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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
BUFFALO HUNTING AT RED RIVER,
-, OREGON

At Red Rivef the buiiJioes are at present seldom
taken in pounds. Here it may be observed, that,
to a stranger the wild buffalo bull, with his large
hump, glaring eyes, fierce aspect, AID long beard
that almost reaches the ground, when encountered
in the recesses of the forest or in the open plain,
where there is no chance OF escape, is the most
formidable animal in America, far more SO than
the panther or grisly bear IN the summer and au-
tunn large parties of the half-breed hunters, all
mounted on their small lndia4 horses, which are
well broken to this sport scattered themselves over
the plain, camping generally in the open air or in
tents covered with hides, or under their provision
carts As soon as the buffhloes are perceived, the
Young men gallop after them, and either partially
surprise them on the plains, or succeed in driving
them into some little valley or neck of land pro-
iecting into a lake, where escape is difficult, A
running fire opens then all along the line. At the
first volley the bufaloes scarnper of. The hunters
continue the pursuit, reoadng their guns while
their horses are in iu gallop. For the sake Of eX-
petition the bullets are carried in the mouth, and
dropped into the barrel without any wadding.-
Their small whips are attached by band to the
right wrist The horse, with wonderful sagacity
follows of his own accord the animal which his RI
der has singled out, and brings him alongside, and
the rider then discharges his weapon unerringly
The horse then pursues another with similar sue
cess. In this way many bufialoes in succession
are shot by the same hunter, and hundreds fall il
a single race. Nosight can be liyelier than CAM
of successful hunters. They generally pitch il
some clump Of woods. The provision carts form
the outer circle, to which the horses are ted
Within this, fires blaze on every side The mel
smoke their pipes or arrange their firearms while
the women are employed in cooking sumptuou
repnst. The jest and the laugh circulate freely al
around Dmn's History Of The Oregon Ieriioyy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
BITTEN BY A RAT.

few evenings ago, young man by the name
OF lays, an assistant in the provision store of Mr..
Bancroft, on the corner OF Purchase and Federal
streets, went home to his house, and putting his
hand into closet in the dark felt it seized sharply
Upon Withdrawing it he found large rat adhering
to him so firmly that he could not shake the crea-
ure off until he had killed it. The wound left was
nconsiderable, and Mr.. Hays thought nothing of
the matter till his hand began to swell. Upon call
ing medical aid it was found that the virus had
spread through his SYSTEM and he now lies in
very dangerous state. In the opinion of the ply
stefan, amputation would be useless, and he can
live but short time. The swelling in the hand
is now subsidized, and it appears as if withered.
Poet
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

DESTROY YOUR WEEDs.-Evory farmer should
be up and doing, be active and vigilant in waging
war of determination against weeds of every
name and nature; from the Canada thistle to the
insignificant chickweed that is such grievous
annoyance in our garden. If you have not had
time to rid every part and portion your premises
around your buildings, and the sides of the road
opposite your land from these pests of the farmer
now is the time to take your scythe or hoe and cut
them down, to prevent their going to seed and
retura'ng you hundred fold more of trouble next
year. double advantage may be gained by do
ing this, il you will take the trouble to gather them
and throw them into your hog yard. You will get
the thanks of your swine in the form of a number
of additional pounds of pork in your barrel next
fall, and good lot of manure into the bargain.
But if you have piece of land that is very
weedy, which you wish to till next year. NOW
them by all MEANS and let them lay upon the
ground until they dry, and then burn it over. In
this way you will not only destroy the weeds, but
all the eggs and larva of insects that may be de-
posted therein and clean the piece and prepare it
finely for a crop of grain.-.Ne. Farmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
DUTIES OF BROTHERS AND ST


Brothers and sisters should vie with each other
in promoting the comfort of parents. "Honor thy
father and thy mother" is precept which God has
placed at the head of the second table of the law.
and which he has enforced by a promise of long
and prosperous life. You owe to your parents a
respect to their authority, compassion to their in
irmites, attention to their wishes, socitude to
give them all necessary aid, and reverence and
love undminished by the decline of their faculties
and in the performance Of those duties your credit
and peace of mind dre deeply interested 1t is a
delightful encomium when it is heard from the Inns
Of parents about children, ." | cannot tell which of
them Is kindest to me-" 1t is truly honorable to
the characters of the young, whom God hath set in
families, when they vie with each other who can
be most frequent in their visits, and most abundant
in their liberaities to aged parents in their DAYS of
evil. Such persons will go back to their own
dwellings with lighter heart; and they may look
forward to the period when dutiul children shall.
by their afectionate attentions, promote the com.
fort Of their declining years.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

HOlo 10 Kill lreedS. Vegetable Psychologists know
Ibat the point of junction between the roots and
top of plant sustains very important relations 20
the life of it. 1t is called the neck-from the fact
that the injury inflicted there is apt to be as fatal
to the plant as similar injury is to an ANIMAL
Hence in destroying weeds, more may be done in
little time by aiming to cut them off at its vital
point, than with far greater exertion expended in
digging them mp. Let any one try the experiment
of discriminating weeds by the two methods of set
ung his hoe light, and skimming them off Just be-
low the surface OF the ground aud of aboriously
digging deep so as to cut them of far down the
roots and he will come to a conclusion in the mat
ter
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
POETRY.
THOUGHTS OLE HEAVEN.

NO SICKNESS fhprc,
No weary wasting of the lrnme away;
No fearful shrinking from the midnight air
No dread Of summers bright and ieryid ray
No hidden grief,
No wild aud cheerloss vision of despair;
No vain petition for q swift rolief--
No fearful eyes, no broken hearts are there.
Care has no home
Within the roalm of coasoless prayer and song;
lts pillows broak AWAY aud melt in foam,
Far from the mansions Of the spirit thr0ng!
Tho storms black wing
Is never spread uthw1rt celestial skies!
IL wnings blend not with the voice Of spring,
As some TOO tender how'ret fades and dies.
No night distils
It's chilling dews upon the tender frame;
No moon IL needed there Tho light which fills
That land Of glory, from its Maker came
No parted friends
O'er mourniul rocollactons have to wccp
No bed of death enduring love attends
To watch the coming Of O pulseless slcep
No blasted flower
Or withcrcd bud eel, stial gardens know
No scorchinr blast o1 ioie1 DC rop,linz shower
Scati'rs destruction like a ruthless foe
No battle word
S,aulcs the sacred host with tcnr aud dread
The song Of peace Creations morning heard
T. sung wherever angel ministers tread!
Let MS depart,
If home like this await the weary soul!
Look up, thou stricken one Thy wounded heart
Shall bleed no moro at sorrow stern control.
With filth our guide,
Whte-robcd aud innocent to lond the way,
Why fear to plunge in Jordan's rolling tide
And find the ocean of eternal day?
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

THE LAST MoB-The Louisville Journal saws
we learn that the mob on Tuesday night, at Lexing-
ton carried their brutality farther than the Licking
ton Inquirer has stated We understand that the
choice spirits consisted of about one hundred and
fifty men, wearing black masks to conceal their
features, (this was modest at all evenis,) calling
themselves the black lndans--tha, they made
loud noise through the streets Of Lexington mall
treated many negroes, and, besides tarrng and fca-
therng several in the pablic square, broke the RIBS
OF one man, the hords of another, and so injured
the eye of third that the poor fellow will lose it.
What VIII the people at large think OF these pro-
ceedings9
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

MALLEABLE CAUSE.-THE Seyusian Mercury
states that a most marvellous discovery has been
made at St Etenne, rendering glass as malleabe
when cold as when first drawn from the pot. This
substance, which is called silicon, combines with
various substitutes producing the most brilliant
hues, and can also be obtained opaque or transpa-
rent as required, Its specific gravity is 2.s5 water
being LOO. It's quite ducte and malleable, and
neither air acids act upon it. The idea of NAL
leable glass is only ranked second to that of the
philosophers stone among alchymists and the lat
ter will, doubtless, be the next discovery made, for
the one is as probable as the other
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

The Providence Journal in some remarks on the
late occurrence at Lexington, KY, where the laws
of the land were treated with scorn and contempt,
expresses the following very Just opinion:
$40 what tribunal can Cassius NJ. Clay appeal :?
There ought to be power in the land to take the
press of the True American and replace it in LEX
ington, and give its control to the editor. Tile
same power ought take sope of the leaders of this
outrage, Thomas F. Marshall among the rest, and
put them in the penitentiary. That power in q
Government like ours, can only exist where the al
legance of the people TO the law is unquestioned
That power we fear does not exist now"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

PoTATo DIGGING.-Potatoes are much better for
lying in the hill till cool weather. They ripen af.
ter the vines begin to die Unripe potatoes are the
most unwholsome food that we make use of. We
hope some ingenious farmer will plan an implement
that will save the hardest part of the labor of po-
tato digging. A pillow may be so formed as to loos-
en- the earth and expose the principal part of the
crop without cutting potato. This will save all
he'hardest part of the labor-the digging open of
the hard hills and potato hoe with four prongs
will work easily and separate the crop from the
earth
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

MORNING. How beautiful is the revival of ma
ture from her dark slumbers in the arms of night
What an image of the dawnng of eternal life to
the emancipated spirit after the shadows of The
grave! How good, how great, how wise is the Al.
mighty Author of all, who plants in the seasons
and in the elements, in the changes of the world,
and in all the revolutions of nature the symbols Of
his benehcence and his power with promises of love
and blessings and protection.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
CHINESE Whoever borrows to bull,

CHINESE Whoever borrows to build
builds to SELL
Love is all eyes, without one good one.
We never laugh so long or loud when we
would hide our grief
The true way of enriching ourselves is by cut
ting eff our wants
There are no faults truly fatal but those we nei-
ther acknowledge or repair.
1t is better to fill our barns than our chests.
What is fool who has made his fortune? A
pig which is embarrassed by his fat
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

Early Rising. There is freshness and purity
IN the morning air, which to the physical and NOR
al state of man, is vigor and delight. II is seldom
that the sensualists the idle or the vain, taste its
therial joys, mystical spirit turks in the perfu-
med breath of awakened creation, which Is un-
doubtedly gifted with supernatural power Those
who would live long and see good days, must habit
ually become early rsers. The loss of the morn
inc hour is never retrieved.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
BAD NATURES

There are some men, the better you treat them
the more kind and accommodating you are
to them, the worse they behave towards yous Do
them favor and they will not appreciate it. As
sist them and they will not be grateful. Speak a
word in their favor and they return it by insult
Trust to their honesty and they will ,ohise you out
of your property. Some such characters are thus
described:
'lendeI handed press the netile,
Aud il sings you for your pains
Squeeze II like man of moe,
And il soft silk remains.
Thus IL is with vulgar natures
Uso them gently they rebel;
But be Rough as nutmeg gtAtets,
And the Togues obey you we'll"
Portland Bulletin.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

KEEP Coon CoMPANY.-There is a certain ma 2.
c or charm in company, for it will assilnilate and
make you like TO them by much conversation with
them. If they be good company, it is q great
means to make you good, or confirm you in good
ness; but if they be bad, it is twenty to one but
they will corrupt or infect you. Men or women
that are greedy of acquaintance or hasty in it, are
often shared in ill company before they are aware
and entanged so that they cannot easily get loose
from it after, when they would.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
THE OLD MAN.

We respect and love HIM good old gentleman.
For years we remember his pleasant look and his
lively conversation. With an excellent education
and large fund of information, gathered by read
ing and observation for nearly tourscore years, he
is ever ready to assist the inquirer and the young
man in pursuit of knowledge. Blessings on his
hoary head May he still liye'o be happy and en-
10y life many years TO conc. There is nothing re-
pulsge in a yirtuous old age. 1t is as changelul
as meridian youth. Well does the language Of po-
etry apply to our friend;
" Ills scattered locks are white
With the h0ar frost Of tme hui in his soul
There is winter. lie, the amounted gold
OF many years. experience, chy spreads
10 generations and moihinks,
With high prophetic love doth stand sublime
Like Moses, twxt the living and the doud.j
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
MY CHILD.

Ny child lay dead Its gentle cyeids closed,
Like one who on a bed OF down roposcd:
No ulter'd feature could my fancy trace,
For cen in death, H showed bcautious grace.
There was the form I'd press'd unto my heart
still left to me--God took the better part,
And while the mortal clay to earth was given,
It's pure young spirit scared to live in Heaven
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.

Mrs Child, in one of her late pleasant fctions,
has this truly poetical sentiments
"Two souls that are sufficient to each other
sentiments, affections, passions thoughts, all blend
ing in loves harmony earth's most perfect me-
dium of heaven. Through them the angels come
and go continually on missions Of love TO all the
lower forms of creations. 1t is the halo of those
heavenly visitors that wells the earth to such gol-
den glory, and makes every little flower smile its
blessings upon lovers"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
TO JOIN GLASS TOCETurp

Melt little isinglass in spirits of wine adding
thereto about fifth part of water and using gen.
se neat, when perfectly melted and mixed it will
form transparent glue, which will unite p,sss 40
fast that the fracture will be hardly perceived.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

pleasant and cheerful wife is a rainbow set in
the sky, when her husbands mind is tossed with
storms and tempests; but dissatisfied and fretful
wife is like n.thuhder cloud charged with electric
fluid. AT such time man will keep clear if
possible, in order to avoid the shock.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

If you dig rocks for WALL or to clean your fields,
pile them up we'll that theymay be hauled off in
February or March, after the snow has melted from
the rocks, and before the ground is bare.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

Miss Virginia, daughter of Major General Win
field Scott, U. s. Army, died on Tuesday evening,
Aug 20, at the Convent of the Visitation b. V. NJ.
Georgetown d. C, in the 9th seer.of her age.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11
REAPING WHEAT. IMPORTANT TO
FARMERS

1t is ascertained by Mr. Hannah, clever and
experienced farmer, Of North Deighton. near
Weherby, Yorkshire, that considerable loss arises
from the mistaken practice of reapng wheat when
dead ripe" and this assertion he proves by the
following experiments. In 1910, he reaped three
large sample parcels Of wheat as foows-No. /.
green, cut August 4 No. 2, raw, cut Aug. Is; No.
49, ripe, cut Sept. |. When threshed and carried
to market, they commanded the following prices
No. |, Gls per quarter; No. g Gls; No. g. 52s-
In le4l he cut five hall roods Of wheat as follows
No. |, very green, Aug. II; No. 2, green, Aug.
"; No. 3, raw, Aug. %; No. 4, raw, Aug 30; No.
D. ripe, Sept. 9. These samples were first shown
at the Wetherby Agricultural Society's show on
sept y, lSll when an extra premium was award
ed to sample No. B.. The wheat from which the
last il''oc samples wtfc taken, was then ground
and dressed by Mr.. John Hardcose, Miller of
Wetherby, when the following results, (omitting
fractions) came out:
Grain. Flour. Pollard. Bran Cut
No. 3, 100 lbs so lbs ) lbs Is lbs. Raw, Aug. o6
s. 100 p ii IS R Hsd@, s sug. 81 ..
AS this experiment is really worth repeating, and
can be tried without expense, we would pectfu-
y draw to it the attention of the farming BODY
Tyne .Nercwy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-09-11

Religion is equally the basis of private virtue
and public faith; of the happiness Of the individu-
al, and the prosperity Of the nation.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-06-11
FOREIGN NEWS.
GREAT FIRE AT QUEBEC.

The Northern mail to-day brings further
particulars of the terrible lire at Quebec,
which occurred on the 2Sth. IL broke out in
Mr.. Richardson, in ViIliere street, and imme-
diately involved the buildings In IFS vicinity.
Sharks also set fire 10 some houses near ST.
Roche's Church. The wind rising gave ir-
resistible force 10 the flames, swept block alter
block before them. The fire ragged from II
in The morning till midnight, and its career
was not arrested until it had reached St
Charles street, nearly mile from the place
oi'its oulbrake The whole supurb of StRoche
was entirely consumed. Between 1900 and
1900 houses wera burned down, thousands Of
persons were made houseless, and it is
thought that very many lives were lost.
.Seren dead bodies had been taken from the
ruins. One account says
sEiohleen schooners were burnt at the
Palais, also new vessel (; Munn's ship yard
is completely destroyed. The whole of ST.
Roch's is q mere wilderness Of chimneys. The
loss of property has also been attended with
considerable loss of life. 1t is conjectured
that not less than one hundred persons hare
persisted
The value Of buildings and movables may
be 100000, Of which but asmall portion is
insured, say 6O,0o0L. The Mutual Insurance
Company was in existence in St Roch's but
ali parties are involved in ruin. Dry goods
people will be great sufferers. Ii is estimated
that 7OOO00l of new goods have been sold to
ST. Roch store keepers since the arrival of the
vessels. In fact every person must suffer more
or less"
Another thus sums up the ruin caused
ANothing left, from where you began TO
descend Cotless Braz at Touraugeau's rnn-
ming down the large stewards theMarineHos
pital; every thing OF the right till you reach
the water, thence &c the two distilleries NJ.
Callumn's and Lloyd's these included, is des-
troyed the fire ending, or rather being ares
ted, at the point where the roads at st. Paul
street and Hope Hill diverge. The loss in
rouud numbers cannot be easily ascertained,
but hall million will not cover the losses, nor
perhaps 750,000l.- Paper.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-06-11
FROM FLORIDA.

We have private advices from Tallahassee
10 the 9th ult. giving Unexpectedly favora-
bic tidings from the Election. That County
Leon with Wakula elects 2 Senators and
6 Representatives, and, though the vote is
close, it is believed the Wings have The
whole One letter says positively TINT the
Wing ticket is in; another says that two
precincts are 10 come in, and The result is
doubtful, but majority oil Whigsare elect
ed. Gadsden County has elected Wing
Senator and 5 Representatives by 100 major
ity-last year Loco. Gov. Call (Whig)runs
handsomely ahead and his elections thought
probable. David Levy, the old Delegate,
runs ahead OF his ticket and is doubtless
chosen 10 Congress.
The Legislature is thought TO depend up
on the result IN Leon and Wakula. Leon
is Wing, but Wakulla is Loco.) One letter
claims the Joint Ballot as probably Wing by
a decided, the other by small majority
We have had to modify the tone Of our cor
respondent somewhat, for we cannot yet be-
lieve the return oftwo U. S. Senators from
Florida probable. II is glory enough for
one day't to know thai our friends in the new
State have made so noble struggle. Room
in the ranks and three cheers for the gallant
Wings Of FLORIDA!
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-06-11
TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN
VERMONT.

Fellolg Citii-ens:
1t is now perfectly apparent that one Rail
read is to be built from Boston to Lake Cham
plain. believe that no one who keeps him
self informed of what is being done upon the
subject in Boston, any longer doubts that a
Railroad is to be built upon some one OF the
several routes. And now mighty struggle
is going on as 10 which shall be the first Sc
lected. The friends of all the routes (unless
it may be oursl are using their utmost efforts
to have theirs selected.
There are many routes which present strong
claims which are urged with all the energy
and perseverance which strong feelings can
elicit. There are two propositions ior.the
extension Of the Concord Rail Road from
Concord. N. H., to Connecticut River, on
one oFthese 5000, zoo Of sock has been sub
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-06-11
Tile QUEBEC FIRE.

AT The public meeting held on the 29tll, 1.-the
scene is described as most affecting, 4 let
ter in the Montreal Courier says:
The public meeting was numerously at
tended-The Court House Hall could not
hold il all. The Mayor was in the Chair.
There was large attendance of the Clergy,
Catholic Bishops, &c, Judges, &c.-Mr.C Ca
ton rose TO address the meeting; heburst in
10 tears, and there were not few who fol-
lowed suit, as he spoke. There never were
seen such melancholy looks in an assembled
populace. Hon. J. Nelson rose 10 move res
oluiions, but his efforts TO abstain from tears
were IN vain. Our Mayor made speech
said he would, tomorrow, assemble the CHI
zens of Montreal, and he hoped the call 10
them would he as usual-liberal. The Bish-
op has ordered collections in every Parish.
Ct, 500 was subscribedat the meeting. Many
who will give their $50, f40 and ESQ were
not there. The houses de stroyed number
1200-12, 900 to IS, 900 souls houseless. The
arrangements do the city credit. Every
man will be housed in some way tonight,
and none will die from want We served
out bread 10 1900 souls thi.morniDg.