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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-07-17
NJ | s C E L L A N Y .
From the Columbian.
"LaSt Words"

How insiinctively and fond'y the heart
clings to the last words Of the dying ,es-
pecially when they fall from the lips of
tered! How carefully we garner up the
evidence Of faith and hope which are to
sustain the spirit and brighten the path
way of our friend as he descends into
the dark valley The words ofthe dy.
ing are usually the words of soberuess
and truth. Standing upon the frontiers
Of new and untrieG existence, mortal
ity forgets its cunning, and tried dis
stimulation drops her mask Some
times, it is true, the mind, in the de Iiri,
um Of disease, wanders in the vague
labyrinths Of its own imaginings now
intent on the busy schemes Of worldly
policy, and anon, stretching forward
into the unknown future yet, even then,
generally true to Its ruling passion. =
Hence the dying expressions Of men
renowned tor their great or good deeds
are not devoid ofinterest, and from them
we may often draw lessons Of deep prac.
teal wisdom. The testimony ofexpring
saints and martyrs to the truth of the
doctrines they have held and promulgat.
cd, has been justly regarded as an i'm.
portant argument in their favor; while
on the other hand, the expressions Of
mental anguish and agony which have
30 frequently been uttered by apostates
and errosists, in their last moments are
as often quoted to exhibit the danger of
nmhraNinn nj
The remarkable words Of Napoleon
t'head Of the army") as, dethron ed and
powerless, he lay struggling with the
Last Conqueror, are not without a NOR
oil.
The naughty Byron, cloyed, with
life Of self induly ence and wearied with
the unaVaiing strife between his own
corrupt passions and his better nature,
hushed the ANXIOUS inquiries Of his
friends with the memorable words, 4
must sleep moao! II and all that was NOR
tai Of the immortal Bard sank into the
dreamless slumbers of the grave, Fit
ting words for such man! He had
drained to the dregs every cup ofear,h
ly pleasure, and, still unsalished, drank
oSOPSi ohu wv EHO' yCt
"Drank dIaughts winch common millions might
have quenched,
Then died of thirst, because hi had no more
To drink, -
Bot let the dead rest Death far
him has solved that great question which
he once so earnestly asked .
"When coldness wraps this suffering cIay.
All, whittier strays the immortal mind!
Shenandoah, celebrated Oneida
chief, was, al the age of nearly one hun.
dred years, converted to Christianity
through the instrumentaIity of English
missionaries. Death, which seemed far
awhile to have forgotten its victim, came
at last TO him, but his reverend teacher
had preceded him TO the land of silence.
As he was about to take his final de =.
pariure from the scenes of his earthly
pilgrimage, he said to the friends who
ware gathered around him, "Iet me be
buried by the side Of my father and
friend, that I may 60 up with him at tho
great resurroction!'
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Curious RESCUE. As the steamboat
"NorwIch' va, leaving HE wharf at the
foot of Market street, day or two since,
a woman, WHO was on board peGdIIng
caudIes, discovering tbat she had com
menced trip which she had not contem.
plated, attempted to leap on shore. and fell
in the wafer. A young man, also on board
the steamer, plunged into the stream after
her; but striking his foot against the
guard OF the vessel in his descent, made
him unable to render any assistance. The
woman having been buoyed up by her
dress, Il rope was thrown her, she sen d
the young man by The collar. and the
couple were drawn out together Zee.
Mirror.
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They egetablc BaIsamc Elixir has


TheVegetabc BaIsamic Elixir has
now been in general use for more than
Ten years, and thousands, taught lis incom-
parable value by experience OF its wonderful
curative properties, have accorded 10 il a &C.
Iebrity unparalleled in the whole wide
range of Medical science in this or any 9th =
er country.
Since this powerful medicine frs, became
known, immense numbers, who believed
themselves in the last stages Of a confirmed
consumption, and pronounced by The most
skillful physicians in the country as past all
hope of recove V, have been rescued mjtac-
ulously from The grasp of Death, by its use,
and are now blessed with health & strength.
II is Natures own simple Restorative
Healing Balm prepared by one who was
brought TO the very brink Of the grave BY
Consumption, aud from plants celebrated
far their great medicinal virtues. 1t is the
employment of natural means 10 overcome
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the laceraed Lungs Of the afflicted patient
10 The worst possible cases and restoring the
functions of the diseased members to strong
and healthy action. 1t has effected cures
where all other medicines have failed.
In all cases Of Asthma, Whooping cough,
Group, or the accumulation of Phlegm, SO
destructive to The health ard life Of children
it is particularly recommended as an uniail-
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wish TO preserve their children from suffer
ing and death, should be without it.
Almost countless testimonials Of its re-
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Union, and from individuals in every con-
dition of life, are its best credentials,
sowing in the most conclusive manner
TAI hthis Preparation acts upon the
human system in manner little short of mi
raculous. These may be found in the daily
papers, and also may be obtained 10 pamph-
lets and handbillS oC agents free of cost.
This Incompatible medicine is prepared
only by N. H. Downs, Troy W., the origin
al inventor and proprietor.
CURTIS & SMITH, 81. Adams, W.,
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w &c. Sloddard, Rutland,
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o. Smith, Wilmington,
w. P. Russell, MddIebury,
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PIcKLISG EGGS. The farmers danes
in some parts of Hampshire, (Eng.) in
their notable endeavors to turn every
thing to good account, have acquired
much fame for picking eggs, which
whilst they constitute somewhat novel
feature in the catalogue Of condiments,
are at the same time particularly relish
ing. When eggs are plenty, they take
from four to six dozen Of such as
are newly laid, and boil tt EN- hard; zen,
divesting them ofthe shells, they place
them in large mouihed eaFthen jars, and
pour upon them scalded vinegar, well
seasoned with whole pepper, aIspico,
ginger, and few cloves or garlic
When the pickle is cold, the jars are
closed, and the eggs will be fit for use
in the course of "A month afterwards -
The eggs thus treated, are held in high
esteem by all the farmhouse epicures in
that part of England.
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March 26, 1915.
A GE N T S .

The following gentlemen are authorized
TO act as agents for this paper:
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-07-17
A REApY REToRr. A drunken law.

A REApY REToRr A drunken law.
yer going into church, was observed BY
the minister who addressed him thus:
81 will bear witness against that suner
at The day Of judgment"
The lawyer shaking his head with
drunken gravity, replied
81 have practl8ed twenty years at the
bar, aud have always found The creates,
rascal is the first ~ turn States evidence.
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P 0 E 7 R Y
From the Christian Freeman
FAREWELL TO HOME.

Earth hath no human ties so dear,
No golden chains 30 charmed TO me,
AS those which bind my spirit here
To my nativity,
Of youths best joys The funeral knel
Was sounding, with farewell, farewell"
Then like morning sunbeam passed
Gin such an atmosphere ii flew
My childhood, that was ne'er oercast
By aught save Heavens own dew,
The prayers around my cradle bed
The tears upon its pillow shed.
And through those transient years trace
An influence Of calm delight
My spirits hottest resting place,
An altar ever bright.
That altar was mothers love:
That mother hath her home above.
How clear, by memory's lamp, see
The house beneath the shadowing hill,
The roof o erlooked by many a tree,
And all as calm and still,
is when the waning moon alone,
Of old, above It's scenery shone,
The Wind breaihs DER me and seem
Beneath those very trees to stand
And hear as in some happy dream
Strains from better land
The pines are only murmuring the!r,
Responses on the evening air,
Oh! mournful are the chimes they bring
Departed voices long unhcard,
Their echoes 10 the breezes fling,
AS the tall boughs are stirred,
Winding this cadence DER and DER
They lived, they loved, they meet no more.
The dear repose, the sacred calm,
The shadow Of maternal care,
That like the beauty of a charm,
Forever rested there
Have vanished with the shroud and pail,
That wrap't my hopes and curtaned all.
And since bereft of thee, my bark
Over a soundless ocean tossed,
Uneuided, desolate and dark
Is sometimes almost lost;
For never DER the pillows come
The light, the beacon lights of home.
Hast thou, my home amid the past,
From all the wealth Of love ! gave,
No bright memorial to oulast
Departure and the grave
And while thy walls remain shall tell
My heart was breaking with farewell.
M. X
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Not unlike these we've the last words
of an eminent statesman ct the Old
World, Algernon Sidney. Being con-
demned for treason, he was brought to
the block. In preparing hlmseltto re
ceive the axe of the executioner he had
thrice risen from the block to change his
position. AT length the officer, impa'
tient for the sacrifice, said to him,
'W,ll you rise again?' to which he re-
piled, Not till the great resurrection
Sir Walter Raleigh died similar
death, and upon similar charge, with
Sidney. AS he lay beneath the axe al
ready reeking with the blood CT former
victims, the humane oxecutioner inquir
ed if his position was easy. Raleigh
calmly responded to the interrogatory,
1t matters little how the head lleth, so
be that the heart be right
q strike my dag' were the dying
words Of Commodore Hull The Rev.
Walter Cotton gives US the following
beautiful poem OIL this striking eXcla-
nation Of the expiring hero!
A mar of mortal breath
weak, imperious, guilty thing,
stlke to thee, Death!
strike that flag. which in the fight
The hopes of millions hailed;
The flag which threw its meteor light
Where England's lion qualed
strike to thee, whose mandates fall
A like on king and slave,
Whose livery is the shroud and pail,
And palace court, the grave.
Thy captives crowd the governed earth,
They fill the rolling sea:
From court and camp, the wave and hearth,
All, all have bowed 10 thee.
But thou, stern Death mt,st ye resign
Thy sceptre DER this dust;
The Power that makes the mortal thine,
viii yet remand his trust,
That mighty voice shall reach this ear,
Beneath the graves cold clod;
This form, these features re'appeal
In life before their God.'
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The following needs no comment.


and all affections of the pulmonary organs
The following needs no comment.
Greenfield, Saratoga co. N. y.
Mr. J Roosevelt Dear sir The love of life
urges me TO make this effort to obtain some OF
your medicine, as believe it will cure me. |
will give statement ofmy case. About four or
five months ago was taken with bad cold, and
was very hoarse in consequence of working IN wa
ter while building saw mill [being mcdaniel
and was under the doctors about four weeks,
and got to be able to walk about, and tried TO do a
little wok, which brought on slight bleeding
of the lungs. returned home dispirited and sick.
The next day while sitting by the fire, blood
vessel burst in my lungs. and commenced bleed
ing very fast. The doctor happened to be near,
and he did every thing in his power to stop the
bleeding. and finally succeeded after losing near
quart from my lungs, and more from my arm.
But this did not last but few hours, my lungs were
so spasmodic the doctor could not control theCl,
and for five days and nights continued TO bleed,
until there no blood to run; when it ceased 1t
left me so weak could scarcely breathe or STIR.
lay for long time in position, until my lungs
healed, and began to gain little strength. But
about four weeks ago relapse came on and bled
again at the lungs, and continued TO cough and
raise large quantities of bloody matter every day,
and was rapidly fastening to the grave My
friends and neighbors had given up all hopes and
told me must die. My physician could give
me no encouragement except that the lungs were
not yet liberated, and all hopes Of recovery gone,
until one of your pamphlets were given me de-
scrbng DR. Larbors Extract of Lungwort. My
neighbors obtained bottle for me, as last resort,
but with very little hopes Gifts doing any good
have now taken it about week. and strange to
say, from the first dose | took of it began TO
mend-and my health is better every way My
night sweats have nearly ceased, my stength inn
proves, my raisings are less and hope is again re-
vivrd but my medicine is alm0s, gone, and
wish you to send me two bottles Immediately, and
if | recover, will do all in my power TO spread
the news that consumption can be cured.
| remain yours, &C.,
CHAUECEY d, MEDBERRY.
We do not ask people to use DR. Larbor's Elk.
tract Of Lungwort unless they convinced from
the proof offered them that cure can be effected
in all cases of lung and liver complaint provided
the diseases are not past human aid
For further proof see medical books in hands OF
the agents containing certificates, &c. All per
sons desiring the agency of this will please apply
10 the proprietor -
CT. ROOSEVELT.
vol .6;45;Iy slk State st. Albany.
AGENTS:
Dr. y. ROSS, Braudon-- s. D. TTinSl0lc, Pitts
frd-Luther Daniels, Rutland--Dr E,JamiesOl
Castleton.
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KEG AND BOX RAISINS,

Figs, Nuts, Currants, Citrons Mace, Su.
gar Sands, &c. sc.
From the increase Of Merchants and
other business men in this Village, it is
believed that it will be the best place for
buying GOODS of all kinds, and TO! do
ing other business, Of anv in this county.
Persons visiting this Village who are
wanting any of The foregoing mentioned
articles, me subscriber will be happy TO
supply. V. ROSS.
Brandon, Nav IL, lS45. AZ
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TNllE subscriber having established an Eek.
Il press running between Boston and Mon
treal as follows -Leaves Boston on Mondayo
each week by Fitchburg Rail Road, passing tho
keene, Walpole, Bellows Falls, Chester, Cavern
dish, ProctorsviIle, Ludlow, MounthoIey, Cut
tingsvile, Rutland, Pittsford, Brandon, Leices-
lington, where he in'ersects with TF.4LKER e.
CO., for Mon,reaI; Leaves Burlington Wed-,
nesday morning, passing through Brandon about
noon same day going to Boston.
The object is to transmit Specie Bank Notes
Collect and pay Notes. Drafts, and Bills, and DO
all kinds of business that may be entrusted and
charge. Patronage solicited, Charges reason.
able.
Parcels and orders may be IF, a, the Stage
houses on the Route, where he will get them and
pomptly attend to them.
C.K. LEWIS, Proprietor.
Brandon, Sept, 1914.
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10 Here's tho banislers but cuss me
If ktan flnd the stairs. rs the drunken fti,
low said when he walked round The bod
post.
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New CLoCK-IMpoRTATl INVENTION.
A Mr. Brain Of England, has invented
Clock which is the electro Magnetic
and never requires winding, A writer
in the Polytechnic Review SAYS
Mr. Brain set up clock in my draw
ing room, the pendulum Of which is in
the hall land both instruments are in n
voltaIc circuit, as follows: ON the north
east side of my house two zinc plates,
each foot square, sunk into hole,
and suspended to a wire. This is pass.
ed throug the house to the pendulum at
first, and then 10 the clock. On the
east side of the house, at a distance of
about forty yards, hole was dug four
feet deep, and two sacks Of common coke
buried in 1t; among the coke, another
wire was secured, and passed in at the
drawing room window, aud joined 10 the
wire at the clock. The ball of the PEN
dulum weighs nine pounds, but it was
moved energetica!ly and has ever since
continued to do so with The same energy.
The time is 10 perfection, and the cost
Of the motive power only 7s. cd There
are but three little wheels in the clock,
and neither weights nor springs, so there
is nothing TO be wound up. To another
friend in Battersea he has given three
clocks, two small ones and one hall
clock, moved by one current and reg
u;ated by one and the same pendulum. -
This is all he has completed in England
having just reached Edinburgh, where
he is TO establish mandatory Of these
clocks, which will, | believe surpass ey,
cry time piece hitherto contrtved.
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is paper:
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Heatheyfcld'
Ralph B. Clark, HcM
\, Randolph,
H.. S. Murdoch,
HiOodStOck
10. Murray, Brd,nhce.
s. Wilcox, Bennington.
Job Scott,
South HdllingfO'd
n ch Pray, ! Sails.
John Prout, : Lmy
y l., Morse, } po.Io,,x
,. B. Parker, "0'"'"'''
Harvey Button, u al
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David Hodgman, Or
vile b. Barlow, Ca,-
Cndon Spa.
Lewis Hurlhut, CYRUS
", Wicker, FeryiSJuygh
A Comings,
East Berkshire.
H SpauldiDg Jericho.
y. S. Algcr. Store,
Calvin Joyslin, PitfSGcld
J.. N. u illiams, Esses,
DR.. " s. johnson, and
VIM. N. Blake, .MiltoS.
w. b. LOOMS, | Gcor-
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NJ n: G G'irn, ; Goshen.
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P. Mclcalf, ! S5c.o.
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Hest Dorset.
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NorthfeId.
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Consumption and liver Complaint
MT should be resortcd to by all who are predis
IA posed to consumption, or troubled with cough
or cold, night sweats, asthma, pain IN the side and
chest, difficulty of breathing, tghtness and sore.
ness across the chest, bronchitis, liver complaints
and all affections of the pulmonary organs
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superior Article.
Price 20 cents per box.
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"NO Union arith Stockholders"
NEw-LLsBON, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1916.

sive, convincing eloquence on this day and on this &C.
casiou. The bills Of Lenox laughed and were glad as
they heard him who showed 10 that last address, an
address not only to the men Of Lenox, but 10 Nil mer,
for he was in the highest sense the Friend Of Man, the
unsullIed purity Of infancy, the Indignation of youth
at vice and wrong, informed aud tempered by The
mild wisdom of age. 1t lisa beautiful fact, that this
should have been the last public occasion of hi, life.
last year a noble address was delivered by Il. w.
Emerson, in which he broadly showed the juSte
milieT views upon this subject 10 tho holy light Of a
high ideal day. The truest man grew more true as
he listened, for The speech, though it had the force of
fact and the lustre of thought, Was chiefly remarka
BILE as sharing the penetrating quality Of the "stil
small voice. most often heard when no man speaks.
Nov it spoke through a man, and 20 personalities or
prejudices, or passions, could be perceived to veil or
disturb its silver sound.
These speeches are on record, little can be said that
is not contained in them. But we can add evermore
our aspirations for thee, 0 our Country, that thou
mayesI not long need to borrow a holy day, not long
have all thy festivals blackened by f~alsehood, tyran.
ny, and a crime for which neither man below nor God
above can much longer pardon thee. For ignorance
may excuse error, but lhine, it is vain to deny it, is
conscious wrong aud VOWS thee to the Mammon whose
wages are endless tormen, or final death.
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SLAVE WHIPPING IN New ORLEANS Our fellow
citizen, Jeremiah Curtis, Esq, in a speech recently
made in this city, stated that, while in New Orleans
not long since, he was informed by his steward, an ex-
emplary member Of a christian church who had been
taken from his vessel, and thrust into The 'calaboose,'
under the laws Of louisiana, because God had given
him a skin somewhat colored-that The public whip.
pings were inflicted there in the morning, and that it
he would come early in the day he would have The op.
poriunity of Witnessing them. DESTROYS Of acquaint-
ing himself with slavery 10 all lis operations, Mr.. c..
went early the next morning to the prison and there
witnessed the mercIless application of the bitter lash
10 the naked backs Of men aud women. He learned
that the regulations OF the city required that. when
slaves were TO be punished, they should be whipped
by the public whiPpiDg.m at the calaboose- tho
number Of lashes should not exceed IS. The fee for
infection was a cent a lash. The whip used had a
short handle and long lash, which the master, stand
ing at a good distance, handled SO scientifically that
every stroke brough: the flesh, and the blood flowed
ia streams down The back of the yictim.
At The time Mr.. Curtis went to take his steward
away, the whipping master came ouf of the calaboose
with hands covered with blood, and remarked:
There, that is The most obstinate niger that | ever
saw
MIR. C.. then went into the calaboose and tuere saw
a black with his throat cut, and Lying on the floor in u
pool OF blood. On inquiry, he learned that The mar
had been a slave who had always sustained a most
eSlimable character: iha! he had ever done all in his
power TO please his master: that he had never been
punished, but that for some imaginary offence his
master now had sent him up for a whipping and to be
placed IN the chain gang, aud that he had declared he
never would submit to that. When the time came for
Tho execution of the punishment, and he was satisfied,
by the entrance of The whipping master, that there
vas no reprieve, he drew his knife across his throat
and fell upon the floor and shortly afterwards was a
corpse!
Whnt a commentary is this. upon the of repeated
text, "the slaves are c%ontented and hsppy."-Baa
gor Gazette.
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at one dollar and fifty cents a year in advance, or two dol
lars if not paid within six months.
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Remember the cause of The slave.