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Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.

scythe should hang light and easy, SO that
in moving no exertions will be necessary
excepting to swing the scythe and hold 1t
steady. We have seen some scythes and
sneads, or things that had these names, so
rugged that the strength Of one man was
necessary to hold them In proper position
while that of another was needed to swing
them; of course, by having good scytne
we'll hung, one-half of the labor Will be
saved.
With rigging and good scythe KEEP,
sharp, gentle swing Of the seythe will
be sufficient to do as much as is performed
| by those who get along by main strength
instead of wise management. The mo-
ton ofthe scythe on even ground should
be horizontal, by pointing IN and Pos"t'"g
out, as the saving is, cutting the grass
square at each side OF the swath. Some
mowers who labor hard, waste half of
their strength, and do bad work, strike It
over the tops of the grass, cutting it OFT
lower and lower as the scythe approached
the middle of the swath, then rising as it
goes to the other side; so that the middle
Of the swath for onl y about one-thlrd OF the
width is sufficiently low. This is called
the square lop, and it often brings the
scyhte 10 collision with distractions 10 the
middle of the swath, while one forth or
more of the grass is left on each side.
At moving match, an old gentleman
was showing his sleight at taking the
square lop, when his scyihe by some un'
accommodating substance in the grass,
was made into the shape of rainbow.
Those men who labor to grea! dlsad
vantage in moving, should get some that
are we'll skilled in the business to select
and hang their scythes, and give them les
soRs in their work. We think this would
be good economy. With little trouble
they could improve so as to perform more
labor and save ten or twelve dollars
worth Of strength in one season ;-th
item saved annual will be very lmpor
tant to one who wishes to make a stou
: old man. Yankee Farmer.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18
SAW-MILL FOR SALE

THE subscriber now offers fol sale,
i at low price, for cash or approved
paper, his lot of land, containing about
two acres, with good Saw-Mill, conven-
iently situated on a small stream about
two miles from Brandon Village, on the
road to Whiting, with good and conven-
lent Dwelling House, Barn. &c. I'm
mediate possession given, and crops on
the ground, if desired.
L. SMITH.
Brandon lnlu 2 1919 - --- = :
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18
WOOL, WOOL.

"HE subscriber will exchange I"
simeres and Buckskins for WOO
on fair and equitable terms. Or he VII Va
purchase wool on 6 and 9 months creo'
and draw on a Company in Worces. .
county Mass. for the amount payable
apy Bank in Boston. Those who VIZ
to trade as above will do well to call
- JESSE STEDMAE
= Chester, Jane, 1898.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

DROKE into the enclosure Of to-
D subscriber, about the 10th OF jun,
a red, yearling STEER. He has sS'
in the forehead, and one white hlnt IOv~
The owner can have said Steer y
proving property paying charges u"
taking him away.
JOHN PETERS
Hubbardton. June go, 1888.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

may not look for any thing like a general ,
introduction, We may at least hope to see
such provision occasionally, and perhaps
frequently made.-N e. Farmer.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

'ost Office at Brandon w.
L.athrop Luther 2
Laboute Ambrose
Long James 2
Levitre Gideon
Lawrence Archibald
Landon David H.
Lamb George
Myers Gary
Nixon Benjamin
Nelson Wheeler
Powell David
Perry Wellington
Paine James
Pratt Deniei
Rathh,,n CaIendpr
RyIey Mary
Rice Arba
Stephenson David
Smith Jane Mrs.
Turner Solomon
Thomas
West Gardner
Walker Bathshebs hl"
Wood Philander A.
GOSHEN.
Alexander Cyrus l.
Allen Reuben
Buttles Polly Mrs
Newton Ziba
Preston Charles
Ripley Ann Mrs.
Shedd Amos
p. nj.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18
from the pas,

M--.-,. STRAYED from the pas
+ - ture of the subscriber,
Ct in Brandon. on the 28th dav
of May, bay horse COLT,
three years old this Spring. of good size,
with black name and tail, star 10 the fore
head; aud had a poke on when he left
the pasture. Whoever will return said
colt, or give information concerning him,
shall be reasonably rewarded
- .>>.=>- .>-s JESSE HINES,
Brandon, June 20, 1888. Ss:4l
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

L. LIN <AAANAANo III the
II July L, 1888.
Andrews A.
Baker Edmund S.
Baker James
Barlow Lewis
auckland Sophronia Mrs
Brown Micah
Bartlett Alvin
Cayhee Lucy Mrs.
Goa hau James
Cluf Moses
Cheney Samuel
Gown Thomas
converse Joseph
Chapman w. 81 Co. Orwell
Davis Elias K.
Durkee Gel B.
Durkee Polly Mrs.
Dow Margaret Miss
Davenport Lemuel
Dutten Samuel
Dow Isaac
Daily VIM.
Flint Orvis
Flint Nathan 81
Grover Sally
Golliper Joseph
Hatch Jacob
Holman Palmer
Hally John
Halping Maria T. Miss
Holman Rufus
Jackson Alexander
johnson Charles
| E. JACKSON,
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

LIST OF LETTERS,
D EMAINING in the Post Office at Brandon, w.
n July l. 1888
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

IL
the South, the contents of the cellar are
far less likely to be frozen than il the
opening of the cellar were to the North
and in the shade
] We leave this subject for the present
and shall endeavor to resume it in our
next. The importance of barn cellar
is so great that we take every occasion to
urge It's erection on every thrifty farmer,
and the Suggestions here given, though
they may be familiar, embrace the prom
ipent aud important points in the con-
struction of barn cellar. ...-
Il We might 60 farther sand recommend
a separate and water-tight gaul. for the re-
ception of the liquid manure; to which,
! by cutters properly constructed, all the
\ urine OF the cattle when tied in the barn,
might be at once conveyed, with STEAMERS
so fixed that the solid parts might be eff
: Ieetually excluded and that from this
} reservoir it might be pumped out and dis
tributed at pleasure. This is the univer.
} sal practice in what may perhaps be con-
sidered the best farming district in the
world: Flanders; and here these cisierns
are made Of stone. But this is an ad-
vance in improvement to which il can
scarcely be expected that our farmers
should proceed until a vastly increased
and crowded population shall compel them
to adopt every practicable means of i'm
! Provement We have met with only two
cases, where such provision has been
made. The advantages in these cases
! were obviously 80 great. that though we
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

York n January, and wendell his weary pilgrim
age towards the home oi bus childhood.
Ii IS now iwent,-SlN years since he left hls
wife and children In Kentucky and not one
syllable has he heard, relative to ,hei; situation,
since the momeut OF their separation. The clu.
zeas here forced few dollars upon him, for poor
ana decrepid as he IS, he still possesses all the
pride Of Aenmcknn, and sent him on his way
IN the stage TO Wcl,Syille, from which town, he
intends 10 embark on a steamboat for Augusta,
in Kentucky.
Fancy cannot help asking, what now Is that
home to which the war b Oxen wauderer Is rctur-
u.ng Win the wife OF his youth be ready in the
fidelity Of her early love, to hail the restoration Of
her long lost husband Or will her duty and az
icctions have been given TO another! or, will
she be reposiug beneath the clods of the valley
And his children 1T living, they must have Iorg
since entered upon the busy scenes Of lite. Will
they take the weary pilgrim to then homes and to
their bosoms thousand oyorPowcrng emo
lions must rush upon the old mans heart as his
weary footsteps approach the spot that was once
his home Fancy cannot I'll the pictuc. May
He who "tempcrs the wind to the shom lamb"
support the aged wandoror, IN that eyentiul mo-
ment, which is soon to witness, either the cNsta.
cy orhis happiness, or the utter desoatlon Of bis
homes.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09
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ss %r' all advertisements for the benefit OF
orber perseas sentiu BY them must be paid Tor by
tbs square. a,o ~
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n,ne will be inserted unless we are specially au-
thorized by some responsible person.
iog WORK must be paid for on delivery
pnhlications OF a personal nature Will be charged
double price,
~ Letters to the Editors on business connected
with the Office, must be post paid, or they will Rot
be attended to.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

Laws VT AiAE = Al I'd - HATES PASSED Al THE
SECOND SESSION OF THE TWENTY FIFTH Coz
GREsS.
[PCumc-No. on
AN ACT to authorize the issuing of Treasury
notes TO meet iEe current expenses Of the Gov
erument.
Be It enacted By The Seaats and House Of Repre-
seRtatircs Of The United States Of ,lmerca ia Con-
gress assembled That the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, with the appreciation of the President of tie
United States, is hereby authorized to cause Troa-
sury notes to be- issued according to the provisions
ions Of AMI subject to all the conditions, limitations
and restrictions contained in an act entitled An
act to authorize the issuing of Treasury notes" ap-
proved the twelfth day OF October last, in place of
such notes as have b5en or may hereafter be, paid
into the Treasury and canceiei
JAMES X. POLK,
Speaher ofthe House Of Representatives..
Ri. NJ. JOHNSON,
Vise President Of the United States
and President Of TIE Senate.
Approved, April 2lst, lS3s.
NJ. VAN BUREN,.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

ATCRDAY AFTERN COON.
! love to look on a scene like this,
OF wild AMI careless play.
And persuade myself that am not old,
Anl my locks are not yet grey;
For it slirs The blood in an Old mans heart,
And makes his pulses Nv,
To catch the thrilI ola happy voice,
And the light Of a pleasant eye.
Ihlyc walked the world for four score years,
And they say that i am old,
And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death,
Aud my years are well nigh told.
I'm old, and "bide my timc;'
But my heart will leap at scene like this,
And half renew my prime.
Play on, play on--I am with you there,
In the midst Of your merry ring.
can feel the thrill Of the daring jump,
And the rush of the GREATNESS swing.
lhde you in the fragrant hay,
And hoop the Smothercd call,
And my feet slip up on the secdy floor,
And | care not for the fall
| am wiling to die when my time shall come,
Aud | shall be glad to go;
For the world at best il weary place,
And my pulse is getting low;
Bat the grave is dark and my heart viii fail
In treadng It's gloomy way,
And it wiles my heart from its dreaTinoss,
Iosee the young so gay.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09
DoMEsTIc EsJoYMEN

DO ESTIc EaJoYMEN
hone 3ii, mans ark when troubles spring,
nhen gathered tempests Shade bis morrow;
An ~. Woman's love, the bird that brings
ms peace-branch Ger food Of sorrow.
"nI gave the bond Of hearts at first,
- De The crown Of Eden's PLEASURE;
A',l' sure since Earth with thorns was curst,
II boasts no purer, prouder treasure.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

II every mans internal grief
Were written on his brow
How many would our pity move,
Who wake our envy now;
n'ern hate would give his enemy
A word Of softer tonc,-
seeing how small the joy, that once
Embittered all his own.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

VINO seeks to please all men, each way,
;, And not himself offend;
ne mast begin his work to day,
bnt heaven knows when he 4 end.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

Telegraphic Disqualification all things have
been ready, the Liverpool telegraph, under the
superintendent Of Lieut. Watson has sent a
question TO Holyhead we believe distance Of
so miles, and received an answer in the short
space Of 81 seconds.
Odd .Notioa.--At Rochester they got up the
old ceremony Of GROWING the May Queen, but in
stead Of doing il under the merry greenwood tree
the company assembled in large room, with t@o
blazing fires. The lady was crowned with chap
let Of artificial flowers, and The young men pledg
ed her in trimming rotations Of whiskey, made
hot, strong and sweet.--.Tep Era
Thomas Bradford, Esq. successor to Doct.
Franklin, and the Oldest Printer and Editor in the
Union, died on Monday, at Philadelphia, in the
Oath year Of his age.
FaIsehood is often rocked by truth she soon
ouigrows her cradle, and discards her nurse
The most yiriuons Of all men, says Plato, is he
that contcois himself miih beiag ,Htuous without
seeking % appear 80.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09


\ nefe Is iewci which no Indian mine can buy,
/, ~ oIemic art can counterfeit;
Ma %aAes men rich in greatest poverty,
, M water WING, turns wooden cups to gold
Sai iG i"inely whistle to sweet musics strain;
'p Fun L comes, TO few from heaven sent,
'9' much IN Iitte-all in nought-CoSTEET
EFT APH on AN INFANT.
Ere SIN could blight--or sorrow fade,
=, Death came, with friendly care,
The opening bud 10 heaven conveyed.
Aud bid il blossom there.
RAI THAT BEAMS FOREVER.
There isa flower that never fades,
A rose no storm can sever,
beyond the tulips gsudy haze,
A ray that beams forever.
There IS = charm surprising ait
That speaks in every feature,
winch twnes around the feeling heart
l. is thy CHARM oh! nature.
hen, stranger, if ihou fain wouldst find.
= ms rose no storm can sever.
-; seek il dwelling in tic mind.
IAe 'ay tia; beams freycr.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09
THE ERIcAN FLA
rlar Of NV country in thy folds

THE R1cAN FLAG
FLAG Of my country in thy folds
Arc wrapped the treasures ofthe heart;
Whcrecr that waving sheet is famed,
By breczes of the sea or land,
1t bids the Likelihood start.
II is not that among those stars
The fiery crest of Mars shines out,
It's not that on battle plain,
Midst heaps OF harncssd warriors slain,
1t flaps triumphant e'er the rout.
Short-Iiyed the Joy 'hat conquest yields;
Flushed victory is bathed in Tears;
The burden of that bloody fame,
Which shouting thousands loud proclaim,
Sounds sad to widow'd ears.
Thou hast Il deeper, stronger hold,
Flag cf my country, on the heart!
Than when DER mustered hosts unlurled;
Thou art signal to the world
At which the Nations start.
Thou art a symbol Of the power,
Whose shctering wings our homes surround
Guarded by thee was childhood's morn,
And where thy cheering folds are borne,
Order and Peace are found.
FLAG of my favored country, hail!
Blessings abound where thou doSt float
BEST robe for living freedoms form,
Fit pail to spread upon the tomb,
Should heaven to death devote.
Wave over us in glory still,
And be our guardian as now;
Each wind OF heaven kiss thy checks
And withercd be the arm that seeks,
To bring that banner low Dem. Her.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

HAPPINESS. 1t was Gray, tho poet, We be-
Iieyo who said that the highest state Of enjoyment
which he could imagine, WIS TO lie all day on u
sofa and read books Of romance. The imagina.
ton ola Burman soldier vas equally fertile when
he replied 20 question Of what were bis ideas Of
a future state i shall, said be, be turned into a
buffalo, aud shall lie down in meadow OF grass
higher than my heed and cat all day long, and
there won, be single musquito TO annoy me-"
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

tatyc Of the United States that At he was born
iol any good. It was for tho good OF the whole
People, and defence Is the Constitution; that he
always Is as # under the eyes cC the trainers ef
she Constitution that 1t would be easier 20 DIVE
these pillars from their cases, than him liom Ii
lofty purpose that be viii do nothing to destroy
the broihcrly love between these States, and eve
~ thing, that the Uuieh NAV exis, forever, bone
Gcially and thoroughly forall Whata contrast
between profession and performance What
strange and extraordinary selfdeIusion
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

IIorE is the last thing thai dieth in man. an
thought It be exceedingly decei!lul yet il is Of III
good for US, thu; While wc are travelling throua
life il conducts rs an easier and more plcasa.
way to cur journeys end.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09
BY AUTHORITY.

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AT TIL
SECOND SESSION og THE TWENTY FIFTH Coz
6REsS.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

Mr.. Jefferson after serving with Gen. Wash.
ington IA the House Of Bureesses, and Doctor
Franklin in Congress, said thu. he never heard
either 81 these great men speak more than ten
minutes nj time, and always 10 The maia point.
The speeches Of Washington and Franklin were
always listened 10 with attention, and produced
an effect, while TIE long-wlndcd speech makers
were dIsregafaed. piealNns.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

Tie Sosi.-The atheist laughs at the mmOt-
tality Of the soul-ihe soul that can build her nest
among the stars Of heaven, walk through yonder
mansion on hugh and taste Of the rivers that made
glad the city Of god-the soul that can wing her
way above the clouds, and survey the crowns and
sceptres laid up ior those who dare the world, and
have their conversation in heaven-lhe soul that
can hive in paradise while the body is in anguish.
and the fierce winds of worldly lribulalion rage
around her, can rejoice in HIS who is her all
IN all.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-06-09

IN elderly gentleman travelling IN stage
coach, was amused by the constant fire Of words
kept up by two ladies'. One Of them at last kind
" inquired il Geir conversation did pot make his
head ache, when he answered with great deal Of
naiyc.c, "no ma'aui, baye been married wen-
weight years"
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-18
MESSAGE.
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE Unit
TED STATES. TO BOTH HOU-
SEES OF CONGRESS.
DECEMBER 4th 1888.
Fellop citizens Of The Senate,
md Hon2e of Rcnre sentnf

FelloiD citizens Of the Senate,
and House Of Represent atircs:
congratulate you on the favorable cir
cumstances in the condition of our coun-
try, under which you reasonable for the
performance of your official duties.-
Though the anticipations of an abundant
harvest have not every where been reaI~
lied. vet, on the whole, the labors of The
husbandman are rewarded with a bounti-
ful return; industry prospers in its vari-
GUS channels of business and enterprise;
general health again prevails through our
vast diversity of climate, nothing threat,
ems. from abroad, the continue nee of eX-
ternal peace; nor has any thing at home
impaired the strength of those fraternal
and domestic ties which constitute the
only guaranty to the success and perna-
nencv of our happy Union, and which
formed in the hour of peril, have hitherto
been honorably sustained through every
vicissitude in our national affairs. These
blessings, which evince the care and be
neficence ofProvidence, call for our devout
and fervent gratitude.
We have not less reason to be grateful
for other bounties, bestowed by the same
munificent hand, and more exclusively
our own.
The present year closes the first half
century of our federal institutions; and
our system-differing from all others in
the acknowledged, practical, and unlimited
operation it has for SO long period given
to the sovereignty of the people-has now
been fairly tested by experience.
The constitution devised by our fore
ftlhers as the framework and bond of that
system, then untried, has become. a set
ted form Of Government; not only pre-
serving and protecting the great princi-
3'esu upon which it was founded, but wen
!, fully promoting individual happiness
All private interests. Though subject
10 change and entire revocation, whenever
deemed inadequate to all these purposes.
vet such is the wisdom of its construction
aud 50 stable has been the public sentiment
that il remains unaltered, except in matter
of detail, comparatively unimportant. Hhas
proved AMPLY sufficient for the various
4 emergencies incident to our condition as a
nation. A formidable foreign war; aei.
liating collisions between domestic, and in
lsome respects, rival soyerignties; temp
Etations to,inlerfere in the Intestine com
motions of neighboring countries; the
dangerous influences that arse in periods
Of excessive prosperity; and the anti-re
publican tendencies of associated wealth
q these, WITH other trials not less forni
dable, have all been encountered, anc
5 thus far SlIe.fsssssSf nj ~ ras isted
II twas reserved for the American Unor
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-18

More thru 50 were thus arrested las
night, and in the course of this day of
these about 80 were found to be, or success
fully pretended TO be "whigs" and were
ihereupon discharged We are confidently
assured by one VIII Is privy TO the facts,
which we feel it 10 he orr duty 10 divnlge,
that upwards of ONE HUNDRED DEM
OCRATIG VOTERS, who are guilty of
no offence whatever, are at this moment
kept in places of detention. without the
knowledge IF The Justices Of the Lower Po-
lice, although il is believed that one, at least
of,he two federal magistrates of the upper
police, are privy to THIS revolving outrage
upon the rights of the citizen. In the sup
posed enjoyment Of the fair administration
and equal protection Of the laws, our fellow
citizens will naturally exclaim-"CAN
THIS BEPOSSIBLE?" We answer that
IT Is TRUE!--The whole vile gang of
our federal authorities are corrupt and nn-
scrupulous, and are as closely lesgued
band of political desperadoes as the ruffians
whom they employ.
An intimaton of this design was given
in the Gazette Of this morning, in the fol-
lowing words:
"All persons guilty gof disturbing the
peace at the polls, will be forthwith sent to
prison as PUNISHM not to the pc,
lice Office to be discharged by Justice
Bloodgood, as was done by him at the last
election"
Thus this federal print unblushingly an
nounces the fact that American citizens
are TO be punished with Imprisonment with
out trial and without examination before a
magistrate, at the mere TYRANNlCLE
WILL of AARON CLARK and his hired
myrmidons!
Fellow citizens lis this appalling viola
lion the rights Of the American people
10 be permitted? You behold it openly
asowed in federal print, and it has been
practiced to the extent we have Stated, al
least, and probably far beyond. We call
upon our police magistrate instantly 10 re
lease all persons who are confined upon
charges that have not been laid before them,
and 10 use their utmost eXertions TO defeat
the SECRET FEDERALINQUISITION.