Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-21

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pennyless, orphan child of drunken
father and drunken mother.-N. Y Su,t
The Cow IN THE GRoe-sHop.-The
Rev. Mr.. Hunt, in an address 10 the farm
ers of Delaware county, said a sight of
their beautiful fields and fine animals, re-
minded him of the purchase which he had
just made, Of a very fine cow. Having
some little children to feed, and accommodate
ed with allpasture adjoining the house
he had taken, he thought she would be a
greatblessing. And while getting his COW
home, he asked the man who was driving
her, fine had COW? He replied he had
not. "Well," said Mr.. Hunt, "you have
had one, and can tell you where she is
--she :sin the grog-shop' why how is
replied MIR. HI. How much grog do
you drink2 Ten cents worth day?"
"Yes sill" well, that is thirty-six DOL
lars year; as much as gave for my
cow"
"Now, you got in debtatths grog-shops,
and other p laces, and had to sell your cow
to pay your debts? didn't you? He
could not deny it. "There," said l,
"your cow is in the grog-shop. And
when you carried home your rum bill, and
your wife asked you where your COW was,
and you had to tell her, in the grog-shop,
she felt anything but happiness. / have
since learned, that my conversation with
this man did him much good. Many a
cow has thus been letr at the grog-shop
1t would seem impossible thatang mar, pos
sessed of "a particle of kindness or moral
sensiblity, would take cow from starv-
ing family, to pay drunkard's rum bill.
But we have yet to learn to what state of
hardness and insensibility, the traffic in ar
dent spirits will reduce even professor of
religion"
PoPERY STILL THE sAME.-On Satur-
day last, a poor woman was publicly
accommodated lii the chapel of Ding'e,
for allowing her children to attend
school where the Bible is read. The
ceremony was made as imposing as pos
sibIe-the priest came pom the altar
dressed in black, and after reading list
of curses which were truly horritying,
and praying that they might fall upon the
devoted woman, the candles were extin-
guished bell was rung, and the book
was closed, and the soul of the unfortu-
nate creature consigned to the flames Of
hell for ever, at least in the opinion of
the congregation, who were variously
affected by it.. Some began to cry, others
fn int o,oI 9th - IF ~ loo
ell. All the congregation on the pain of
coming under the same curses. were for
hidden to speak to her, which they have
strictly adhered to, or to sell her anything,
which has been scrupulously observed,
for one of the woman's children was re-
fused by shop keeper the goods she
came to buy-exactly in accordance with
the prophecy respecting the blasph emous
Beast spoken of in the book of Revela-
ton, chapter l3, verse II. And that no
man might buy or sell, save he that had
the mark or the name of the beast or the
number of his name Great is the SEN
satlon produced by it among all classes
and it is generally reported that two 9TH
ers, for the same crime, are to be cut off
from the kingdom of heaven, on the fol-
lowing Suhday.-Kerry Post, Ireland
S1LK.-The Committee on Aericul-
ture, of which L. F. Allen is chairman,
in the Legislature of this State, have in
troduced bill 'to encourage the growth
and manufacture of silk 1t provides
that there shall! be paid from the treasury
of the State under certain conditions, ten
cents for every pound of silk cocoons
produced In any one year, by labor on
any farm or in any household in the
State. 1t provides further, for the nav
ment of fifty cents to the manufacturer or
producer OF every pound of silk, which |
shall he reeIed into a marketable state.
the production to be wholly within the
State of New York, and from cocoons
grown therein. Every person receiving
such premium shall furnish statement
of the number and kind of mulberry
trees, the number of siik-worms, and the
amount in weight of cocoons used, and q
sample of the article on which the bounty
is claimed The treasurer is to renort
annually to the Legislature the sum paid
for bounties; with a statement of the va
rious particulars noticed above. The
act is to be in force for three years from
he first of next May.-Gen. Farmer.
COOP NEws.-We learn that not more
han one half of the usual quantity of
alcoholic spirits. have been drawn thro'
his place the present winter Indeed
out. little is sold, north of US, to what
used to be sold. New Hampshire farm.
ers find it more profitable to EMPLOY their
horses in ploughing their fields, than in
irawlng New Rum, to burn up their
constitutions. A better day, slilL is dawn
ng upon the Granite State; and in two
years no man will deem il, an honorable
Or even profitable business. tc he on 49,