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To the Editor Of the National Press.

DEAR GENERAL.-After having spent
some weeks in Boston, and its vicinity, in the
highest state OF enjoyment which sightseeing
may furnish, fear me much that l shall find
it difficult to rein in my runaway fancies, and
put nv wild thoughts into the harness Of com.
position.
have had my first sight of old ocean from
Nahant! Oh, heaven for LANGUAGE to reveal
the grandeur, the magnifcence, the glorious
beauty of that vision Every billow that
dashed upon the shore, rolled over my soul,
& volume of new, intense and ovcrpowering
sensations. Ny spirit knelt do vnlawe-struck
and adoring, before that emblem of eternal
might and majesty, that throne Of the In
visible" Thus, ever thus, had those sound
ing waves leaped madly against the evcrlast-
inc rocks, or glided gently up the CLASSY
beach, since "Gol said let there be light, /"
and the stars took up their march sublime
since "the spirit of the Lord moved upon the
flce of the waters"
What proof is it Of the vastness and sub
Unity of the theme, that we are driven, when
speaking Of the sea, to the language ofinspira
tioa itself, Then, all but the Gol-breathed
words of the Holy B291, are poor, faint and
Inadequate.
saw Freedoms early temple, old Faneuil
Hall, by moonlight. The shades Of the i'm
mortal dead were around me The voices Of
our patriot fathers seemed borne upon the
night air with their stormy elo1uencc those
ancient walls seemed trembling once again
assembled the monument. Oh, how the
scenes and events of the noblest period of
our country's history came thronging on my
mind! I beheld the small band Of patriots
brave, calm, and undismayed awaiting the
foe. saw the invaders thousands leap proud
ly on the shore, inpatient for the strife, and
confident of victory.
They come-sec up the hillside now
Their armed battalions sweep!
They come to take upon its brow
Their cold, eternal sleep.
Harll to the bayonet's ringing clash
See Warrens well-aimed blow
Sec Putnam's sword and fierce eye flash
Defiance on the foe.
On serried front and glittering flank,
Their musSets pour their rain
It'll file on file, and rank on rank,
Are weltering with the slain
rs I ga7ed from the summit Of the monu-
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That is,if horse could draw seven tons on
railroad, on level, he could not draw two
tons up Il slope of only one foot in hundred
But slope of only one foot to the hundred
on a common road would be regarded by ev-
cry one as about the same It's dead level =
what then must be thought Of such ascents as
are continually occurring,of one foot in three
or fourl The loss Of power here must be en-
ormous. But enormous as tits, and straining
to horses every muscle and joint, it is III
most cases entirely unnecessary. Many parts
of the country are more or less broken up in
to irregular hills. But with most singular
stupidity, the roads instead of being led ju-
diciously round them, by slight curves, pass
oUcr them. Sir Joshua Reynolds said that il
he were to paint Folly, he would represent a
boy climbing over high and difficult fence,
with an open gate close beside him. He could
have done much better by exhibiting road
for the accommodation of, say fifty teams a
day, year in and year out, ascending sharp
hill and then down again, with natural val
ley or level for the road twenty-five rods dis
tant.
Within a circuit of ten miles from the resi-
dence of the writer, there are not less than
twenty cases where roads ascend and pass
down sharp hills, at least fifty feet perpendic-
ular height, while a very slight curve would
place the road on nearly a perfect level, with
out adding five rods to its length.
Every common road, to be perfect should
be laid out with some kind of levelling instru-
ment, and where ascents must be made, prop
err curves should make them as easy as posi-
bic. Marrow and small cores should be cross
ed by bridges or embankmcnts Let not the
narrow policy that this or that mans fields are
cut into an inconvenient shape, ever prevail.
1t is better for every farmer to have a three
cornered field, if he can only have level roads
on which his horses may draw double loads
with ease.
The material for the construction of
roads, is very essential, and often entirely
neglected, The surface of the earth is in
many cases rich black mould or muck, very
fine for potatoes and corn, but making horri-
BILE wagon tracks 1t is however usually
scrapei into the highway for the very simple
and cogent reason that it is scrapcd easly,be-
inc so much softer than the hardpan below,
which, though hard to work, would neverthe
less be equally hard to get muddy Some
times. like the politician, who "steered be-
tween right and wrong" midway course is
taken, or rather, both plans are adopted; that
is, the muck is trsC scrapeu up lhuo iiSh
and then coat OF hardpan covers
the top-which does well for light wagons,
but heavy ones cut through the crust into the
manure beneath. One of the hardest and
;moothest roads we ever saw, was the VIDE
shallow ditch made by scraping the muck out,
to form the turnpike, and thus leaving the
clean hardpan surface. What fine hard roads
night be made in many places, by merely re-
moving the black upper soil to enrich the adj
accent fields.
8. A third important item is the removal of
loose stonea The law Of the state OF New
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The Village Cure.
ANINc1DENr OF THE FRENCH REvoLUTl

AN INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
A large force called the Revolutionary
Army had Just arrived in Lyons. They were
men Of horrd passions and lustS--men to
whose hearts Mercy and Pity were strangers.
Fifty Of the inhabitants were sacrificed co.
cry dQy. Without the shadow of reason
men were seized and beheaded. 1t was not
long before victims were wanting. Then it
was that the villages began to feel the horrors
of the Revolution. Companies were des-
patched to the various villages to procure
candidates for the scafold. Thousands were
thus dragged from their homes, fooled with
promises of trial in Lyons, and murdered.
One mornings company of three hundred
left Lyons at day-break and proceeded to
little town called Creu'enr. The sun had Just
risen as they entered the village 1t was
beautiful morning, and the sky was undim-
med by cloud. The mountains were man
tied with green and bespangled with dew
drops. The inhabitants were one after an
other seized and placed within the ranks of
the soldiers to be marched to Lyons. The
sun was we'll on his course when the brute
soldery proceeded to take the village cure.
His dwelling was small and humble one,
almost entirely covered with ivy and vine.
There right in front of it was a little garden
full of flowers, blooming ever so fair. Many
a pleasant hour had the old man spent there
in cultivating the tender plants. The sol
sary who was with them entered the gate.
A pretty little sun-burnt child was playing
with coat that was tied to tree. Poor
child he knew not that the old cure, his hired
adopted father, was soon to leave him for
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Road Making.

There is scarcely any thing, next to the
direct improvement of the farm, that is of more
Importance to the farmer, than good roads
He must necessarily spend a considerable por-
ton of his time in travelling either long or
short distances. The conveyance Of produce
to market is alone a very considerable item Of
cost and labor Many farmers are compelled
to spend at least one day in seven, on an av-
crage, in driving on the road. 1t therefore
becomes amatter of really serious importance,
whether his horses accomplish this work with
difficulty or with ease.
There are two or three points, which, if
sufficiently attended to by all road makers,
would, lUM no additional cost, work revolu-
ton in our roads-nay, more, would actually
advance the price of land, in many we'll set
tied districts, to an aggregate amount Of hun
dredS of thousands Of dollars. The Erie canal
added to the wealth of the country hundreds
of millions; fine and easy roads, by virtually
diminishing distances all through the country,
would be Of the highest benefit.
l. One of the most important points, is to
preserve a iercl as nearly as possible. This
Importance is strikingly exhibited by the COM
patations and experiments for engines on rail
roads, the same principles applying in less de-
gree, to common roads 1t was found that an
8 ton engine,
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BRANDON, Thursday, November 10. 1916.

fellow creature, man." If this amazing mum
Der were to hold each other by the hand a
arms length, they would extend over 1853,
$50 miles Of ground, and would encircle the
globe on which We dwell six hundred and
eight times. If we allow the weight of a man
to be on an average one hundred weight, we
shall have come to the conclusion that co.
Z30,000 tons Of human flesh have been man
gIed, diSigured, gashed and trampled under
loot; and If the tore-fingers only of every one
OF these l4,000,O00,O00 human beinos were
to be laid out in straight line, they would
reach more than 100000 miles beyond the
moon; and awful is the consideration, that
three millions five hundred thousand pipes of
flood have been split in battles" And what
have wars been for? The following is the
answer
OF 286 wars of magnitude, in which chris
tians have been engaged, there have been
A wars OF ambition,t to obtain extent of ter
ritory
% wars Of plumber, tributes &c.
"a wars of retaliation and revenge.
8 wars on some question of honor.
wars from disputed claims of territory.
Al wars from disputed titles to crown.
80 wars under the pretext of helping an
ally.
23 wars originating in jealousy of rival
greatness.
wars which have grown out of commerce.
55 civil wars.
2S wars which have grown out of religion,
including the Crusades
Which of all these is the cause of the war
IN which we are now engaged, and in which
we glory over brilliant victories? BRIL-
LIANT VICTORIES O that our orators and
conductors of the press, who write these
words, could have stood by the mangled
corpses Of those trceborn and gallant young
men who fell on that field, and could enter in
to those secret chambers of grief where loved
and hereayed ones rourout their sorrows,and
cannot be comforted. We dare not, must
not, trust ourselves on this subject But we
dare, and we must, and will, urge the whole
temperance and religious press to wage an
Incorporating and exterminatng war a.
gainst this horrid spirit, drunk with blood
We may be told it will do no good. The
great valley is mad for the conquest of Mexi-
co, and will effect it. tmay be so but shall
we be SILENT and give them our support
God forbid God forbid !-JownM Temp.
Union.
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of wool which protects from the weather.
hardy, robust kind-may shear 4 lbs aver
, age.
He alluded to another description. "Thc
English Long-wool"- want high feed
A cross of this breed with merinos makes
good mutton.
Mr. Bell of Walden, called said he com
menced with d mixture Of SaXony and Mer.
ino-procured fine bucks but could not get a
flock: fleeces average two and q half pounds
Bought another flock, Native crossed with
Merino; wool, fine and white, average nearly
Abs
Adjourned.
Oct. 23. Met pursuant to adjournment.
/ Hon. d. w. Aiken of Hardwick was called
to the chair
( Mr.. Wright of Shoreham, being called,
said, he had been engaged in raising Mcrinos
OF two kinds. His sheep were a mixture ofthe
Cooke andJarvis. He found particular trait
oftheSe sheep to be cleanliness. lie cleared
the orts from the racks every day, because an
effiuvia rose from the fermentation ofthe orts
He had known case where O man fed his
sheep on good hay, but neglected to clean the
crib and lost many. 1t was necessary to have
water and shelter ; u neglect of shelter and
exposure to storms caused the wool to frtter
out, which was a loss to the manufactured
Sheep cannot be wintered well without shell
ter
Mr.. Stevens of Barnet, being called re-
marked, that Vermont had more sheep in
proportion to the inhabitants than any other
state in the Union: and in the course of his
remarks was understood to be Of the opinion
that yankee ingenuity had already made such
Improvements in machinery as, when they
shall come into general use, will serve as suf-
ficient protection against foreign importa.
tons.
Mr.. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury had come
to the conclusion to raise the long wool sheep;
coarse wool fleeces were as valuable, as they
so much exceed the fine in weight: mutton
better; carcasseS large.
Mr.. Gregory with regard toits being actual
ly necessary for sheep to have water in the
winter, He wintered his sheep without wa
ter, yet he attached much importance to water:
he rather they would 90 without than to 90
or be driven to water once a day, because they
then drink too much it is better for them to
eat SNOW he would have water if he could, if
there were no snow it would be necessary to
have water. He would recommend salt
troughs under the shed, and put in little Of
ten, or brine the hay when the weather is
mild.
Mr.. Wright keeps no more than about 100
sheep in flock smaller the flock the better;
can keep 200 in a flock.
Mr.. Fields, of Westhaven had frequently
seen sheep kept at stacks in the open field
without water, and look better than those that
were sheltered, and had plenty of water; did
not agree with Mr.. Wright with regard to the
ends of the wool being frittercd-thought it
caused by the keeping, more than being with
out shelter; thought it might take more fod-
der if they ran out than ifsheltered sheep dis
like the stencil of the yard in wet weather
and go into fresh ar; in cold dry weather no
trouble. Adjourned.
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artillery of civil power was ready to open in
his support. Thus shielded by the @gis OF
the law, he had nothing to fear from the en-
emies of his traffic, He had the image and
superscription of Caesar on his credentials,
and unto Caesar he appealed and unto Ca-
sarr, too his victims appealed, and appealed in
vain.-Mercantle advertiser.
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TEMPERANCE AT MATAMoRAs! WAR!
BLOODY WAR! Our Temperance papers
have given Gen Taylor much credit for
breaking up the dram shops about the camp
Of Mltamoris. AS wise man, careful of his
troops, he would have been greatly deficient
in duty not to have done it. If there must be
war; let it be on temperance principles But
can there be war without rum without drunk
enness? Has il not ever been, will it not
ever be an essential accompaniment? Are
they not both the works of the devil, and ought
either to receive the sanction Of any phian-
thropst, patriot or christian ? We confess
our heart sickens within us to take up a tenn
peraace paper or religious paper, as we have
often done within Il few weeks past, and see a
long account Of the horrible sacking Of Mon
terey, under the head OF BRILLIANT VICro-
RY, without one word OF rebuke or reproof
for such an outrage upon all humanity! O
what is war, at the best estate We have
asked, what is drunkenness what are the
rayages Of intempcrancc ?--what are the tri-
umph5 of this demon that stalks forth in
blOO1? We have not, as we pointed at the
10000 slain, cried out Brilliant Victory, but
we have cried "Mlrder Murler! Let ev-
cry still-house and rum-shop be levelled with
the dust = and here we turn round to anoth-
err mad spirit, revealing amid thousand
corpses, and say, BRILLIANT VICToRY =
Supporters of the press Creators of public
sentiment! what are you doing " Fourteen
thousand millions Of beings" says Dr.. Dick,
9" have since the creation Of the world, fallen
in the wars which man has waged against his
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ment, over land smiling in peace and tran.
quiGty-over sheltered cottage, and gorgeous
mansion, and cleaning spire as / saw, at
my feet, the beautiful grass, growing over the
dust of the tallen,how earnestly l trusted that
our soil had drank its last of human blood
that knowledge, and peace, and love, poured
from Jehovahs hand might fall on the hearts
of our people, and gently constrain them to
live in harmony with nature and with heav-
en-, and " learn war no more" And with So
lemnity resting on my spirit, my fervent
prayer arose to the God of Freedom, that we
might be true to the example-lives of the
great, the brave and the good of the olden
time; that vice and crime, and luxury and
oppression might not make of our future ca.
reer a fearful and terrible lesson for mankind,
and level our glorious political structure with
cid world. That g the sun in his coming"
might not yet behold this magnificent mon
ument towering over degenerate and dis
united race, a reproach and mockery forev-
er.
With a subdued enjoyment, pleasant sad
ness, wandered through the deep and SOL
emn shades Of Mount Auburn. God bless
the Bostonians for their care of the dead l
mean not alone their placing them i'll massive
tombs, or erecting over them imposing monu-
ment5 but their thus gathering around them
freshness, and fragrance, and melody. Oh,
Eden of the dead, how hallowcd arc thy pre-
cincts sacred is the smallest spray that trem-
bles in the sunlight, and holy is the tinyest Vi
o!et that g!itters in the dew
When it may please God that l shall die,
would not be laid away in the chill dark vault,
bosom. Let those who love me, pillow my
head on the fresh carth,and lay over ne light,
grassy sods. Let them place one rose tree
there, so that it may almost seem that my life
has gone to nourish the tender pant-so that
when the young flower buds and unfolds, the
mourning fancy may half believe the ruby
tide concealed in my veins, to have warmed
again, and gone to glow in its crimson heart
Would it not be beautiful thus to arise to a
floral resurrection? Adieu
GRACE GREENWOOD,
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SLANG OF THE DAY. Question--'Is Mr.
Polk as Mr.. Ritchie says, the Great Father
ofthe Red Man ?
Answer-" He amt nothing else."-Rich-
nsond Standard.
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The following lines are from the pen of
MARY HowITT, the celebrated authoress-
They are noble and beautiful full Of the fire
of tl nth and the manly boldness Of aspiring
virtue, Read them, for they are worthy to
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WE resume our labOTS as compiler OF the
journal, after almost four months of absence
on Il tour, whose associations of every charac-
ter with the natural, moral, religious, literary,
civil, ancient and modern interests of the
world are without parallel; and we do it with
a love for our cause, a sense Of its importance,
a confidence in its triumphs, which we have
never before felt and a determination to de-
vote to it our untiring energies. Much in
deed is there in America to excite the curios-
ity and engage the admiration of the English
mind: but we found nothing at all of which
we can boast, which gav0 us greater cleva-
ton with rejecting men, than the power we
had exhibited in selfgovernment and selfcon-
troll our abandonment of the manufacture,
sale and use of Intoxicating drinks, so profta-
Bile on the one hand, and gratifying TO the
natural appetite of man, but so destructive, on
the other, to all the best interests of our race
for time and eternity. Patriotism, therefore,
as we'll as humanity, urge us onward in our
enterprise. So far as we press forward, we
may expect to carry other nations with u.s.
A relaxation of effort and downfall of tenn
perance in America, would be its prostraton,
we fear, round the globe, and draw upon us
the indignation, as well as excite the grief of
thousands anticipating Il worlds deliverance.
We do not suppose there is in the American
mind low or feeble estimate of the temper
ance reformation, though none can tell the
good it has done for our nation and race but
there is WEAKNESS in the effort: it has be-
come too commonplace to interest," it costs
too much time, and labor and money, to be
sustained men Of influence have more valu-
able and pressing subjects upon their hands :
it falls upon those who have neither power
nor means, nor influence, to give it extern
sion; and SO, unhelped, unpitied, uncarcd for,
it dies away, amid the plaudits of thousands,
and is, perhaps, in many place, lost beyond
the power of any resuscitation If America
is ever to become great and glorious, it is not
by war, but it is by temperance; not by sub
DUNG others, but by subduinG her own chill
dren. In her drinking usages, in the drunk
enness of her statesmen, in the pollution of
her masses, she learns that the licensed grog-
shop is her chief enemy, which she must sub
due or 90 speedily down to dishonored
grave. The extraordinary victories in New
England and New York on the license ques-
ton, all agree should rouse every nerve into
action; while the horrible increase of drunk
enness, and the most appalling deaths, delii-
Gus and suicidal, among men whom popular
favor had elevated to the highest posts of hon
or, should teach us to lift up our voice for an
interposition of the Almighty, without which
all human effort is utterly unayailng. Jour-
Temp. Union.
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