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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-06-07
AGRICULTURE.
PREPARATION or WOOL FOR MARKET

OF WOOL FOR MARKET.
In June 1885, we published correspondence
between MIR. l.. A. Morre, of Lansing, NY,
and Samuel Lawrence, Esq. Of Boston, ON the
preparation of wool for market. We find in the
Cultivator for April and May, ls4l, two long
communications from Mr.. Morrell on the same
subject Considering the amount of capital in
vested in The growing Of wool among us, it is
matter of no small importance to the farmers Of
Vermont; and although intend soon to copy
Mr. Ms articles, or the more important parts Of
them, we have thought it would more effectually
arrest attention 10 place preliminary article
here. We understand, too, that manufacturers in
Massachusetts have given instructions to their a
gents in this region, in consequence of which 1t
is for the interest of wool growers 10 attend to
this mater before putting up their clip this sea-
son.
Most clips of American wool command con-
siderably less per pound in market, than would
Otherwise be given, on account of ther filthy con-
dition.
Manufacturers complain Of American wool,
| J. That the sheep are not well tagged.
| g That they are not well washed.
| 3. That the tags and short wool growing on
the legs, &c. are often put in the middle of the
leeces and sold as good wool
( 4. That the feeces are tied up with unrea-
lenable quantity of Irvine or strings
We understand that the agents of the Massa-
chusets manufacturers are instructed TO decline
all lots Of wool that have these marks about
them.
In our paper of Nov 90 1889, we published a
letter from Mr.. Lawrence .e Joseph Brainard,
!, Esq. of Hopkinton, =. II. with memorandum
OF the sorilng of MIR. Branards clip Of wool,
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THE TWO WHITE ROSES.
A touching Little Story Of French Girl.

The following singular case was brought last
spring. before the justice ofthe peace ofihe fourth
district in Paris. The object was two white roses,
whose withered leaves had long since been dis
persed to the winds.
Madame Gaien, (mantua maker)-i demand
IA MiaviIlc for h lMg caused Inc to lose an order
worth one hundS aSd<9y francs.
Judge-ExlAh the facts.
Madame. Yes sir. About two months ago.
Miss Leontine de Croh was to be married TO the
Prince of Cleruiout Tonnere the marriage gifts
were to be magnificent, | received an order to
make dress f0Rthe bride it was to be a chief
d'Duvrc. Splendid lace, pearls, gmp-a'l tue
murves of the art Of dress making were to he
united. But something more rare ut that time was
wanting; il wasa natural white rose--a rose III
the end Of February
| Madamoselle-F cutvates flowers, and
often sells them to the great Mners OF The cap
ital. went to her. aud she promised TO let me
have one Of tho two roses she then possessed, Tor
twenty-five francs, which sum was to be paid on
delivery. | depended on her promise, but she
did moi keep it faithfully for did not receive
the rose, aud for that they refused TO take
the wedding drlss
Judge TO Miss Flora why did you not de-
) liver the rose
Miss Flora, with tinidi;y.l-It was not my
fault. The ming before the day on which |
} had promised the rose to Madame Gallien show
er, which took place during my absence, made the
flower expand, and some hours afterwards moth
ing remained but the stem. What tell you is
the truth.
: Judge.-I believe you, young girl But the
second rose, could you not have delivered that
Miss Flora, with tears in her eyes )-Oh as to
that one, it was not promised Madame Gnllien
would certainly have accepted it, for it was more
beautiful of the two. But could not give it, II
: was destined TO my mother.
il Judge.-Wus it her birth day?
Miss Flora, (sorrowfully.) mo sir, it was The
5 anniversary OF her death. profound sensation
in the auItory) Every year lay on her tomt
= one of those white roses which she so much low
! ed This year did the same. said to myself
u the bride will he as handsome with flower less
and my poor mother shall again to-day have he
:, favorite rose.
q Here Miss Flora sled abundant tears, and Mad
+ anne Gallien, endeavoriug to console her, said tt
J. the Judge =" stop the cause, sir, ii is wrong TO
= me to modest this poor girl for good action lie
e us say no more about il, it is a misfortune thn
o cannot be helped. All that wish for compcnsa
ton, is to have daughter like Miss Flora"
The Justice of the Peace, much affected, sell
away the parties without further trial
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The Lawyers. An opulent farmer applied about
a lawsuit to an attorney, who told him he could
not undertake it, being already engaged on the
other side at the same Time he said, that he
would give him letter Of recommendation to a
professional friend, which he did The farmer,
out Of curiosity, opened it and read as follows;
" Here are two fat weatheus fallen together;
If you'll fleece one, III fleece the other,
And make them agree like brother and brother"
The farmer carried this epise to the person
with whom he WINS at variance. Its perusal cur
ed both parties, and terminated the dispute.
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When Martin Van Buren, went into Ollie" ms
Secretary of State, he turned every clerk IN the
State Department out of office The very day on
which he entered. And yet how Justify the loco
focos cry out because the new administration will
not keep in the same reckless demagogues who
then displaced honest men in their places Con-
sistency Nashua Telegraph.
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Sunday Travelling. observe, from state
ments unfinished in The Albany Argus, and other
New York papers, that Notwithstanding the vast
amount of travel on the line of rail roads through
that State The Sunday trains are run at loss 10 The
Companies. This is true of other States, and il
illustrates nm important fact thar the observance
of the Sabbath is fast becoming settled principle
with our people. Where inclination will not die
tate such course, interest will very soon induce
| a suspension of the rail road travel upon the Sab
bath. And the sooner the better. Humanity, and
the physical structure of man, aside from either
morality or religion prompts TO On observance Of
Day of Rest. We would have no laws enacted
mo penalties enforced-to induce this reform
The great law Of proprety and public opinion, is
the best law upon subjects of this kind; and we
lonb, not public opinion will, ere long, sanction
that which every mans better Judgment tells him
| is right and proper.-Deiroit Daily .4dr.
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From the " Y. Times and Star.
ANTIQUITIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA.

We listened last evening with interest and pleas
ure, to the Introductory lecture of Mr.. Stephens,
on the antiquities of Central America, delivered
at the Stuyvesant Institution, before numerous
and respectable audience We have read III de-
iached parts the report Of Captain del Rio made
by order ofCharies the Fourth Of Spain, in 1888
the more recent work Of Lord kingsborough, on
| Mexican and TUltucan antiquities a work pub
lished a few years ago in Paris, and various corr
respondence from Tobasco, principally addressed
to the late DR.. Mitchell, and have always felt the
deepest interest in the subject; but here we had
before ,ls two living witnesses of the mighty ru-
ins of an unknown people on our own continent
I-Messrs Stephens and Catherwood- both dlstin-
guished travellers, who had in their Time visited
Thebes and Memphis the Pyramids and all the
wonders of Egypt, and consequently were in eV-
cry respect well qualified not only to explore, but
Ivy comparison to throw great light on the trch
lecture and character of those mighty RUNS by
which they were surrounded These enterprls.
ing travellers encountered the greatest difficulties
in penetrating what may be deemed vast wilder
ness of forests having ignorant Indians MS guides
and no means OF clearing the ruins of the i'm
mense trees and thick underwood, which amos
o.,scu rcd them from the sight within distance o
a few hund ed yards. The firstr,iins visited wert
those of Copnn, then PdLenque, and finally UImut
a great city on a vast plain, OH the plantation o
some gentlemen, who seemed to know nothing o
its existence, and could give no account OF II.
city OF palaces OF vast masses OIL stone, dlspay'ui
great architectural beauty-terrace on terrace hun
dreds OF feet in length, in admirable preservation
Pyramids, colossal figures hyerogIyphics, courts
temples, affairs, &C., which, place the splendor G
Ninevch Palmyra, Thebes, and Memphis, and c
all the mighty wonders of the east, the history c
which we have, far in The back ground. WI
bui-who inhabited these cities? How man
thousand years have passed since their inhab
ants have been gathered to their fathers? Wher
did they arise from originally? We agree wit
Mr.. Stephens, who offers no speculation on tn
subject, that the history of the world is yet 10
written. What two solitary travellers, almost {
lone in these vast ruins could effect, has bee
done by Messrs. Stephens and Calherwood b'
to lay bnre these antiquities some government
having the means and the enterprise, must sen
out commission and an exploring party on
vast scale; whole forests must be cut down roaf
must be made, the most learned aniiquaries mu
be employed on the mission, and the results W
astonish and amaze the civilized world. VIII
government is TO undertake this
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Thomas Je6ersOn's opinion of Congress. 81
served with General Washington in the Legisla-
ture of Virginia before the Revolution, and during
it with DR.. Franklin in Congress. never heard
either of them speak ten minutes at time, nor TO
any bu, the main point which was TO decide the
question. They laid their shoulders TO the great
points, knowing that the lille ones would follow
of themselves If the present Congress errs in
too much talking, how can it he otherwise in .
body to which the people send men who question
every thing, yield nothing and talk by the hour"
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Yours truly, H. n. MokkELt'
Lansing, Tompkins Go. W Y. Feb. q, le4I.
PROPER TIME FOR CUTTING BUSHES

PROPER TIME FOR CUTTING BUSHES.
Messrs. Gaylord and Tucker-When frst set
tied in Yates county, bought farm which was
much neglected. aud the bushes and brlers were
grown no round those fields which he'd been
Cleared almost 10 the tops OF the fences. took
strong scythe and cut them close as could TO the
ground about the second quarter of the moon in
June, when the leaves were nearly the full size,
aud the sap flowed the most freely of any time
in the year (that is, the sap flows from the roof
aud dies;) not one out OF fifty ever spronted
again. The experience Of twenty FIVE years mas
in all cases proved successful also in eating OIL
underbrush and saplngs of almost any slze not
one in ten ever sprouted. have Pfac''se9 !. Oh
low lands and almost all kinds OF tihaDes' nave
often ploughed out the slumps WIN single team,
where il had not been cut over iour 10 SIX years,
that were foot through and from my expert
ence would lay treble wages at that time OF the
wear if wanted to clear land, rather than have
hem cut at any other time of the year for moth
inc uut do not cut any other timber which you
want TO preserve, without you split it to take the
bark off for it will soon decay and rot and be full
! of worms. l am well convinced that il you want
timber TO last, it should be cut after the leaves
begin to fall, say in October or November
think it will last in the ground or OUT nearly
twice as long it will if cut at any o'hef Time Oh
the year. Try it and see for yourselves; rcv
Benton, Yates co. N. Y. Feb. 95, ls4l,
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We have noticed in reports of the English wool
market, thnt there is much greater difference in
the price of the different qualities than with US.
Probably greater cleanliness is, in part ut least, the
reason.
We conclude wih an extract from MIR. Nor
rels first communication, embracing tile sub
stance Of his correspondence with Mr.. Lawrence,
above mentioned :--Vermont Chronicle.
Boston, May !, 1888.
! DEAR SiR-Ahsence from home a number Of
weeks, is my apology for so long a delay in reply
ing to your highly esteemed favor of the 2oh
of March.
In reply to your queries, have to say
LIST. The average loss by securing American
wool is 81 l-2 per cent
=. The average by the same process on Ger"
man wool is "a per cent. Some of the best clips
in Saxony will not shrink over 10 per cent, but
the wool is accommodated technically called J..
that is The skirts and head of the feeces taken off,
Spanish woods are secured with soap after hav
| ing been shorn: as we take them, they Shrink a.
bout 10 per cent The woods from New South
Wales are of the Saxon family, the stock having
been carried from Germany /; they yield about 20
per cent OF clean wool.
81. The woods from the most celebrated focks
in Germany are packed in bales weighing about
400 lbs. each-the ileeces never done up siDgly,
but spread fiat against each other-there is no
Irvine about them. This mode cannot be adopt
ed in this country for long time, till which 'et
the neeccs pe secureu ny Se"tio "'e' VI 'io 'a'
ii your nelghbors cannot make II out 10 their
minds, let me refer them to my excellent friends
II. d. Grove or Daniel Rogers, of Hoosic, who
will relieve them at once
/ 4tt. The practice of enclosing in the fleece,
clippings, &c. is too common, and should be dis
couraged ny Manufacturers l h ave Nnow s sA
ounces OF tins useless stun taken rom ore ileeIe'
There is another practlce equa'iy uisgruceiui-
the use OF hive to twenty umes as much twiile as
is necessary A short lime since' look siS'y-sM
feet of large twlne from one fleece.
9th. These cheating practices are short sighted,
'naslnuch as the "clean thing brings price pro,
poriionate we always INK me price per pound
by the quantity OF wool It "l yieIh-n our pur-
chases We frequently make dlnerence oil hYe
cen'sPer Pouhu III preGlse,y s'in'ar qual'les. ny
adopting ms system ehe loss III OUT purchases rs
o less, probae'y, 'han some o'ner !Ianuiac.urers.
For the last three years ,he loss N our s.apmng
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A National Bank The indications from all
parts of the Union intimate great and sweeping
change in favor of some institution of this kind
Even in Alabama the Wing press are unanimous
in its favor. The last Mobile Chronicle has the
following:
A National Bank. We are among those who
have always believed in the expectancy, necessl-
ty and constitutlonay of National Bank. We
ave never entertained any doubts on the subject.
But there are many even in the Wing ranks, who
have doubted both the expediency and the con-
stitulonal power of Congress TO charter such an
institution and would not consent to its establish
ment except the last alternative tor the restora
ton of a sound currency, and for faithful, and
healthy administration of the fiscal affairs OF the
government This last alternative was present.
ed TO Mr.. Madison in 1916, and induced him to
iorego long cherished opinions, and sign Char
ter OF the late Bank. The same reasons operated
on the minds of the republican statesmen OF that
period, and made the Bank republican measure.
In the present disordered condition of the cur
rency aud the unexampled embarrassment OF
the fiscal affairs of the Government, the same al
tarnative ID again presented, and the wing party
are not responsible for it. The following com
= ments of the Richmond Wing, on an article III
the Enquirer, are Just and appropriate:
"Aganst one man1uvre OF our contemporary,
we protest with uplilted hands-the Injustice, we
} mean, of saddng upon Tyler oil Clay, or wen
ster, or the Wings, the sin of Bank, should one
be created. Not theirs is the fault that IL IS rem
. dered the las, alternative of dire necessity. II
is not they who have introduced ruin and bank,
e ruptcy, where smiling prosperity gladdened al
v classes of society. They have not ignorant'y TN
e kered with the currency, until they destroyed 1t
\ 1t was no policy of theirs, which in eight years
= created 500 new State Banks nor did ihey wage
d war upon the business of the country, unt con
s 6dence and credit were aunihi!aed. These arr
d the causes which will call another United State
If Bank into existence, and these causes will he trn
II ced to the higoted Tyranr, aud his worthless Ia
If yorile, who successfully, aud TO the dlSsrace
J. the Americau people, and for thtir well 'r!erl'e
punishment ia, confding power 10 such innd
ruled the des,inies Of the country. Had HE rro
phetc voices OF Clay aud Webster hcen needed
a all had been right
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wAToHMAN & STATE JOURNAL.

PUBLISHED wErKLv-fRIoE TWO DoLIAns FIFTY CENT
prRyEAR, OR TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
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"Prau Without Casing A number Of min
listers were assembled for the discussion of diff
cult questions, among others it was asked, How
the command to pray ioithoA ceasing could be
complied with" Various suppositlons were start
ed and at length one of the number was appoint
ed TO write upon it, and read ii at the next meet
ing, which being overheard by plain sensible
girl, she exclaimed, "W hat whole month wan
ted TO tell the meaning of that text? II is ono of
| the easiest aud best texts in the Bible" Well,
said an old minister Mary, what can you say a
bout it? Let us know how you understand it,
| Can you pray all the time - o yes sir" "What
when YOU have so many things To- do 2" "Why,
sir, the more have TO do, the more | can pray"
d" Indeed well Mary, do let us know how il is,
Tor most people think otherwise" "Well, sir, u
said the girl, " when first open my eyes in the
morning pray, Lord open the eyes of my nn-
derstanding;' and while am dressing, pray that
] may be clothed with the robe of righteousness
and when have washed me- ask lorthe wash
ing of regeneration; and as begin work, pray
that may have strength equal to my day. When
| begin to kindle up the fire. ] pray that Gods
work may revive IN my soul and as sweep out
the house, pray that my heart may be cleansed
from all lis impurities and while preparing and
partnking of breakfast, desire to be fed with the
hidden mama and the sincere milk Of the word
aud AS | am busy with the little children, look
up to God us my Father, and pray for the spirit o.
adoption, that may be his child, and so on al
day Every thing | do furnishes me with
thought for prayer" "Enough, enough" crieC
the old divine, these things are revealed to babes
and hidden nom the wise and prudent Go on
MARY, pray tsifhom ceasing. And as for us, m,
brethren, lei JUS bless the Lord for this exposition
and remember that he has said the meek will la
guide in Judgment.
The essay, as matter OF course, wac not con
sidered necessary after this little event occurred
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Election Frauds Pipe-ldying Sc.-The citi
zens of Madison county, N. Y. have presented
petition TO the Legislature for a removal of the
Comfy Judges offence alleged against
them IS. that they, at the last election, admitted
FORTH aliens to the rights of citizenship illegally
and when advised that the said aliens had not de-
clared their intention to become citizens, as re-
uured by the laws OF the U. States.
The case is fully made out-and we commend
il to the attention of the Globe, Evening Pos and
Enquirer, when next they discourse upon Frauds
Ppe-aying, &c.-.4aas.
From the Savannah Georgian.
PilaLka, 18Th May 1851
Dear Sir Information reached here oil ra'hel
n favorable nature from the South. IL is reported
that Coacooche, on the 29th'ult came into For
Pierce with sixteen warriors. After day or twos
soiourn, he went out and returned on the 4th ms
with twenty-five of his men, supposed to be al
of the warriors he has control of he professed
friendship and desire TO emgrate. News reach
ed TODAY frohflhe West, that Aleck Tustenugget
had sent into Tampa Bay, saying he should be II
soon. 800
All this looks fair enough. Per contra, the In
dams in the neighborhocA of Paine,s prarle, SOM
days since, have driyen,6f. near 100 head OF cat
lie ;ths looks like they intend laying up subslst
ence stores for campaign. .s.t,a
Coast Squadron. A Boston paper says In
Secretary of the Navy, with view TO the eifec
tive defence of our large and exposed sea-Doarc
is about to commission shortly a large ana ell
cient naval force"
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| Sketch Of a Chinese Opium smoking house IN The
! Island of Singdpore.--The rooms where they sit
and smoke are surrounded by wooden couches,
with places for the head to rest upon, and gGner
ally side room is devoted to gambling. The
pine is a reed of about an inch in diameter, and
The aperture in the bowl for the admission of the
opium is not larger than pins head. The drug
is prepared with some kind of conserve, and n
very small portion is sufficient to charge it, one or
two whfs being the utmost that can be inhaled
from a single pipe and the smoke is taken into the
lungs rs from the hookuh in India. On n begin
ner, one or two pipes will have an effect but an
old stager will continue smoking for hours. AT
the head Of each couch is placed small lamp,
as fire must he held to the drug during the pro
cess of inhuing and, from the difficulty of fill
ing and properly lighting the pipe, there is gener-
ally person who waits upon tho smoker TO FER
form the office. few days of this fearful luxu-
ry when taken to excess, will give Il palld and
haggard look to the face; and few months, or
even weeks, will change the strong and healthy
man into little better than an idiot skeleton. The
pain they suffer when deprived oil the drug, after
long habit no language can explain and it ID on
" when to certain degree under its influence
that their faculties are alive. In the houses de-
voted to their ruin, these infatuated people may
be seen at nine O'Clock in the evening in all the
different stages. Some entering half distracted
10 feed the craving appetite they had been Obliged
to subdue during the day others laughing ana
talking wildly under the effects of q first pipe
whilst the touches around are filled with the
different occupants, who lie anguid with an lido
smile upon their countenance, TOO much under
the influence of the drug to care for passing G.
vents, and fast merging to the wlshed-ior cons'Im
nation The last scene in this tragic play is gen
orally a room in the of the building, spe
cies of dead house, where lie stretched those VIII
have passed into The state of bliss The opium. smo
ker madly seeks-an emblem Of the long sleep t
which he is blindly huITyln Sir Months tch
The Chinese Expedition BY LOrd Joycelyn.