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AN AFFECTING LOVE STORY.

A Bayonno journal gives the following
romantic tale from the Aldudcs: {" In the
valley of the Bastan lived two brothers ofthe
most alloctionato terms, occupying the cot
tagc, and enjoying the small property lett
them by their parents, in common. ray
mon, the eldest, was rubust man, culllva-
ting the land, leading the cattle to pasture,
and seldom returning home without game OF
his own killing. Many wolf fell from the
lullets of his gun, or his iron-shod staff. An.
tonic, the younger, was less in size and
strength, amiabc, contcntng himself with
performing domestic duties, even works OF
the needle, consulting in all things the tastes
and comforts of his more hardy brother. An
tonic had been taught TO read, and was
thereby enabled to amusc Raymon during
long winter evenings, while he was mend
ing his nets and tackle. Ina cottage near
them resided a respectable family from Sc
vile. composed of father mother, and three
daughters. Mariana the eldest, acknowl-
deged to be the pretticst girl OF the valley,
not only managed the household affairs OF
her own dwelling, but frequently aided An
tonic with her advice. IN time Antonio be-
NdUtC tiiliibItu Vi ti!c IAN 4i"''"' "''N'
made confidant of his brother, who APP
proved his choice, and urged him to declare
his passion. The timidny Of the youth,
however, prevented him from speaking, and
he at length was so melancholy, from the
weight of his love, that Raymon determined
to 90 and demand Mariana in marriage for
Antonio. The parents raised no objection
to the match, and sad they would refer TO
their daughter. Days and nights passed
away, and no answer was sent, though Mari
ana continued her accustomed assldutics at
the cottage of the brothers. Antonio at
length was so reduced by this suspense
that he took to his bed. On seeing his dis
tress, Raymon threw aside all his Spanls!
haughtincss, and wen, to his neighbors to re-
quirc their answer He was again referred
to Mariana, whom he rcproachcd with hel
obduracy.
Thus pressed, Mariana declared that she
loved another, and ,hidinghcr face from shame
avowed that other to be Raymon! Over
whclmcd as by thundcrboll, the unhappy
youth, utcring some incohcrcnt expressions
rushed to the bedside Of his brother, told lni
few words the fatal truth, and dropped life,
less on the floor. Antonio became irenziet
and has since expired, also raving out the
name of his beloved brother. They have
both been inferred in the same grave; and
in three days afterwards, Mariana died o
grief for the loss Of Raymon."
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KEAN'S STORY OF \ GAMBLER.

Among Kcan's many social qualities, was
that of telling an anecdote with power that
made 1t live before you. The person Of
whom the following story was told by him,
we shall call Mr.. A., for he is now living,
and it is not to the purpose to annoy re-
claimed gamester by an exposure Of his
name. Mr.. A. sGuandercd away his for
tune in wooing the tickle goddess at the ga
ming table, but he had one rule from which
he never departed; if a winner, he invaria-
bly, gave the first mcndicant that met him IA
sovereign. 1t happened one wet night that
he had been peculiarly fortunate he had his
pockets full of notes, and he was looking
around in vain for vehicle, when shvcr-
inc, drenchcd female accosted him, and i'm
p!orcd charity. He felt in his pocket, he
had neither gold nor silver; his humanity
was not wrought up so high as a Is note,
and in fact, so violent was the hover, that
il would have been washed from his grasp ere
he could have transferred it from his pocket
TO the hand of the applicant; he Withdrew
his hand from lis waistcoat, and with haSty
"No change" passed on, but not so quickly
but that he heard deep sigh The bcggar
did not follow, nor further imporiunc him ;
he walked hastily forward, but his con-
science upbraided him,-a sort OF gambling
fatality seemed to tell him it was unucky
no, to Give the accustomed iargcsS,-a soil
ofsporting honor, to whisper that lie was de-
fraudinr her of what was in measure hci
due. lie turned round and retraced his
steps; the poor creature had huddled herself
beneath the portico of wealthy mansion,-
he addressed her, and put into her benumbed
hands Il Is note. The unfortunate for one
moment doubted the evidence of her senses
at the next, she fell at the feet Of the games
ter, and literally and actually embraced
them, in alteration of her benelactor. ella
moment said the gambler, twas the mos
painful of my life; for the first time since thu
days of boyhood | wept, nay, fairly blub
bered. | vowed never to game again;
shame to say. have not wholly kept tina
VOW" kean added, to the honor Of tn
volary of fortune, that though he had not
perhaps, strictly abStained from gambling
/ from that hour his habits were generally re
claimed he had good feeling enough to oh
tain the poor woman Il shelter for that nigh,
ailerward procure her employment and II
to the period at which kcan told the story
she retained it with credit to herself, and sa
tisiaclon to her bcnetactor-R0cord Of
stage veteran,
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RUINOUS COURTSUlP.

Mrs McClntock keeps a secondhand
clothes store IN Soutll-street and does
hourishing business. Though four different
gentlemen in succession have held the Office
of husband to this lady and all vacated the
situation by death still, in spite of such om-
nous circumstances, there are no less than
three candidates for the same Office. The
widow McCIin,ock has completed her 42d
year, but not one Of her present suitors is
over five and twenty-five youngest Of them
all IS Jenny O'Brady, a gentlemen of leis-
ure, who has retired from the bod carrying
business, on the strength of an cquivocal pro-
mise from the widow that she would become
his bride this spring, about the time that birds
in general begin to pair off.
When O Brady popped the question, the
widow intimated that he must begin to. dress
himself more gcnleelly before She could pos
sibly listen to any propositions of that sort,
and taking down halt-worn suit of blue
broad-cl cloth from the door, she recommend
ed it to him as the very thing 10 make love
in. Poor Jenny little knew the willy nature
of a widows heart, so he bought the clothes
and paida good price fer them-went home
and put them on, practised before the glass
the whole afternoon, and the next day called
on Mrs McCIintock with the easy air Of IA
gentleman who feels himself assured of sue
cess in the business which lies next to his
heart.
The widow heard him with more favor
than usual the other beaus began to look
gloomy. O'Brady dropped in daily and inn
agined himself near to the summit of his
wishes, when Mrs. McCIintock told him, one
evening, that her intended husband ought to
be able to change his dress occasionally, and
exhibited "A snuff colored coat with pants to
match, for his consideration. He bough
these also, and in doing 50 expended his las
dollar.
The courtshp proceeded, with favorabl,
indications, for week or two longer--whci
the widow remarked to Mr.. o Brady tina
blue and snuff colorcd coats were ont of fash
ion, and suggested splendid invisible greel
which Jenny would have been visibly groel
enough TO purchase, only his finances were
quite exhausted. "My money is all out,
said O'Brady. "Then You may get on
, yourself" answered the widow sand Tin
more shame for such poverty-slruck villia
5 as you are, to be aflher a woman of FORUM
that owns "A whole clothing store valued a
more nor IA hundred aud fifty dollars - Jem
' my pleaded the widow would not hear hin
, he cursed, she screamed he threatened
she called for the police. Jenny could nc
! enter into the bonds of wedlock, but he ha
. to enter into bonds for his good behavior
A lucky escape ifho only knew it.--Phi
: Ledger.
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AND SHAME or ENGLAND:
In series of familiar Letters TO a Friend.
By c. EDWARDS LESTER.

VI'HlS is the title of a work. just published in New
l. York by Harper and Brothers, in two volumes
of $50 pages, and embelished with magnificent Steel
Engravngs.
The author has furnished some very striking facts
relative TO the actual social state of England, and
placed her Glory and Shame in striking CONTRAST
The following are some of the topics dwelt upon
The jstrious Men of Great Britain-their history
and acts their conversations with the authorO and
their influence upon the destines of the world Also
Original Communications from the most disnoush.
ed statesmen and poets in Europe on the greatest
subjects now agitatng the world-the cruel and
tyrannca oppression of the English Government
in all its bearings-lts blind course in regard to
the whole Tariff and Duty Questionable horrible
starvation, nakcdncss, woe crime and degradation Of
The mass QfMe people Of Engt1nd-their cause.-the
untold denominations and cruecs of the Factory Sys-
lem, in its destruction of thousands of innocent chill
drcn &c. the tyranny and corruptions of the Estab-
lisled Church-the woes and expressions of Ireland
the great structure of English desposm in ASIA,
with its sacrifice of Millions by famine and slavery
and honest but painful picture OF all that consti
tutes the Shame of England And candid picture
also of all that is lovely beautiful liberal and great
in her Society, constituting its Glory description
oil the most Interesting and venerable Ruins, Cathe-
drals Castles Abbeys and Monuments, with as full
picture of London, (he metropolis of the world as
there is space for-grea Public Woris--Libera and
Benevolent Institutions efforts making for the
redemption of the oppressed of England from tyran-
nywh glancos a. every interesting object the au-
thor met with A sea and during 1910 in Great Britain.
The New York Commercial Advertiser, at the close
OF some remarks continues: We can do no justice
to this work in this brief notice, is it important
should for will be readily read, and duly appre-
cated. The American people are duly interested in
the subjects of which it treats, and they ably and
coqncntly discussed" For sale at the Book store OF
| Feb. 1912. d. A. BRAMAN.
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p II u n IN G.

If the branches of a young tree. issuing
at aud above thr requisite height, be made,
by pruning, to divergc from the trunk in
every direction above the horizontal and
the interior of these be carefully kept
from any interference with each other, for
fow years, little pruning will ever afterwards
be necessary.
Many of my remarks in this section have
reference principally to orchards of the APP
pie, the peach, and the pear, cultivated as
standards in our own highly favored climate
and on an extensive scale, and are not in
tended as applicable to the admirable sys-
tenn Of cultivating fruit trees in pyramidial
form, or en- qucn0uiHe.
The complicated systems of the English
for pruning the apple, pear, peach and
plum, are not, in all respects, so necessary
for us; they are, in part, adapted exclusive
y to a cold climate. 1t is not necessary
with us to lay open and expose every part
Of the tree to the direct rays of the sun; the
atmosphere being, in our climate, generally
of itself sufficient to ripen the fruit.
Heavy pruning is seldom necessary or adj
visable but when, as in the case of graft
ing, or of heading down for new growth,
it becomes unavoidable, it should always be
performed in that interval between the time
the frost Is coming out of the ground in
spring, and the opening Of the leaf.
\ complete heading for any purpose
should never be performed IN early summer,
or while the tree is in the most active stage
of its growth. 1t causes sudden stagnation
of the Juices, and induces sort of paralysis
And if the tree does not die outright, il
grows no more, or but feebly, during the
remainder Of the season.
Yet for that moderate pruning, which
alone is generally needful, June and July
and during the longest days Of summer, is
the very best time, for wounds of all kind,
heal admirably at this period, the wood re-
maning sound and bright ; and even tree
debarkcd at this season, RECEIVERS a new
bark Immediately.
Trees ought not to be pruncd in Februar,
and March, at the time the frost is coming
out of the ground. This is the season whel
most trees, and particularly the vine ant
sugar maple, bleed most copiously and in
Juriousy. 1t causes invetcratc canker; th'
wounds turn lack, and the bark, for per
haps several feet below, becomes equal,
black, and perfectly dead, in consequence
of the bleeding.
The lower side limbs Of young trees il
the nursery, should be gradually shortened
but not suddenly close-pruncd; they ar
essential for a time to strengthen the trunE,
and to the upright and perfect formation q
the tree.-kcRrick's New american Or
chardist.
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be excluded from the seed, until the nutri-
ment of the seed is exhausted, or until the
root can draw nourshment from the soil.
The first effect of the air, heat, and mois-
ture upon the seed is, to change its proper
iies--to convert its starch into sugar
into a sort of milky pulp, the proper
food Of the embryo plant. If at this stage,
the seed becomes dry. its vitality is believed
to be destroyed; but if these agents arc per-
mittcd to use their influence, the contents of
the seed swell by degrees, and the first point
of the future root having formed, breaks
through the shell in downward direction,
and about the same time the first point Of the
future stem comes forth in an upward drcc-
ton. The presence of the air, heat, and
moisture are not as indispensable to the
growth of the plant, as they arc to the GER
minaton of the seed.
Snow il often happens, that when seeds
are planted in fresh stirred ground, or when
the soil is moist, they undergo the incipient
progress of fermentation, and the earth not
being pressed upon them, and dry weather
ensuing, the moisture is distracted, and the
seeds perish. Too much moisture is also
often destructive to the vital principle OF
sceds--and others again are buried too deep
to be viviied by solar and atmospheric in
fluence.-The first object in planting. there
fore, should be TO place the seed just so far
under the surface, and so to cover it with
earth, as shall barely secure to it constan,
supply of moisture. There are many seeds
as of the carrot, parsnip, orchard grass, &c.
which if not previously stepped, or the sol
well pulverized and pressed upon them ; fail
to grow for want of moisture. Hence, in
sowing orchard grass, it is found prudent tc
spread it upon floor and sprinkle it witt
water, before it is sown, and TO pass roller
over the ground after the seed is sown; ant
hence, in light garden mould, it is advlsabl,
to press with the hoe or spad, the earth upon
all light seeds after they are sown."
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nj OR A L..

That was my happicst timc,' we often
say on looking back on some portion of the
past. But the single days and even the sim
gle hours we then lived, and in which that
happy time of course must be divided, can
not be accounted as truly happy ones. Thus
an age or great portion of life is like an
annual with gilt margin. The whole of it
sparkles like gold, but if you open it, how
little brightness is on the single leaf.
GFNever was aplcasantcr moral couched
in swcetcr language than the following gem,
from the mind of some sensitive heart:-
little word in kindness spoken,
A motion or a tear,
Has often healed tue heart that's broken,
And made friend sincere
A word-a look-has crushed to earth
Full many budding flower
Which had a smile but owned its birth,
Would bless lfo's darkest hour.
Then deem it not an idle thing,
pleasant word to speak
The face you wear, thoughts you bring
heart may beat or break.
We should act with as much energy a
those who expect every thing from them
selves and we should pray with as mucI
carncstncss as those who expect every thin
from God.
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solomon =. Miller's Estate.

STATE or vER,1oN1, TIM, p,oLo,o o,o,,~, Co..
d ~ iii rors ,aro,l ~; o ,I r
@ IIi WIN; IL, ''o ny VI ''oi'-
,a'o ''''' '''' Vi '"''o'' III SUN DIStlc' uc
H., ,r;uor ,1,;,;..ro,or r., ,1,o r... e H..
iiaIy -ihiGl, Aun.nlSt!ator Oh lle i.slale OF ule
sald uccease ll''in9 ed III su court MS petuon IN
wfl'lng seiuung lofth tnat me saId solomon >. at
me tne OF MS deatIl, was sezed IN Ms own right IN
fee OF the house lot, 50 called, OF the late Samuel
Miller, deceased, lying in Nliddlebnry, in the county
of Addison, and about ten acres of land, described in
the las, will and testament Of the said Samuel Miller
as lying the road leading from Alfred Stowell's TO
Robert Husn's, which said ten acres of land lies
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HORRIBLE MURDER AND PARRlClDE.
Batavia March II, 1872.


A murder was yesterday committed in
Bryon, which, for its cold-booded atrocity,
is almost unparalleled. A young man by the
name of BENJAMIN Il. White, having, for
several years past, had a grudge against his
father, on account of not being put in pos
session of a portion of property, determined
to satiatc his revcngciu feelings by murder
ing both his father and aep-mother. White
came M to the house as his parent was en-
tering the door F.; he took hold of his coat COL
lar, pulled him about SO as to face him, took
out a pistol from his pocket, and shot him
Mrough, Just under the shoulder. lie then
threw him down, and commenced beating
him with the butt of the pistol. The step
mother Immediately ran to the assistance OF
her husband, and had the presence of mind
to reach down and pick up the pistol (Which
had fallen IN the allray,) and was rising up,
when she perceived the murderer drawing
another from his pocket which he aimed al
her.: she only escaped her llusbad's fate by
throwing up her arm ard divcrtlng the aim
of the pistol, which was fired, but without Of
feet. The Young man then made for the
woods, but was pursued by number of cit
izens, and arrested in three or four hours
In speaking of the murder to one of his cap
tors he said, 81 don't k9om ~hether kiHeo
the oHmaa or not ; but imedMt to-I tOoA
oood aim" | have seen a letter written tC
his father last winter, Which abounds in more
abusive, outrageous and impious Language
than ever saw condensed into an equal space
tie closes the letter with this :-"So fare "
well for the present, you contemptible ole
iackass, and spawn of an adder" White i
safely lodged in our miserable and rickelt,
old iail.-iU. Argus.
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NEW FIRM d. NEW TOOLS.
liant cnpIpnn without fri al

IT II f subscribers have formed copartnership,
i under the firm Of Haley and Coon, for the pur-
pose of carrying the business of Masonry, in all
its branches in Burlington or any of the adjoining
towns. We will give our personal attention to brick
and stone work plastern1, and all manner of lobbng
connected with Masonry. The senior partner has
had more than % years experience in the business,
and we feel the utmost confidence in soliciting
the patronage of the public, believing and knoring
that we can do Al good work as has been or can be
done this place. We will warrant all work entru>t.
cd to our care to be done when promised and dono
with despatch when called for, and well done. We
solicit small share Of public patronage
AARON HADLY,
H0R iTIO n COON
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PART III,

1t was very small room, and lighted
by only one window. There was no car
pet on the floor: there was clean but
coarsely covered bed in one corner; cup
board with few plates and dishes in the
other a chest of drawers and before the
window stood small cherry stand, quite
new, and indeed the only article in the room
that seemed so. A pale sickIy looking wo-
man of about forty was leaning back in her
rocking chair, her eyes closed, and her lips
compressed as if in pain. She rocked back
ward and forward few moments, pressed
her hand hard upon her eyes, and then Ian
guidly resumed the fine stitching on which
she had been busy since morning. The
door opened, and a slender little girl of about
twelve years of age entered, her large blue
eyes dilated, and absolutely radiant with de-
light, as she held up the small vase with the
rOse-trec in it.
ooh see mother, see there's one in
full bloom, and two more half out, beautiful
buds !"
The poor womans face frightened, as she
looked first on the rose, and then on her
sickly girl, on whose face she had not seen
so bright color for months.
"God bless her" said she involuntarily.
Miss Florence | knew you would
feel so, mother; don't it make your head.
ache better 10 see this nowerl Now yor
won't look so wiShiul at the gardeners stand,
in the market, will youl We have rose
handsomcr than any oftheirs. Why it seem.
TO me, that it is worth as much to us as ou
whole little garden used to be. See how
many more buds there are on it, Just count
and only smell the flower Where shaI
we put it and Mary skipped about the room
placing her treasure first in one position
and then in another, and walking OFF to SCI
the effect, until her mother gently reminde
her that the rose Tree could not preserve il
beauty without sunlight
sob yes, truly !" said Mary: 4" well, then
it must stand here on this new stand. Ho,
glad am that we have such handsom
new stand for it, it will look so much better.
And Mrs. Stephens laid down her work an
folded a piece of newspaper on which tn
treasure was duly deposited.
"Thcre.' SAID Mary, watching the ar
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COMMIS. IONEES NOTICE.

IE the Subscribers, having been appointed by the
" Honorable the Probate Court for the d district Of
Chrttenden commissioners 70 receive examine and ad.
just the claims anIdemands OF all persons against the
IS ate of Soloman :. Miller late OF Willis on in said
district deceased represented in oyent and also all
claims and demands exhibited in offs, thereto; and
six months from the day Of the date thereof being al
lowed by said Court for that purpose do therefore
hereby give notice, that viii attend 10 the busnes,
of our appointment at the DWELLING ofJohn Howard
in Burlington in sal District, on the second MONDAYS
of June and August next at 10 o'clock, A. NJ or each
of said days.
Dated this q h day of February A. d. 1872.
HEMAN ALLtN r..:.
LUTHTR LOOMS ooli'li'.S'
GEO. b. SHAW s'o"cis'