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Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-02-02
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From the PhiEadeinh5a Museum.
Dal'by and Joan.
A GOOD LESSON.


When Darby saw the setting Sun.
lie swung his scythe, and home herun;
Sat down, drank Of his pint, and said,
sNy work is done. I'll 80 to bed
My work is d ,ne!' retorted Joan;
My work is done.!' your constant tone;
BIT hapless woman meier can say
/. My work IS DONE till judgment day.
Here Darby hemmed, and scratched his
head,
To answer what his Joan had said;
but all in vain. her ciack went on
Yes. woman's work is never done'
Al early dawn. ere Phnbus rose,
Old Joan resumed her tale Of woes;
When Darby said: III end the strife,
BE YOU the man. and the wife,
Take YOU the scvthe and NOW, while
& Will all your bastesl cares snppIv.'
sContentH quoth Joan; 'givesnse nv hini;'
This Darby did, aud out she went.
And whitfield the DIRT around the room;
Which having done, he scarce knew how.
He hied TO mild the hrnde cow
The brndle CO vhisked round her tail
In Darly's eyes, ard kicked the pail;
The clown perplexed with sriefand pain.
sSwore he'd ne'er try to mild again;
When farming rouni,-in sad amaze,
He saw lis cottage in a blaze:
For as he CHANGED to brush tie room
In careless haste. he fired the broom;
The fire at last subdne,i, he swore 80
The broom and he would meet % more.
Pressed by misfortune. and perp'exed,
Darby prepared for breakfast next;
But what to get he scarcely knew.
The bread was spent, the butter too;
His hands bedaubed withepaste and flour.
Old Darby labored full an hour;
But, hapless wight! he could NOT make
The bread take form of loaf or cake.
AS every door wide open stood,
In came the saw in quest Of food,
And stumbling onward. with her snout
O-erset the churn-the cream ran out.
As Darby turned. the SOW to beat.
Ths slipp'y cream betrayed his feet.
He caught .Ae bread-ircugh in his fall,
And down came Darby, trough and all.
The children. Weakened by the CHATTER,
Start up apt cry. La! what's the matter!
Old fowler barked, and rabby mewed,
And hapIess Darby bawled aloud,
Return, my Joan, as heretofore,
AN play the housewives part no more;
Since now by sad experience taught,
Compared to thine my work is nau sht.
Henceforth, as business calls, III take.
Content. tie plough. the scyihe. the rake;
And never will transgress the lioe
Our rates have marked while thou art
mine
I'll vex thy honest soul 70 more
Bv scoding, as I've done before.
Let each our proper task attend
Forgiye the past, and try to mend.'
seg -:O:-:0:-
gently the deus are Ger me stealing,
as the man said when live due bills were
presented to him at once, says the N
ID. Crescent City
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No man is to be believed when he
boasts of his own amours. No woman is
to be believed when She makes stalking
horse of her virtue.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-02-02

TIE .Nethodists. --The members of the
Methodist Church IN Boston have more
than quadrup!ed in the last fifteen years
more than trebled within the last ten
vears--and more than doubled within the
last five years.
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Tie Baptiats. According to the table
in the Baptist Almanac for .1s4s. there
are in the United States and British Pro-
vinces 61l.522 members oil the Baptist
Church, 1893 ministers. and S,SS5
churches. Adding the more, recent ac-
cessions, the whole number Of communi-
cants is estimated at 100000.
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81 wish. said son OF Erin, could
find the place where men don't die, that
might end my days there
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A passion for revenge betrays wea /
mind.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-02-01
VOL. Vino. 80

the arts. and the constitution and forms of
our government. Lectures are TO be given
on Wednesday with the apparatus, or on
history, or on subjects connected with hter-
allure. A recitation is TO be held on Mon
day mornings. on portion Of scripture. the
evidences of Christianity, Biblical aniiqu'-'
ties, or the conuexion of sacred with profaae
history; and efforts will be made to promote
Tho moral and religious interests of the pu-
pills.
Mr.. T. concluded by saying that it would
be prominent object with him to qualify
his pupils to teach. Many of them will
engage in this useful and delightful en-
Ployment. The character of our common
schools depends very much on the kind of
instruction which is given in our seminaries.
Should necessity never oblige young la
dy to engage in teaching, ought she not to
be qualified TO act in that capacity That
person must be forgetful of the destiny Of
woman who does not remember that she
will have occasion to direct the studies and
to mowld the character of the young, and
that it depends very much on heron the
improvement which she makes of her mind
and heart--what shall be the character ofa
future generation.
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CARE OF HORSES IN TRAVEL
LING.

lfyou intend that Your horse shall perform
long journey you must take particular care
Of him at every stopping place. He must
have something that he will eat and he
must have grain. 1t often happens that
tavern hay looks better than it really is, and
II often looks too bad 10 be offered 10 a
horse. fyou rely on hay. to sustain your
horse, and that hay is poor, you can expect
10 make no great progress on your journey
Inc day following.
The best mode is, on a journey, to rely
chiefly on grain ; but your horse must be u,
SEQ 10 eating grain before the journey is
commenced. Oats arc not so solid food as
corn bu; if you feed wholly on oats you will
need TO give no other grain. Horses are
seldom Injured by oats when they are given
proper times-that is. they should not be
gwen Just before starting. 1t is safer to
give The principal part of the grain that the
no'se is to have, at night. He will then be
.saoy to start early 10 the morning his
s.ala will be digested and i, will do him
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-02-01
AN ELECTIONEERING INCIDENT.

The following extract of letter from a
candidate for Congress in the western dis.
trict of Louisiana to the editor of the New
Orleans Picayune, describing one of his
electioneering tours, gives pretty good
specimen of the luck which attended his
patriotic exertions:
Well, put up with first rate good ma
tured Teller that met with at billiard
roomy and was introduced to his wife, fine
fat woman that looked as if she got it by
latin, her face was so full of fun. AFTER a
while, arter wen talked about the garden,
and so on, in come three or four children,
latin and skipping along as merry as crick.
cts. There warn't no candle lit, but
could see they were fine looking fellows,
and started for the saddle'b bags, in which
had put lot of sugar candy for the ba-
bies as went along. Come here says l,
you little rogue-come along here and tell
me what your name is. The oldest came
up to me, and says he my names Peter
Smith, SIR
And what's your name says to the
next. Bob Smith, SIR The next said
his name was Bill Smith. and the fourth
said his name was Tommy Smith. Well,
got 'em on my knees and kissed 'em over
and over again and gin 'em lot of sugar
candy, and old Miss Smith was so tickled
that she kept latin the whole time. Mister
Smith looked on, but didn't say much
s Why says Miss Smith. wouldn't take
a good deal for them four boys if | had 'em,
they're beautiful and sprightly.
NO. says she latin, i set good deal
by 'em' but we Spite 'em too much
oh no. says L, they're ra'al well be-
haved children; and by grashus,' says l,
pretending to be started by new idea,
what strikin' resemblance tween them
boys and their father = and looked at Mr..
Smith, l never did see nothin' equal it,
says ;-' your eyes, mouth, forrad-a per-
feet picter Of you SIR says | tappin the
oldest on the pate. thought Miss Smith
would died a latin at that-her arms fell
down by her side and her head fell back,
and she shook the hull house latin.
DO you think so, Curnel Jones 2 says
she-and she looked towards Mr. smith.
and really thought she would gone OH
in fit.
yes saws 1, Il du raaly now.
sHa ha hawp says Mr. Smith, kinder
half latin, you're too hard on me, Curnel,
with you're jokes.
Il amt jokin' at ALL saysI; they're
handsome children and they du look won.
derfully like you.
Just then a girl brought in light, and
I'll be darn'd if the little brats didn't turn
out to be mulattos every one on 'em, and
their heads as curly as the blacklist mig.
ger's!l Mr. and Miss Smith never
had no children, and they kind o petted
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them little niggers for playthings. Il
never felt SO streaked in all my life as did
when | saw how things stood If hadn't
kissed the nasty things I could have got
over it; but kissin' on 'em showed that
was in earnest. Though was soft soapin'
on 'em as thought all the WHILE and how
to git out the scrape | didn't know. Miss
Smith laffed so hard when she see how con-
fused looked, that she een-a-most suffoca-
ted A little while arter there was hull
family Of relations arrived from the city,
which turned the matter off-but the next
mornin' could see that Mister Smith didn't
like the remembrance omit at all and don't
believe he'll vote for me when the lection
come on. 'spect Miss Smith will keep
the old man under with that joke long
time.'
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-02-01
A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.

At a late celebration of the landing of the
Pilgrims, by the New England Society in
New Orleans, Judge ALEXANDER PORTER
responded to call upon him which is thus
noticed by the Picayune:
Quite the happiest speech of the evening
was that of Judge PORTER, which kept the
table in roar, while it touched deeply the
sensibilities of every Yankee present. He
closed his remarks with the following SEN
timent:
1.-The Rock of Plymouth The prophet
Oh old struck the rock, and living water
gushed forth. The pilgrim "fathers touch.
ed New England, and virtue. learning. civ.
'Ilizatien, and freedom sprung up beneath
their feet"
A New England man (says the Picayune)
should hear this sentiment introduced in
graceful eloquence, and in strange land,
to appreciate the emotions which it excited.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-02-01
LAMP FOR BURNING LARD.

Having noticed in the last number of the
Farmers Cabinet, some remarks respecting
lard oil, and the subject attracting at the
present time very general attention, am
induced to mention the experience l have
had in the consumption of lard itself, to fur
nish brilliant light. Being lately on bust.
ness in Boston, | called al the store of a
friend in the evening, and 10 my surprise no
ticed his premises finely Illuminated this.
however, was soon and readily explained by
the fact, that he was interested in the sale
of" Soulhworth's Patent Lard Lamps. -
The article in use was the common tin, or
glass lamp, with wick just such as is used
for burning sperm oil, only with the addi-
ton of fla. copper heater, which comes!up
closely in contact with the fame, and de-
scending 10 the bottom of the lard, returns
again nearly TO the top. The copper is thus
heated by the fame, and it being a good
conductor, the lard becomes completely liz.
ufied, and the contents of the glass lamp,
after it had been under way for short time,
looked like the finest bleached oil. My
friend stated that lard at eight cents per
pound. in this lamp, would cost no more
than the very best sperm oil al fifty cents
per gallon, and would give as much light
At his suggestion. bought couple of beau
tifu parlor lamps for use, and on trial, find
them perfect; the light is pleasant and bright,
there is no disagreeable smell, and the wick
requires 10 be trimmed or shuffed only once
in an evening. The apparatus for heating
is so complete, that not only lard can be u
sed, but tailow, or any other fatty substance.
And if this lamp should obtain general
use. it appears to ME the farmer would be
spared the trouble of making candles. 1.-The
wishes to use talow or lard. all that will be
necessary, is for him to obtain one Of South
worth's Patent Lard Lamps, put in the wick
as he would to any lamp. then just before h.
wishes light, melt the tallow or lard, fill up
the lamp and light the wick. and my word
for it, he will have as good light 10 read
the Cabinet by, as The oil from the whale will
give. And then he has the whole within
himself; he need no longer be dependent on
the success of the whaleman he can sit
quierly at home and enjoy his domestic
light, and read with Indifference of the poor
success Of this or that voyage in search of
the monsters of the deep. V.
Farmers Cabinet.
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MIDDLEBURY VT. FEBRUARY |, 1913.

obliged to sit down in the midst Of speech,
Convinced of, and mortified at the cause
of his total failure, he said one day to a
friend, it is in me, and it shall come out.
From that moment he rose and triumphed
in consummate eloquence. Here was true
moral courage. And it was well observed
by heather moralist, that it is not because
things are difficult that we dare not under.
take them. Be thou bold in spirit. Indulge
no doubts, for doubts are traitorous. In the
practical pursuit of our high aim, let us new
er lose sight of it in the slightest instance;
for 1t is more by disregard of small things
than by open and fragrant offences that men
come short of excellence.
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WESTERN NAvIGATIoN.-The following
facts for the consideration of Congress and
furnished in report, made by committee
at public meeting in St. Louis, in the ma
ture of a memorial to Congress The num-
Der of steamboats, sunk in the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers, in the year 1889, was
forty in 1910, forty one in 1s41. twenty
nine, and in the present year twenty-eight.
The aggregate value of these boats and
cargoes was $40, 900; and in addition, the
repairs of damages by snags, where the
boats have not been sunk, have averaged
$4,000 per year. Between the 18th Sept.
and 18th of October, (ess than five weeks, }
eight fine boats with their cargoes. were
sunk between st. Louis and the mouth of
the Ohio. The aggregate of the loss by
the sinking of these boats was S234,O0O.
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II. BELL, Editor and Proprietor.

Your cheapest and best mode will be tc
purchase half bushel of oats at night and
| let your horse have the whole mess. Your
taveTner will charge you no more than he
would for half peck and the hay. He will!
say the horse cannot eat much hay if he eats
his half bushel of oats, and he will charge
for the oats only. The highest tavern price
for oats, by the half bushel, may be half a
dollar. Well you will seldom get horse
kept short of that in large town though he
should have but half peck of grain.
Some people fear to give grain while the
horse is warm yet they will not hesitate a.
bout giving grain just before starting. But
IT is hard driving after eating, not eating af-
ter hard driving. that Injuries horse. 1t is
believed that grain is no oftener injurious TO
the horse when he is warm than at any 9TH
er time. Let any man consult his own fee!-
ings. Does his food hurt him more when
he comes in hot from work and eats it than
at any other time? Is it,not violent exer-
else, after eating hearty, that causes severe
pain? Every one who has tried it and tho't
of it will answer yes.
Horses have often been ruined by hard
driving soon after being stuffed with grain.
How often do we see people at public hou-
ses give their horses but little grain at night
for fear they would not eat due quantity of
hay, and then, just before starting give
larger mess TO travel upon People who
seldom travel and who seldom give their
horses grain will stuff them with this article
on the morning of starting. If the grain
had been given on the previous night there
would be some chance of its doing good
Maine Cultirator.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
From Frazer's Magazine.
YESTERDAY.

"Twas yesterday! familiar sound;
Heard oft as idle breath;
Yet, prophet-like to all around,
1t spoke of woe and death.
A mourner by the past it stands,
In mystic mantle of decay,
Shrouds in the night of years its hands,
And grasps all life away
What, then, is yesterday? pa key
To wisdom most divine,
1t is the hall of Memory,
Where Fame's brief trophies shine!
The spiritual home of things,
Where Intellect immortal beams,
Which lends to thought its hottest wings,
Inspires the the noblest thence.
A DROP that mirrors forth a WORLD,
Then mingles with the earth;
star from Times asst empire hurled,
Slow falling from its birth,
A presence with the sacred past,
To warn our spirits of delay.
Which saith.-'.PrOud man, to day thou hast
Use well thy little day."
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join in the song" 1 felt sudden ange
in my heart, and answered with sharpness:
Il will not join in your song for know
not the strain; will not unite in YOU
dance, for know not the measure" He
sighed, and with look of surprising and
Illuminating pity, returned to his place. A.
bout minute after, another came, and ad.
dressed me as he had done, and with the
same temper | answered him in the same
words he seemed as if he could have resign.
ed his own dazzling glory to have changed
me; if heaven know anguish he seemed to
feel it; but he left me and returned. What
could it be that put such tempers into my
heart?
"At length the lord of the glorious com.
Pany of these living forms light and beau
ty saw me and came where | stood. |
thrilled in every pulse with awe | felt my
blood curdle, and the flesh upon me tremble,
and my heart grew hardened and my voice
was bold. He spoke, and deep toned mu.
sic seemed to issue from his Ii ps.-"Why
sittest thou so still, when all around thee
are glad? Come join in the dance, for'I have
triumphed come join in the song, for now
my people reign" Love ineffable, unutter-
able, beamed upon me as though it would
have melted heart of stone, but | melted
not. gazed an instant and then said 81
will not join in the dance, for l know not
the measure, will not join in the song, for
| know not the strain" Creation would
have fled at the change of his countenance.
His glance was lightning, and in voice
louder than ten thousand thunders, he said,
"Then what dost thou here 2" The floor
beneath me opened, the earth quaked, and
the whirlwind encompassed me,and sunk
into tormenting flame" With the fright
| awoke.
There was silence for time, for the sis
tiers were struck with awe. They consid-
cred the dream, the deep impression it had
made. "Anne," said they, I'VE cannot wish
you to forget this dream, we surely believe
it is from God.-Your description of the
Holy City is much the same as we find in
the Bible "the city hath no need Of the
sun, nor of the moon to tighten it, for the
temple of God is there, and the Lamb is the
light thereof; all vino enter there must put
off their own garments, that is, their own
righteousness, and must be clothed with lin
en- clean and white, even in the righteous
ness of the saints, and their righteousness
is of me saith the Lord. Those that walk
in the heavenly temple, are those that have
come out Of tlibulation, and washed their
robes and made them white in the blood Of
the Lamb wisdom waits daily on the steps
to call the sons Of men into that tempIe,and
the people of God try q persuade their fol-
lowers to tread in their steps. o, hear sis
ter, you know something of the way do
harken to the faithful warning, join us,and
walk in the path that leads to heaven"
Anne's brow again darkened, and she an
swered. 81 will do as please, l do not in
tend you TO preach to me-" She continued
in this melancholy state until the end of
the week, was found in her own room
corpse no one knows the cause of her
death she died without disease, and with
out change.
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REsoLUTIoN.-There is certainly nothing
in man SO potential for veal or woe as firm.
ness Of purpose. Resolution is almost ON.
nipotent. Sheriden was at first timid and
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State of Trade.

m Cofon-Ihe sales are very limited at former prices
The market has every appearance Of continuing de
pressed. ~
.dshes-The slight Improvement reported in Pots has
gwen way and purchasers hesitate about given even the
lowest OF our former quotations. We quote 81 BOT
Pearls are yet firm at former quotations buy era
tinue 10 give IS AT. wa
Hay-The demand is improving while the receipts ars
gradually falling off, Sales at st 40 for prime 10 shin
At Mobile the arrivals from this city large and free
y sold at the wharf for 6Oc.
PropsionsVery little doing In Beet and no variation
in prices. Pork rules for prime at So 37t so mess a.
Sli 37t IL So Lard is in fair request at 81 sac
hdebons sales quiet at a6t Tor all that is offered
holders are demanding fraction ABOVE that price,
Ois-Whao still commands 32fc but wavering at that
The accounts from the markets cause or
responding Improvement here. sperm we quote ~ be
fore.
sait--sales Of onondaga, full weight, 81.
Moass--Very little doing In this article although pr