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MISCELLANEOUS,
SPECULATION AND PRODUCTION.

The last three years have been event
ful periods in the history of civil and DO
lltical economy; and it would be we'll for
every one 10 review the occurrences
which have taken place, candidy and
carefully, and mark well the results
The present pressure Of the times, are
well calculated to make even the thought
less pause and enquire into some of the
causes which have produced them. In
d DING this, it will not be necessary to 60
into the arena of politics, or scold at this
or that party, as being the remote or prox-
innate causes of the trouble. This we
leave for those who delight in such war
fare. But We may nevertheless turn the
attention of our readers % one very i'm
portant cause of much of the present diff
culties. 1t is the increase of SPECTATORS
and decrease Of producers. When in
1885, so many splendid fortunes were
floating about, dazzling the behoders, and
apparently reckoning every one to stretch
out the hand and take them, hundreds
and hundreds left the farm and workshop
and launched into the abyss of specuIa-
tlon-it might have been foretold, and
was foretoId, that although a few might
better their condition, the public at large,
would reap the bitter fruits which must
lnevitabI y result from diminution of pro-
ductIon. Incidental causes may have
concurred to hasten this result, but it
would nevertheless have come. 1t must
be laid down as a truth, as firm and as
durable as Nature herself, that "all the
means of human enjoyment and all the
accumulation of wealth, are the produces
OF human labor" If then, you diminish
human labor, you directly diminish the
comforts of life-the enjoyments of life,
and the accumulation of wealth. and the
more you diminish, the more severe must
be the remedy. The only way left for us
now, is to wheel about. Conform to the
times. Kick pride and extravaganza ont
OF doors-off coat and 60 to work. Do
something. Produce something. Be-
pa:Ient--long sufering-cheerful and
good natured. 1t is true. provisions are
scarce and money scarcer, and no doubt
there are scoundrels enough in everv
neighborhood to take the advantage, and
harrass his brother mortal. But "don't
give up the ship" Learn prudence from
the pressure OF the times. Remember tho
lessons ofthe past, and our word for Il bv
so doing you will die a wiser, ifnot .
richer man, than you otherwise would -
Me. Far.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26
Vol. K....No. 44.....July rs, 1887,

PUNcTuALITY--A committee ofeiob,
gentlemen had appointed to meet at twe1vo
o'clock. Seven of them were punctual
But the eighth came bustling in with anoI'
ogles tor being quarter of an hour be-.
hmd the time. THE time" said he
passed away without my being aware of
1t. had no idea of its being 50 late ",
&c. A Quaker present said, Friend 7
am not sure that we should admit thv
apology. 1t were matter Of regret tn2a,
thou shouldst have wasted thine own on,r
ter of an nour but there are seven besides
thyself, whose time thou hast also consun
ed, amounting in the whole to two hours
and one eighth Of it only was thine ofa
property.
COULD NOT PAY FOR HIS FARM.-A
farmer in Connecticut, who has occuni4I
the same farm on lease, for about ,hir,v
years past, was lately complaining that he
had been able TO lay up nothing, from biz
thirty years labor. A neighboring store.
keeper offered to explain to him the rco.
son d; and proceeded as follows -" Dur.
ing the thirty years that you have been
on that farm, have been trading in this
store, AID the distilled spirits I have soDI
you, with the interest of the money, would
have made you the owner of the farm
you hire. On examination of the books
OF the store-keeper, his assertion was found
correct The farm was worth obout five
thousand dollars.
NEWsPAPERs.-We find in a v.estorr
paper, list of just so newspapers p0L.
lished in the state of Indiana. If t6er,
were, instead Of 50, just 5, there would
probably, be fifty times as much capocry
independence and usefulness. The mEl.
duplication Of newspapers is, in this coun.
try, one of the greatest impediments 10
their becoming a public benefit. Tia,
multiplication renders them every wav
the most beggarly children of the press
even in this, its too prolific time, when i!
brings forth such q muItitudinous PROGENY
that three fourtlls of them ore Just fit 10
die, and the other fourth can hardly live.
". Y. Courier.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26
AGRICULTURAL.
INDIAN CORN.

All. or nearly all. the accounts that are
published of great products of Indian
corn, agree in two particulars, viz in not
using the plough in the after culture, and
in not earthing, or but very slightly, the
hills. These results go to demonstrate,
that the eniire roots are essential to the
vigor ofthe crop; aud that roots to enable
them 70 perform their functions as nature
designed, must be near the surface. II
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26

Our PRINcIPLEs.-We recognize the
inherent eternal and unalterable distinc.
ton and opposition between rieM and
..orOng; the rec!itude and supreme author.
ny Of Gods lao the mutua!! Obligation.
ana corresponding duties and riisits Of All
We hold human rights to be iaaliena-
a"te; because their corresponding duties
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26

IMPoRTAT1oNs OF BREAD.-Few men
in the community, and especially practical
farmers, are aware of the effect which
the late importation of bread stufs has
hac upon our national character and cred
it: The farmer who is dependent upon
his neighbor for the ordinary agricultural
products of the climate in which he lives,
is not considered entitled to very large or
long credit:-and it is precisely so with
a country who are dependent on other ma
tons for the staff Of life. Not long since
the Rothschilds were invited to make sun
dry investments in the, United States, but
declined, offering as reason that they
did not think much of a country that i'm
ports its bread.-Sik Cult.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26

FACT, No. 5.-The colored people Of
Philadelphia pay annually for house rent
1903, l2l dollars: for ground rent, 2771
dollars; for water rent, 26O dollars: and
for newspapers, l,576 dollars. A com
mittee recently appointed to investigate
how much property the colored people
possess, had not time. to ascertain the
amount Of more than about two thirds If
the whole population, before thew were
required to report. Itappeared. however
that these two thirds possessed, in real
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of cultivating the corn crop-it saves
vast deal of manual labor.-Albany Cult
Advantages OF well Cultivated Farms.
The last season, those who titled land
under high state Of cultivation, were
well remunerated for labor expended,
while those who titled worn out farms,
scarcely raised the amount of bread stuff,
expended during the summer. 1t is time
that more attention was paid 10 increasing
the fertility of the soil, and we are glad
to see that the H. F. & H. Agricultural
Society have offered a premium of SIS
on the greatest quantity of good manure,
that shall be made from the first dav of
June, 1887, to June LIST 1888. A written
description of the making will be requir-
ed, and an opinion of the best ard least
expensive mode of Increasing the same,
regard being had to the number and kind
of animals kept in the yard, stables, and
pens.
We find few land too few of our
farmers awake to the subject, and they
have resolved to till less land, believing
that they can get larger crops; at any
rate they are satisfied that crop will be
more sure on good land than on poor
A gentleman in this vicinity told us the
other day, that he had commenced improv-
ing his farm in earnest. He had raised
the value of his farm, and greatly in
creased the produce by ditching. He has
spout at his back door into which his
SoaD suds &c. are Doured. and carried
under ground to pen or yard few rods
from his house. This pen is so construct
ed that he can drive through 1t with
cart, and here he deposits turf, muck,
damaged hay and straw, which a good
yard of porkers manufacture into first
rate manure. In this way he has doubled
the produce of his farm. Much may be
done toward improving land by rotation
of crops.-NorthamptOn Farmer
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26
ERMONT APH.

the roots are severed with the plough, in
dressing the crop, the plants are deprived
of a portion OF their nourishment; and if
they are buried deep by killing, the plant
is partially exhausted in throwing out a
new set near the surface, where alone they
can perform all their Office. There is
another material advantage in this mode
of cultivating the corn crop-it saves a
vast deal of manual labor.-Albanv Cult
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-26

CAUTIoN:-Ran away from under
- my guardianship, on the night ofthe
91 INST, Sslas Beehaoith, aged is years
! ms ls therefore to warn all persons from
harborlngor trusting him on INV account
as snali pay no debts contracted bv ni'n
"'e' luis oate. SIMON BEcKw1TH.
salisbury, July 4, 1897 42sw
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estate 100000 dollars, and personal prop
erty 22O,3O6 Is it for our interest to
drive away such people2
FACT, No. g." Notwithstanding the
difficulty of getting places for them as
apprentices, to learn mechanical trades,
owing to the prejudices which exist, ," in
1882 there were between four and five
hundred people of color in the city and
suburbs, who followed mechanical EN-
ployments. We presume that by this
time the number has considerably in
creased.
FACT, No. 7.-"BesidesthankfuIIy en-
bracing the opportunities for schooling
their children, which have been opened
for them by public munifcence and pri-
vate benevolence," the colored people
also support several pay schools, and the
pupils in these schools will not suffer by
an examination with those Of any other
school in the city.
FACT, No. 8..-Ofthese colored people
who have emigrated from other states to
this State, many are the children of veal
thy white planters at the South, by their
slaves. Feeling affection for their own
children they have sent them to free
State, and settled handsome fortunes upon
them. The name of one coIored family
might be mentioned which has thus
brought 100000 dollars into the state; -
that of another, which has brought from
$4,000 to $4,000 dollars, and the names
of number, all of whom are known to
the writer of this, who have brought from
5000 to $4,000. Now, granting, if you.
please, that evils do result from having
the coIored people among US, are not
these evils more than outweighed BY the
gold and silver which they bring into the
State? Quere: Do any Of the emigrants
from foreign countries bring with them
such sums of money to enrich the State
of their adoption? We again ask, is it
for our interest to prevent the coIored
people from emigrating here, or to drive
away those already settled among US =
Ph'lG. Facts for the People.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

1NsrALLArroN.-Ihsta over the Second
Baptist Church in Ludlow, on Wednesday,
Jan. 1, brother d. II. RANNEY, late Principal
of Black River Academy. Sermon by Br.
Samuel Eastman; assisting clergymen,
brethren, Packer, Person, Hodges, Freeman,
Burroughs and Tracy. The services were
particularly solemn and interesting; and
the accession Of our brother to the Pastoral
relation, in field so interesting, is not only
a matter Of special congratulation to an
interesting church and his ministering breth-
rem, but of mush promise to the cause OF
Zion. Com.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

Subscribers out Of the Slate, and more
than 100 miles from, the o6fce.-In reply to
an inquiry from one of these subscribers, We
would say, that the paragraph formerly in
the published terms, taxing the Telegraph
with their extra postage, was designedly
omitted, at the commencement Of this VOL
ume, and it was designed that remarks
should accompany the first omission, max
ing the matter "too plain to be misunder-
stood" We now say distinctly that the
Telegraph, in these times, can no longer
afford this favor.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

"THE PLAsTER As BIG As THE oRE."-" II
ID. Hays" in his letter alluded to in our last
requires Us, touse his own language, to make
the plaster as big as the sore. This we de-
light to do; and we are now happy TO cor
rect the error in regard to his payment for
the sth volume. 1t is no less our pr irilege
than our duty TO correct all errors in our
power TO correct as often as they are detect
ed. The error was the agents, and con-
sisted in his giving Us a wrong name to
which to credit the money. On his return
from Windsor, in October, he gave us the
name of " II. Howe" Of Enosburgh, to be
credited with two dollars. On turning to
our mail-book, we find no such name on the
Enosburgh list, and the agent from certain
circumstances makes out satisfactorily that
the credit to III. Howe Of Enosburgh, should
have been to Harvey Hays Of Berkshire.
We are happy in being able to make this
s,atep,ent Of facts, AMI trust il may be salts.
factory to brother Hays. In the mean time
we reiterafe our complaint at the brother''
continuing to receive about u quarter Of thu
9th volume and then returning Them withou
nay. This was as if he had for ten or twelve
weeks, come to market, received our trui
basket, devoured its contents, and men re
turned US ihe empty baskets, withou: pay
siQnifying at the same time that he aa'
no want Of more Of our fruit. This hint
here repeated not more for the benefit o
brother Hays than Of others who do tia
came thing
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

CLEANLINESS LETTER.-Our space is too
limited to admit every lengthy article we
should choose. AS specimen of charming
English, this letter ranks with the authors
best productions. But his views expressed
are, in our humble estimation, strangely in
consistent with themselves. We donot fee!
at liberty, however, to say much concerning
the letter, as long as we have not room to
let it speak for itself at length. Here is an
other short extract that speaks in terms
which highly commend the general course
of the abolitionists. In other parts, he uses
equally strong language concerning their
opposers.
AS to the charge brought against the
abolltionists of stirring up insurrecton at
the South,-1 have never met the shadow
Of a proof that this nefarious project was
meditated by a single member of their
body. The accusation is repealed by
their characters and princi pies as we'll as
by facts: nor can | easily conceive of a
sane man giving it belief"
LAS to the other charge, that the meas
F ures ofthe abolitionists endanger our Ma
tional Union, and must therefore be put
down by any and every means, it is weak
er than the former. How is it,
that the abolitionists endanger the Union ?
The oal y reply, which have heard is
that they exasperate the South. And is it
a crime to exaSperate men Who then
so criminal as the Founder and primitive
, teachers of our faith2 Have we yet 10
, learn, that in cases of evaporation the
blame is as apt to lie with those who take
as with those who give offence! How
strange the doctrine, that men are to be
prescribed for ultering language which
gives offence, are to be outlawd for putting
their neighbors into a passion Let ii
: also be considered that the abolitionists
: are not the onl y people who exasperate
, the South. Can the calmest book be
written on slavery without producing the
same effect2 Can the Chief Justice Of
Massachusetts expound the Constitution
and Laws of that Commonwealth accor
ding to their free spirit, and of course il
: opposition to slavery, without awakening
4 indignation! Is not the doctrine, tina
t Congress has the right of putting an enc
d to slavery in the District of Columbia, de
nounced as freely as the writings ant
harrangues of abonionists? Where ther
shall mobs stop, if the crime of eNasperat
; ing the South is so heinous as to deserv
their vengeance2 If the philanthropis
5 and Christian must be silent on the sub
e ject Of slavery, lest they wound the Sen
1t sitiye ears of the South, ought the judg
e and legislator to be spared Who doe
it not see that these apologists for lawles
: force, ifthey have any validity, will brin;
; every good citizen under its iron SWAY?
= In these remarks you learn nv al
: hoFrence Of the violence offered to th
. abolitionists, and my admiration of III
II spirit they have opposed to it. May the
C vindicate to the end the rights which i
theu persons have been outraged"
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

~ O. Scott writes from Lowell, Mass.
20 the editor of lions Waterman. sending
h;m new years present OF % subscribers
and 500. Success % the Watcnman:-
The editor is uablsman,Sso, OOo having
bern lately Cfere6fofbi, bead BY Alabama
slav e1hoi6ers.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

RAILROADS, STEAMBOATS, AND STAGES.
Supreme Court case Of James
Thompson ct al rs. the Boston md Provi-
dence Railroad Company was submitted
to the Jury night before last, and yester-
day morning they rendered q verdict for
the plaintiffs as follows Lowell 81, 600;
Thompson S2,26O: Murdoch S2.25O
Lieut.. J. N Bass $4,000; White $500
Ransom Sl75; Cummings Sl75-mak-
ing in all 81 ,359.-BostOn paper.
This was an action to recover damages
for injury received from the conclusion Of
cars on the Boston and Providence Rail
road, last summer.
Henceforward, then, let it be known and
understood, that human life has some legal
protection, in our country, even against the
recklessness and brutality Of large proper
ton Of those TO whom are entrusted the
management Of stages, steamboats,, and rail-
road cars. This matter has already been
let alone too long. 1t is high time for pub
lie attention to be turned to 4 remedy We
rejoice at the above judicial decision, and
trust that it will be widely published, that
others WHO are carelessly injured may I'M
derstand their rights and means of redress,
and that those who wantonly sport with
human life may take warning.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

1t will be perceived that the following
communication was written IN December.
1t has been detained on its way hither-
We most cheerfully give it place in the
Telegraph. The Report will richly repay
an attentive perusal. Although it was
penned while the writer was laboring I'M
der bodily nfrmity it is not wanting in the
nerve, intelligence and sound sense which
characterize every thing that comes from the
pen of Rouldnd T. Robinson.
ORsoN S. MURRAY,
Dear Brother: The third annual meeting OF
the Anti Slavery Society Of Ferrisburgh
and vicinity was hello on the evening of the
| goth instant, and was most interesting sea-
son. Besides a much larger attendance of
our members than usual, we had the compa-
| nv of Thomas and Matthew d. Gordon, OF
Middlebury, and Benz. F. Haskell, of Corn
wall, who all favored US with remarks tend
irg to illustrate and enforce the doctrines
and measures Of Immediate Emancipation.
prosecution of our benevolent enterprize.-
The report Of the Treasurer exhibited a
considerable increase of receipts over any
former year, amounting to $685. and the
spirit manifested at the meeting augured
we'll for the future. Among the resolutions
adopted were the following:
Rcsolred, That the buying, selling. Civ
ing, receiving or retaining men for the pur-
pose Of continuing them in slavery, is q
heinous sin in the sight Of God.
ReSolred, That the Report of the Board
of Managers be signed by the President and
Secretary, and offered to Editors in this State
for publication.
Resolved, That this Society will hold Z
meeting in each school district in Ferris
burgh, in the course OF this winter, for the
purpose of difiusinS information on the prin.
clples and means proposed by Aboliuonist:
for the Immediate Emancipation OF two anc
a half millions of slaves.
AS ever, afectionately, thy friend,
u ~
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"An Abolitionist," and the petition to
Congress of the Friends "Ferris6argh
Meeting" aext week ...
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-01-18

fss. Brother =. Allen Of Westhaven is re-
,uesIed to act as Sgent for the Telegraph.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-02-09
STOCK FARM
FOR SHE.

The subscriber having determined to
remove to the west. offers the Planfa-
tion on which he resides for sale. This
tract lies in the county OF Montgomery,
on the north fork Of Roanoke river, six
miles above the town of Lafayette. 1t
contains 1900 ACRES, 200 Of
which are under cultivation, chiefly bot.
:om land, part excellent Meadow. There
are on the premises two comfort
able DWELLING HOUSES, all ff7fHA
necessary out houses, BARN, IsaHa
SAW MILL, with an abundance Of
good timber near it, and a GRISr
MILL sufficient for plantation purposes.
The uncleared lands are of good soil.
well timbered, and the whole well suit.
ed for grazing.
A liberal cash pay ment will be reqnir.
ed, aud the terms of the remaining paw
ments will be made accommodating
Persons wishing to purchase will cali ON
the subscriber, who will show the p.e.
misses. SAMUEL SHANKLIN.
Montgomery CO. Feb. 8, ls37.-3t
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-02-09

The trial of Gen. Scott is over. but the
op'nion OF the Court is not yet known.
NO doubt IS entertained Of his honorable
sequittaI; the disgrace of our arms by
Oceola will be traced to the Cabinet at
Washington.
Gent. SCOTS defence is represented as
very tariff is said, he did not spare
Jesup and Blair.
The correspondent Of the Baltimore
ChroDis'e gives the following as the O.
Pening paragraph Of his Speech.
M. President when a Doee Of
osnos LOT some imaginary offence imps-
ted by Louis xiv was torn from his
Government and compelled to proceed
to France TO debase himseif beforo thai
inflated Npnsrcs he was ae.srd in .he
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SINGULAR ACCIDENT AND ExrnAoRp1-

oINaULAR ACCIDENT AND EXTRAoRDI-
NARY oPERATIoN.-Some days since
while young lady, daughter of one of
orr most opulent citizens, was endeavor.
ing TO pick out knot in a thread with a
cambria needle, the needle suddenly
broke in two pieces. and the pointed half
was sent with great force into her eve,
where il penetrated to considerable
depth. The dreadful pain in conse,
quence can be better conceived than de.
scribed. Physicians were Immediately
sent for, and after trying in vain, gave
up the attempt to extricate the needle,
which had forced itself through the ex-
ternai coat Of the eye. DR.. Scudder, the
ingenious occulist. was finally sent for,
but not until fears were entertained that
the needle would penetrate into the brain
and cause death, which in all probabil-
ity would have been the case. The
Doctor was given to understand that the
eye was considered as lost, and that the
only hopes Of the laiy's parents were
that the needle could be extricated, and
the life OF their only-daughter saved.
DIR. Scudder Immediately proceeded
10 an examination, and at once pronoun-
ced that he could extricate the needle
and preserve the eye. He ordered an
anodyne, and when the patient was
comparatively easy from its effects, made
small incisicn with a delicate operating
knife; then by means Of a powerful mag.
net, he drew the needle so near the sur.
lace as to grasp it with pair of "MAGNE
TIsED TENAcULUM FoRcEPs." and a.
quick as though 1.-The needle was in the
palm Of his hand. BY means of mild
collyrlnm, or eye wash, the inflammation
quickly subsidized, and tue young lady is
completely relieved, and is now as buoy
ant and happy as if nothing had occur
red.
Many Of the instruments that DR.
Scrdder uses are Of peculiar construc-
ton. and of his own invention