least.
jokes, and enjoyed them greatly. i Nearly all who drink claim to do so
'Thev crowed like corks, they ba-a-dj because there is virtue in alcohol as a j
; like'sheep, they neighed like horses, j medicine. Dispel the illusion and the
thev bellowed like bulls, they barked intemperate have no entrenchments j
' like dogs, and they counterfeited with ! behind which to flee. Let public sen
excellent effect the indescribable mu-jtiinent stamp alcoholic stimulants as
sic of the mule. When, perchance, not only unnecessary, but positively
unurious under all circumstances, and
men will have no other reason to drink, '
than, because thev love it or its mad- j
Those
hens that lay will eompauionize with
their betrothed chanti deers, w h i 1 e
those having no eggs iii their ovary
will avoid the flock and resent the at
tentions of the rooster as if he were
some insulting and abusive renegade.
The part of the body of a laying hen
around the ovary will appear plump,
and sometimes an egg can be felt,
while one that does not lay will seem
as destitute of eggs as if it were her
twenty-eighth day of incubation on
iturkevs' eggs.
The Execution of Dr. J. Hughes,
This person, who was a native of
the Isle of Man, was executed at Cleve
land, Ohio, on Friday last, for the
murder of Tanizen Parsons, near Bed
ford, oa the 8th of August last, by
shooting her through the head.
Hughes attempted suicide by swallow
ing morphine the evening before his
execution, but took an overdose and
became sick. Some oyster soup made
with milk also helped to neutralize the
poison. Before he was hung he ex
hibited great nerve, and acted and
talked as if he was going to a party
rather than to the scaffold. When he
was placed on the drop he prayed, and
afterward made a speech sixteen min
utes long, in which he arraigned the
law of capital punishment, denied the
divinity Ai Umit) tovc-ad himself
spiritualist, although he said he never
had connection with that body. His
speech wa3 extraordinarily profane.
In closing it he said :
"If I thought for a moment that I
was going to brim-stone and hell and
that kind of thing for all eternity, I
should fear ; or did I think I was go
ing to heaven and sit there for all
eternity, and do nothing but sing, I
should be a fool: They can kill this
body but they cannot kill this soul.
This soul soars aloft to the Great
Being that gave it being. It has work
to do, and I believe thi3 moment that
I shall be as much here after this exe
cution as now before it I believe I am
here. I go, gentlemen, not to the
land of perdition, but to the land of
progression, and while I admit the
justice of the law of Ohio, to-day I say
it is foolish and vain. And if you
should say to me that because that
rope goes around my neck and chokes
i me to deata that it is going to prevent
any crime, I say it is foolish and vain,
for in the condition in which John
Hughes was when he committed this
crime, no example on earth would pre
vent any man from doing just as he did.
I submit to the law of the land, believ
ing it is a cruel murder to take my
life. From the time 1 fired that pistol
up to this hour I don't remember the
firing of that pistol. Do you think
all the examples on earth would'have
prevented any man in that condition
from doing as I did ? Xo, it is a mis
take. No. I hope mjf example will
not be remembered as an example of
the death penalty, but for the folly of
it. Gentlemen, good bve.
The Sheriff then informed the con
demned that it was Ids painful duty to
inflict on him the extreme penalty of
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
. Come Home Father.
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Ftber, dear father, come horn with no now! ' '
The clock in the vtecple ftrikri one ; i r.,
You said you were cum ing right home from he j 1 1
hop, ' f J
At soon as your day'a work wai done. -
Our fire haa gone out oar bouse ii all dark ; '
And mother's been watching ince tea, ' F i
With poor brother Benny, so sick, in her arms, ! f ,
And no one to help hr bat me. 1 T '
Come home ! come home ! come home ! -
Please, father, dear &ther, conse home ! ; F
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Father, dear father, come home with me now ! ;
The clock in the steeple strikes two ; I V
The night has grown colder and Benny is worse ; 1 1
Bnt he ha been calling for yon,
Indeed, he is worse Ma says he will die,
Perhaps before the morning shall dawn ! '1
And this im tho message she sent me to bring
Comeqnickly.or he will be gone! -
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Please, father, dear father, come home ! 1 1
Father, dear father, come home with me now ! j
The clock in the steeple strikes three ; ; 1
The honse is so lonely the hoars are so long j
For poor weeping mother and me !
Yes, we are alone poor Benny is dead !
And gone with the angels of light ;
And these were the rery last words that he said :
" I want to kiss Papa to-night !"
Come home ! come home ! come home !
Please, father, dear father, come home ! '
Hear the sweet roice of the child,
Which the night-winds repeat as they roam ; 1
Oh ! who could resist the most plaintire of pray-
ers,
Please, father, dear father, come home ! 5
the law. The Doctor tore off his col-
they held a picket line in the forest
it seemed as if Noah's Ark had gone
to pieces there.
In every engagement in which thi.-
brigade took part, it war. eomplinient-
One of the
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DIC A LI. It IN ALL KINDS OF I'LUNITLRL
UAUTON, VKUMONT.
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fins nuil Citslii'ts.
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FUUNITUKK D KALE 11 AND 11EPAIREU
GLOVKli, VKUMONT.
n,... ,.f Pnrih,ri. nhvnvs kent. Sofns, Louti
L'l-s, Curiam Fixtures, llureiui, BcilMum s , Mn
V.u, l'ii'ttm- Fimkh-S StutlWl. CiniMiiid ttuoi.
mmI Clmii s, Tallies Cl ilis, Culis, Cus,ino is Sprnif:
f Aiw.nn'Kus.CiU'kcts. Furniture re
paired and Cuiie SeatClKiirs bottomed good in-
ever.
iT. 15. TKL'K Ac C O.,
F U U N I T V It E D E a L E It S .
NKWl'OUT, VE11MOXT.
A good supplv or Stoves, Crockery, Tin nnd
Hollow Ware always on linnd. Al.-o Carpets.
-in w.ni.d jircss heavih on the miser-
r.itlicf slii'd none, imd once moiv. In
...mid he seen sittiiisr dailv at the irate, i ed for gallant conduct.
but not to drink wine or to receive toll. ; nvst remarkable of its performances.
There he sat, looking down iuio the! however, has uever appeared in print
water- 'and muttei i.'-r broken sentuv, nor has it been noticed in the reports
ec full ol'intense tende, ness to his tin-s-en
comnaiiiim. to hi -Mar v. It vas
den'uiir effects. Then we can wage a
Preserving Grafts. It frequently
happens that scions cut in cold weather
are exposed to severe freezing, or
perhaps a bundle of twigs may lay
over for a whole week in some "way
station" where the mean temperature
a very mean temperature for twigs
is at in me ursi nisuuiL-e, uix-
vitalitv of the scion is greatly impair
lar and c.-avat, and tossed them below
with a smile. During the proceedinr
he said to the spectators, ''Good bye ;"
and again exclaimed, "0, grave ! where
is thy victory ?" and "O, death 1 where
is thv stimr?"' The rope was then
put around his neck, and the black cap
drawn over his face. The Sheriff
touched the arm of the lever, and the
trap instantly fell. The neck was in
stantaneously broken. Not a muscle
moved. There was absolutely no in
dication of pain, and not a percepti
ble tremor.
No Man Strengthened by Alcohol.
No man in our time has won a
higher reputation for physical strength
and muscle, than Tom Sayers, the
noted prize-fighter of England. His
chief end andtim in life was to culti
vate bodily power. A gentleman once
said to this hero of the prize-ring, "Well,
Tom, of course in training you must
take a deal of nourishment, such as
beef-steaks, Barclay's stout, or pale
ale." "I'll tell you what it is," answer
ed the boxer, "I'm no tee-tetotaler, and
in my time have drank a good deal
more than is for my good ; but when
I've any business to do, there is noth
ing like water and the dumb-bells."
Now that single sentence is an answer
to a ton of assertion about alcoholic
drinks as nutrients and tonics. After
Sayers retired from the prize-ring, he
gave himself up to dissipation, and
soon destroyed his life by the fatal
cup. Cold water made him a Sampson,
the bottle laid him in his grave. And
whatever temporary stimulation alco-.
holic drinks may produce, no man was
ever made permanently healthier or
stronger by their habitual use. -Millions
have been deceived by ihem,
weakened and ruined. Sati'tnnt Tem
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A.-X liiUiUS Willi Ilk.
v. And u he iooiv.'-i
own up'M that swe.t. i.iuoemt la e.
j f.ll of iuve. dim visi.ms would ris;.
, iore the dtu.tkii'i's mental eyes
iouirhts oi'a lii'e oi" purity and holiness
a dot' those blight spot ess beings.
.,-nkli are said to be ministering angeis
.. our fallen race. "1 wonder wheth-
r that eliud is my guuruiuu un.zei . 1Ur
ic wiuld often mutter to himself', and
.a such moments shame and love would
.vriug from his soul the resolution to
ircak the chains of slavery, and to
ive more worthy of the charge en
rusted to him. But '-the way to hell
is paved with good resolutions," says
an old proverb, and, the next evening,
Mary found her father as "old'' as
ever.
Yet Mary's life was not without its
r.lcasures: 'all the passengers had a
kind word or look for the pretty child,
some had even a bon bou or a ruddy
apple, and her greatest delight was to
run up and down the long wooden
bridge. Often when from the one
side ofthe river, the father's heavy
snorimr could be heard, Mary's silvery
voice would ring from the other side,
as she was singing some sweet nurse-
rv rnvme, or laiKiny iui mv uio"iu"
stcr over the gate, and challenging him
down nnd catch her. IJien
j;:e tiki! Woa l 111 Vl
a tlio.Ui'iitk'S.s h al t
One evening the sun was she 1
its !at rais oa tho river, and
daneiag waves sparkled
done oa that eventhii day
successful warfare from all our forces.
The pulpit will condemn its use as
sin : the medical faculty as a relic of
barbarism ; the schools as a mental
and moral curse. That day is up .i
ol Gettysburg, when us. and the future motto will be "No
in the vicinity of lla-j more compromise with an enemy that
has no redeeming virtues." The bat
tle will then be decisire, a. id the vic
tory complete. Ojcriug.
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tlic
they had
The ehiid-
,ess iiiaa suddenly rose, and stepped
hither down to the waterside, where
the ree
1 ireeze.
After the batth
L:v's araiv wa
g.'ist-w:i and tho Antietam. the Ver
ui j t HrL'a le wa deployed a-! a skir-mi-lii.ig
iine. covering a point of near
ly three nines. Tho enemy were in
I'Kvein fro.it near LJ.-avcrcreek. Tne
Sixth corps was held in readiness in
rear of ;he skirmWi line, antieipati lg
a 'jjencra' en rawment. The enemy
had evidently determined to attaok.
a.-t his line of batt le came forward.
w,.ri- w.ivin r in tne eveuiniri -o-t
i Tin; bat teries opened at once and the
skirmishers delivered their lire, Uur
ho whispered, -she is call
ed, perhaps destroyed entirely by the
penetration of for at the cut end,
shooting up the capillary duets, and
disarranging the valvular economy,
while in the other case the twig will
very likely have been bled to death,
or its fluids so depleted that though it
may survive, and even put forth foli
aj;e, as a graft, it can never beco::ie a
vigorous, fruit-bearing brandi.
AH scions cat from cither trees,
Mount Hood. This is the great
snow peak of Oregon, its Shasta, its
Rainier, and its Mont Blanc. Lying
off twenty or thirty miles south of the
river, in its passage through the moun
tains, it towers high above all its fel
lows, and seen, now through their
gorges, and again at the end of appar
ent long plains, leading up to it from
the river. Most magnificent views of
it are obtained through nearly all the
sail up a id down from Portland
That which Bierstadt has chosen for
its perpetuation on canvas, and which
is thus familiar to Eastern eyes, is the
most complete and impressive, and re
cognized upon the steamboat. In it,
! I am coming, Mary, my dar-1 troops wore on the alert and stood
... r ,.' i,nw'" A ul i watehimr to see the skirmishers come
L
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stretching out his arms, as it to em-! m ami waiting to receive tne coming
: the i.oor niiin took ai assault. But the skirmishers would
desperate leap, and the waves receiv-l not come in, and when the firing died
ed their second victim. away it appeared that the Vermont-
He was soon missed and found. ers thus deployed as a skirmish line
He was buried in the same grave with j had repulsed a full line-of-battlc at-
his child, but will the soul now abide
Horrible Mi'rdsu.axd Suictds.
The Cleveland . Ohio) ILr.ihl of the
Jth instant contains a long account o;
the murder of his wife by an old man.
a German, named Frederick Oden,and
the suicide of tho murderer, on the
previous day, at Rockport. Oden was
a farmer and market gardener, and
was in good circumstances. His mo
tive, it appears, was jealousy. After
'"idnight on Weduesdav one of five
children of Oden's family heard her
.1 K. x-i.in-- ontT.ii- ti-i n irroiitpi nri
u"'y 1 ; T ' , " . ,i ovn 7, r . t , 1 the mountain seems to rise, apart, out
pvtent. b itelav anu exposure to i ..
-j i
iatmospueric 1 lllaences. ror any
J one to argue that a scion is none the
worse for being cut and laid by for a
in the same pure heaven where his in
nocent child dwells, with the sweet,
patient wife, whose heart he had bro-
,! 1
ken ? The wages ot sin is cteatn. and
no soul will enter 'there, that leaves
earth laden with unpardoned sin. O,
that all might turn while it is yet to
tay j British Workman.
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lilun.. A i ie elite. u-ni tu v iiiii u-v-t
vanced to carry the position and were
month in cold weather, is to argue in
error, aud against the imperative ne
cessities of plant life. If a scion, cut
and tied up with a bundle of twigs,
cannot survive always, and grow just
as vigorously as it did on the parent
stock, then it cannot remain in that
condition a mouth, week, or twenty-
father and mother quarreling, when fou,. lonrs without some damage.
TO THE LADIES.
We would call your attention to Mmlam Foy's
Talent Corset biort sun""1"-
Boston Coibi't Skirt Co.'s Patent
Improved and Flexible
Hoop Skirts, ot every style mid variety.constant
ly on hand uutl for sale
7 H. O. WHITCHER.
.arton, Dee. 25, 1805.
the passers-by would often look on the
unconscious child, and whisper, "Poor
, i"
Reuben ".Mayn't I sec you hum
from meetiu', Eunice ?"
Eunice "No you shan't do no such
thing. I'm otherwise engaged."
Bonbon "Wa'al, 1 kinder guess
you've missed it onee, I've got my
pockets chuck full o' gingerbread."
Eunice '-You may take my 'arm,
Reuben."
A. HYDE.
( iltVSS SEED for sale by
Albany, Feb. 10. 1860-8w8
SEED WHEAT.
4 VERY nice lot of Seed Wheat just received
Aa,,dlor8,.c.ovv,1aSM..K
Glover, Feb. 12.L, 1SU-&'12
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UL 111. IU1U-,
Oue evening the father had been
A ,.ir,L-ii.cr tuirdor than ever ; scarcely a-
blc to hold up his heavy head, he sat at
the gate, when a merry peal of laught
er came floating toward him lrom tne
bridge , he knew the voice even now
it had the power to dispel some of the
heavy spell that bound him. He look
ed toward the bridge ; there, on the
old worm-eaten balustrade, stood his
l.ttlo. Mary. The setting sun glitter
ed in the irolden curls, her face and
out stretched arms were diffused with
rn5V li.rht.and her white frock fluttered
in the wind. Tile father lookked at
The greatest cunning is to have
none at all.
Man is the subject of sympathy, and
not the slave of self-love.
He is not thoroughly wise who can't
play the fool on some occasions.
The largest species of ant the
eleph-art.
Every man is sincere when alone,
but on the entrance of a second per
son hypocrisy begins.
each time again driven back by this
perverse skirmish line. - The cr
monters it is true were strongly post
ed in a wood, and each man fired from
behind a tree. But then every body
knows that the etiquette in such mat
ters is for a skirmish line to. come in
so soon as they are satisfied that the
encmv means business. These sim
ple minded patriots from the Green
Mountains, however adopted a rule
of their own on this occasion : and
the enemy, disgusted with such stupid
ity, retired across the Beaver Creek
When the Vermonters led the col
umn on the march, their quick move
ments had to be regulated from corp3
or division headquarters, to avoid
gaps in the column as it folio wen them
If a rapid or forced march were re
quired, it was a common thing for
Sedgwick to say with a quiet smile
Put the ermonters at the head ol
the column to-day and keep every
thing well closed up,
After the riots in New York, when
it was found necessary to send troops
to the citv to prevent a recurrence o
the outbreak, the Vermont Brigade
was specially named by the War De
partment for this duty. Within two
hours after the receipt of the dispatch.
the command was en route for the city
she went to the stairway leading to
the old folks' room and inquired about
the trouble. Her father made some
answer and -then left the house. On
going up to the room the daughter
found her mother weltering in her
But if bv an application to the cut
part of something that shall act on
the plant structure, as the healing
salve does upon the wound on man
or animal, we can maintain a partially
normal conditioiLof the scion, we shall
blood by the bedside. The bed showed uave aipjeJ very greatly to its chances
it had been occupied, but mere were 0f jjfe an(j yjor.
no evidences ot a struggle upon it. ,TOOj niany years ago ws saw a
he floor of the room was covered yMV York State farmer experiment
with blood, but no weapon was dis-L-j sci0ns and this was his practice:
covered. There was a frightful gash n,,ttin-a lame, sound potato in two
made with an axe, from Mrs. Oden's halves, as fast as his seioas were cut
eye to her chin, which had evidently rrom the tree he thrust the heels to
made impossible any outcries on her the depth of about three-quarters of
part. From other wounds upon nor :.icu ;ato tic cut side ot the potato
body, it appeared that there had been eacu Vdf reviving some fifty sci
a fierce and some tfhat prolonged strug- ong flic bundles were thcu wrapp
srle. The woman's right arm was m tiic ift!r of an old pair of woolen
-i l o
broken by a blow from the axe, and l)antaloons, and laid away in the ce!
upon her lower limbs were several lar for wintCr. In the spring they
wounds. She had been literally dis- W(1,.e rafted, and nearly all grew
. . l i c ' -
emboweled, also, bv blows from tne .vpu
savage weapon m the hands ot tier j anv one w ill take the trouble
husband. A more complete and hor-Lftxt SI)ri.. when apple trees are ii
rid butchery and mangling of the hu- j hjoom to cut a twig bearing, say half
man form it would be dimcult to con- a dozen blossoms and as many leaves,
ceive. After committing the foul act thrust the cut end into a large sized.
Odeu fled through the woods, a dis- sound potato, place the potato ia a pot
tauce of five miles, to a pond. With 0f earth, barely covering it, moisten
the axe with which he killed his wile, occasionally, and watch the result, he
ho had broken the ice and gone in and wiu verv ifkely argue afterward that
drowned himself, lie naa oorne tne tliere j3 something more than moon
character of an industrious, temperate shine about a potatoe s preserving
man.
from an upward-going plain, snow
covered from base to summit, oppres
sive in its majesty, beautif.l in form.
angelic in its whiteness the union of
all that is great and pure and impres
sive. Various heiirhts are claimed for
Hood, lrom 13,000 to 18,500 feet, but
it is not likely it exceeds 15,000 feet.
There is the best reason to believe
that the famous high peaks of Pacific
States have been popularly over
estimated ; there are many indisputa
bly from 12,000 to 14,000 feet high:
but the highest mountain on the coast
is believed to have been one measur
ed last vear in the Southern California,
and rising to the height of about 16,-
000 feet.
Small debts neglected ruin credit,
and when a man has lost that, he' will
find himself at the bottom of a ladder
he cannot ascend.
A man is not qualified for hi3 life-
duties till he has graduated in the
high school of a true woman's heart.
The Poisoxs used is Ale, Beer, an d
PonTEii. Cocculus Indicus, or Indian
berry, is the fruit of a plant which
grows on Malabar coast? It is a small,
black-lookiug berry, of a bitter taste ;
in doses of two or three grains, it will
cause nausea and prostration ; in ten
or twelve doses, it will kill dogs ; in
still larger doses, death, in man ana
animab is produced.
Foxglove is a plant possessing an
intensely bitter, nauseous taste. It is
a violent purgative,producing languor,
giddiuess and death. It is used on
account of the bitter and intoxication,
qualities it imparts.
Henbane is a poisonous plant, re
sembling opium. It produces intoxi
cation, delirium, vomiting, feverishness
and death.
Xux Vomica i3 the Seed of a bitter
and poisonous plant. It is such a
dangerous poison that medical men
rarely prescribe it
Opium, the thickened juice of the
white poppy, is the most destructive
of narcotic poisons. It is freely used
in the manufacture of intoxicating
drinks because of great intoxicating
qualities.
Oil of Vitriol i3 a mineral poison of
an awfully bitter nature. It destroys
everything it comes in contact with.
It is used by brewers to increase tne
heat qualities of their liquor3.
Quassia is a West India tree, ootn
the fruit and wood of which is intense
ly bitter. It is used by brewers in
stead of hops, to increase the bitter in
the liquor.
Besides the above, there are enu
merated, as in frequent use, tobacco,
potash, green copperas, nut-gals, worm
wood, etc.
The first effect of this drink is to
destroy the liver, and then to consti
pate the bowels. A general bloating
of the svstem ensues, whica some well
meaning but unfortunate people call
fat. The beer drinker if hi3 skm be
broken or scratched, i3 immediately
the subject of sores and disease. He
carries a flabby skin, a dark, dead eye,
and looks nearly like a corpse, in thi
primary stages of decomposition, as
can well be imagined. Temp. Tract.
When a gloom falls upon us, it may
1)0 we have entered into the cloud
that will give its gentle showers to re
fresh us.
He only is my friend, before whom
without fear, 1 can t!mk aloud.
Tafts. North Western Farmer,
WThcn is a clock like a discontented
workman ? When it strikes.
The credulity of the common peo
ple never works by halves ; they be
lieve without proof, and soon perceive
the cause of what never Happened.
The oldest lunatic on record Time
out of miad. '
He who knows half, speaks much,
and isays nothing to tho point : he
who knows all, inclines to act and
speak3 seldom or late.
Punishment 13 a fruit that unsus
pected ripens within the flower of the
pleasure that conceals it.
A Sensible Lan'dloud. A cotem-
p jrary sa s a little incident transpiicd
some weeks ago, at oae of the Frank
fort hotels, wl.ijh is worthy of notice.
A little girl entered the bar-room, and
in pitiful tones, told the . bar-keeper
that her mother had seut her there to
get eight ceut?. "Eight cents ?'' said
l,o, l,n.-n. Vm air" ' "What
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does your mother want of eight cents ?
Idou'towe her anything?" "Well,"
said the child, "father spends all bi3
money here for rum, and we have Lad
nothing to eat to-day. JUotner wants
to buy a loaf of bread." A loafer sug
gested to the keeper to kick the brat
out. "No," said tne Dar-Keeper,
give her mother the money; aca u
her father comes back again, a" lack
him out" Methodist Recorder. ,
Was Adam the first person created,'
or was Ere the first maid?
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