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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-03
GOV. CHITTENDEN.

In the early settlement Of Vermont,
there lived in The town of Chelsea high
ly respectable old farmer, who generally
went by the sobriquet of "Uncle Mike "
lie was noted for the earnest and deci-
ded manner in which he always OK.
pressed his opinions, and when a little
excited he was apt 10 stammer.
One day in the spring of the year,
when the snow was very soft and slum-
by, he started with his oxen and sled for
his sugar-ot, short distance from the
house in addition to the unfavorable
state of the travelling generally, this road
in particular was a mere causewey, laid
over complete quagmre, barely wide
enough for single team.
He had just got fairly on his way,
when there drove up behind him gen.
tleman in a single sleigh drawn by a
pair of noble horses; he was evidently
ignorant of the state of the road, and
seeming anxious TO drive faster than the
OK team before him, began to rein out
his horses on one side of The road. I'm
Gle Mike was well aware of the dangers
of the way, aud accordingly hailed him
with-"Frind Frind you can't gel
by; hold on till we get TO them bars
and then | will turn out" The gentle
man, however, persisted in driving out
and his horses Immediately sank to theil
girths in the soft snow and mud, and II
was with extreme difficulty he succee-
ded in extricating them. They had moi
gone many rods farther before the stran-
ger, impatient of Uncle Mikes slow pro-
gress, attempted TO pass on the othel
side. Again the old man demonstrated
-"Stranger tell ye, you c-ean't 81
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-03
YANKEE; WIT.

A Yankee, travelling in the Southern
States, stopped at an inn for the night.
tie saw his horse well lodged in a barn,
and entered the house, where he found
party OF Southern gentlemen assembled
on their return from horse race, The
Yankee during the evening apused the
company with jokes. :; -
In the morning on preparing to mount
his horse to resume his jour6ey;Ee found
him too lame to proceed any further, In
this dilemma, the Southerners met:hinj
in the yard, where they were,prepaling.
to mount some Of their fine racers
Says one of the Southernors to..theYan-
kee:-
"My friend, we have heard much of
Yankee wit and tricks do show US a
trick before you leave u.s."
The Yankee attempted toassure them
that he was not witty, nor had any tricks
to exhibit, but in vain. 3.
Whereupon he says, Well gentle
men, if you insist upon it, | will show
you trick let any of you start as he
pleases, and will bet you five spot,
that will run and jump up behind"
Done," cried several voices at once.
One rider Immediately set forward'at
full speed. He found no Yankee on
the crupper behind him. .s'.He stopped
TO claim the bet 4; but THEN discovered
that the Yankee had run afiet hlo,-on
his statting-for few rods, and after
wards continued jumping up IN the air ;
he had Jumped up behind 1t was
decided that the Yankee Gad'won the
bet.
Who could not do that2" .exclaim-
ed the mortified Southerner, as he fork
ed over the money.
"You can't" said the Yankee.
} "Tll bet my horse of, that my lad ;
here mount him. There start ahead"
The Yankee mounted the horse, and
set forward at steady pace, But Just
as the Southerner had run forward some
rods, and was about to slump up be-
hind, ," TO his infinite chagrin he saw the
Yankee face about, riding with his back
to the horses head The Southerner
looked fro brands and daggers-ahd
} continued to look, until The Yankeesand
his horse went out Of sight. And he
has never heard of either since.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-03

able aids in preparing teachers, and the pro-
priety of an appropriation of $50 or S75 to
each county, to encourage Institutes, is sug-
gested.
9. TEAcuER's WAGES. A small advance
from last year is reported average of males
per month $40 72-increase 70 c.; of fe-
males So 32-increase So C. This, how
ever, is but an approximation to the truth
$I3 for males and about SO 40 for females
are supposed to be nearly the true sums.
Z. AGE AND EXPERIENCE OF TEACHERS
Average age on beginning to teach, some
what over Is years-average time engaged
in teaching, 8 seasons.
G. ATTENDANCE. A decided improve
ment in number and regularity in attend
ance is reported. The assumed number o
(egaD scholars is 100, 000-attendanc il
,,,;ntor ecbOole nc CDlloms
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4f1ctbanits.
BUILDING MATERIALS.

We have said something, in former
number, in relation To the size and form
of farm buildings, but nothing of the
materials that should be chosen, when
the builder has 4 choice. Pine timber is
now valued more highly than it was in
the first settling Of the country Pine
beams, plates, and posts, answer well
when the foundation is good but the
stills should be of more durable wood
white oak or chestnut will last a long
while, though placed near the ground,
aud one of these should be procured
when they conveniently can be, for siIls
of houses and barns.
Higher posts are now used than in
former times; the reason given is that
more room is obtained under the same
roof, and that the roof Of barn is the
most expensive part of the building
Yet il is not prudent to run to extremes
in regard to height. Posts Is or 20 feet
long are sometimes used, but the labor of
unloading in such barns is so much in
creased by this height that it may be
doubted whether any thing is gained by
/ it. Posts 6 feet high make as convc-
nlent supports for barns as those that
run higher A forty foot barn, with n
good cellar under the whole of il, will
be found to be capacious enough for a
good farm. And if the farm is very
large two barns may be built that will
prove more convenient than one barn
that is as capacious rs both.
1t should be kept in mind that very
large barns require larger tmbers than
small ones, and that very large barns for
hay are not so accessible as small ones,
and OF course not SO good. Two barns
may be so placed that the north and the
west winds will be broken, and the cat
tie will have better yard for winter than
by the side of one large barn.
AS the roof is The most costly part oil
u barn, so it is important that this should
be well finished. Pitch pine boards are
better than any TO hold the nails that are
driven through the shingles, and we have
them now on barn that has been cover.
ed with them for eighty years past, and
they hold the nails on shingllng anew,
, better than new boards Of white pine.
} SHINGLES arc the most expensive ar
tlcles on modern barns, for many are
purchased that will not turn the water
for the term .of twenty years. Yet il
was no uncommon thing, in old times
TO find shingles that would do good SER
vice for forty years in succession. White
pine and cedar were formerly the prin.
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G1utntion.
COMMON SCHOOLS.

SECOND ANNUAL REPoRr OF THE SrATE
SUPERINTENDENT ST. Adams, q. Is,
Whiting, Printer.
Thanks to Mr.. Whiting, for a copy
Gov. Eaton has made an interesting, lucid,
and valuable report, and were it not to be
sent into every school district in the state,
we should feel under obligations to publish
it in full. Our present purpose is to give
an abstract of the subjects presented--hop-
ing thus to induce parents and all others
interested to procure the report Of their
school district clerk, and study it,
After preliminary remarks, expressing
satisfaction for the good degree of success
that has attended the measures recently a.
dopted, and solicitude for their future pros
ecution to complete success, and pointing
out deficiencies in the statistical returns re-
quired by law, We are brought to the details
of the report:
]. DIsTEICTs AND SCHOLARS. Districts
reported, 2646-being slight reduction
from last year. Scholars reported, 74,77O,
" estimated number little short Of 100 00G,
Average number of scholars TO each district,
fraction short Of SO. The average time
of keeping schools was 90 or 81 weeks where
the number was less than 33 schoars-25
weeks for 30 scholars, and rs weeks for 3s
scholars and over. The rule then is, the
greater the number of scholars the LONGER
tine school can ne maintained; and con-
densatioE OF districts, as far as practicable.
is therefore very properly suggested.
2. School HOUSES. "The age of i'm.
provement in this respect, it is believed, has
fairly commenced in Vermont; and vel
might some fifty thousand infant voices hal
the ushering in of so suspicious an era, witt
acclamation of more than common Joy"
3. APPARATUS. Improvement here also
Ofll9O schools reported on this point, l04l
have the black board-2S have globes, cub
ical blocks, &c, and 90 have maps or charts
A. TEXT BooY. Moderate progress
has been made towards uniformity and i'm
prOFeHlclt III inc character oil books. Al
attempt, though unsatisfactory, has beer
made to ascertain the extent of the evil a
rising from diversity in books. The averag,
reported number of classes in each schoo
ranges from 10 to I6 in different counties
the true general average is supposed to b
nearer 20 In view of this fact we are nc
surprized that many desire more stringen
measures to secure uniformity in books, an
thus reduce the number of classes. Ho,
little can even good teacher accomplish
If required to divide each days labor amon
twenty different classes? The supe. ,ntenc
ent still hopes that voluntary action, throug
the exertions of superintendent, will brin
about the reform evidently SO much needed
s. TEACHERS, The regulation requil
ing an examination of teachers has operate
well-securing better class of teachers
stimulating them to increased efforts to qua
iiy housekeeping instruction in III
very process of examination, and impressin
them with a deeper sense Of their respons
bilty. Teachers Institutes are very vall
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-03

by in amt possible. Jst wait minito
But again Uncle Mikes iniunctions were
disregarded, and this time the stranger
was obliged to call on the old man for
assistance to get into the road. Twice
again did the eager traveller attempt to
pass the old mans team-twice again
did Uncle Mike try TO impress upon his
mind the entire impracticability of the
undertaking-and as often were his pre-
dlctlons verified and the horses almost
buried in the mre.
At length Uncle Mike reached the
bars where he was to turn off. but be-
fore he did so, he stopped his team, and
turning back inquired of the traveller
whether he belonged in the State.
YES" was the reply.
"What town do you live in ?" inquired
Uncle Mike.
sin Williston," answered he.
"Well !" said the old man, and his
long suppressed indignation gave vent to
itself: "the selectmen 'are to blame for
letting you go away from home without
somebody to t-t-take care of you; you
are fool; you d-d-don't know anything );
d-d-didn't tell ye you couldn't gil by"
and the outraged farmer was apparent
ly in the midst of his wrath when the
stranger good humordly asked him if he
knew who he was talking to.
"Know % Numbered the old man, "no,
| d-don't know, and don't care, whoev-
err you be, you ought tito have guar
deen-"
"Why," said the traveller, "my name
is Thomas Chittenden, and am Cover
nor of the State"
Gill DECLARE" stammered the aston
ished Uncle Mike, eff I had known
wh-who you was, shouldn't have s-said
exactly what | did, but" and the old
man thought minute-"but | can't in
conscience take ,cord back :"
The old man turned out, and Gov.
. Chittenden drove on but the story was
too good to be kept. Uncle Mikes opin-
ions and his plan for ''guardeen' fur
nished amusement for the Governor and
his friends for long time and the old
man himself TOOK becoming pride In tell
ing his neighbers how he "freed his
mind" to live Governor.
A year or two since, while the famish
ing millions of Ireland were crying for
bread. lady, noted in the annals of be-
nevolence, determined to leave her COM
Portable home in New York, and learn
for herself the truth and extent of The
distress, reports of which had reached
her. She visited Ireland she entered
lie cabins of,he5,-5r she p. jSs Of
their humble fare, and mnistered TO their
necessities. A few months ago she pub
lished an account of her adventures, re-
plete with interest.
The accomplished and celebrated au-
thoress OF "ireland'S Welcome 81 10 The
Stranger" is the daughter of the simple:
minded and conscientious "Uncle Mike
Bratlleboro' Eagle.
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miscellaneous.
From the Union Magazine for Feb.
GIT GROWS AS 1T GOES"
AN OCCURRENCE IN REAL LIFE
BY MRS. E. F. ELLET.


THERE, sir, take that for your sau-
ciness," cried the beautiful Ellen SIAN
ley TO her husband ; accompanying her
exclamation with slap on his. cheek
from the whitcst and sollest hand in the
world.
The young wife had been exhibiting
with great pride, new baby-dress she
had just finished, wrought with her own
delicate fingers, and the work entirely Of
her own taste and skill The neat Dat
tern of embroidery which Lad Cost her
so much trouble to draw-th leaves and
sprigs, so like nature in their form-the
tiny wreathes which q fairy might have
woven such an exquisite specimen Of
feminine al as it was and such Goth
and VG.ndal as Mr., Stanley was, to an,
swer her demand for his admiration, by
making fun of it; and telling her, she
might have laid out her months labor il
something better
Mr.. Stanley loved TO tease his wife Q
little now and then; and when he saw
the playful curl of her lip, he went OF
laughing at the dress still more unmerci
fully, till his naughtiness was punished
by the accolade and the exclamation re-
corded.
Another parsonage in the group wal
an infant about eighteen months old
who, wakened by the talking, sat up il
its crib, and looked from one to the 9th
or of its parents when the father, pre-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-03

SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT S.. Adams, E. Is,
Whiting, Printer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-03
9uinurnrls.
A Parental Ode to my Son,
AGED THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTH

AGED THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS.
THOMAS HOOD.
Thou happy, happy elf!
but stop-.irst let me kiss away that tear)
Thou tiny image of myself!
(Niy love, he's potitg peas into his ear,l
Thou merry laughing sprite
With spirits feather light,
Untouchcd by sorrow. and unsoed by sin,
Good heavens the child is swallowing pin y
Thou little tricksy Puck
VIII cutie toys so funn 5ostuck,
Light Tho sil, :as bird that wings tho air,
THE door! the dooi he'll tumble down the stair y
hdi datiiug II tliy ste.
CWby, Jane, he'll set his pinafore a6re!)
Thou imp ormi,th and joy
In loves dear Chain so strcig and bright link,
Thou idol fully parcn,g-(Drut the boy
There goes my inkD
Thou cherub-but of earth:
Fit gu, fellow for ia,s by moonlight pale,
In harmless sport and mirth,
Chat dog will bito him ifhe pulls his ,ail)
Thou human honey bee, extracting honey
From every blossom in the world that blows,
Singing in yolth's Elysiuw sunny,
(Another tum' le-that's is precious nose)
Thy fathers ride aad he 1e.
(iie'll brerk tho miuoi with the skipping rope y
With psre heart newly stamped from natures mint,
(Where did lie learn that squint p
The young domestic dove
(ll'll have that jug off with another shove y
Dear nursus Of the hymenal nest
(Are these torn clothes his best p
Little epilome OF man
(lle'Il climb upon tbs table, that's his plan y
Touched with the beauteous tints ofdawnng life,
Hes got knife y
Thou enviable being.
No storms no clouds, in lily blue sky forcseoing.
Play on, play on,
Nj oin, John!
Toss the lighi ball-bestride the stick,
Il knew so many cakes would make him sick y
With r,ncies luoyan; The thisllc-down,
Prompting the face grotesqur, aud anilc brisk
With many limh'likc fisk,
(lle's got tho scissors, shipping at your gown,l
I hou pretty opening rose!
too to your mother, child, and wipe your nose! ,
Dalmy, and breathing music, like tho South,
(IIe really Lrings my heart into my mouth y
Fresh as the morn, aid Brilliant Us its star,
q wish that window had IN iron barb
Bold the hawk, gentle as the dove,
tI'ii toll you what, my love,
cannot write unless he's sent above
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-02-03
Clerical Wit.

As the Rev.. Mr.. Field, formerly Of
Westminster, Vt. went to give his vote
at an election man Of opposite politics
expressed surprise at seeing him there,
and 10 confirm his objection quoted tho
remark of the Savionr,. that a" his king
dom was not of this world" 4" Has not
a man right to VOTE. replied the witty
Clergyman, sunless he belongs to the
kingdom of Satan p
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1)ottrp.
From Godoy's Lady's Book for February.
SONG OF THE SUNBEAM

SONG OF THE SUNBEAM.
BY SIDNEY DYER.
Pm the ght sunbeam;
fit as i dream,
Which softly comes down from the skies;
when sleep with doligh,
Holds infancy bright,
To close up the lids Of its eyes.
o'er lake and o'ei sea,
As tripping with CLEO,
Reflected my bnuutes truce
So rnpt is tho wave,
As lightly lave,
II trcmbrs us still embrace,
I lie in the rose,
Whose fair leave. uncose,
10 pour ont i'- sweets on the breeze;
skip DER the plain,
And ripe waving grain,
or glide Ger the caves of the trees.
7 shur not the cot,
Whore povetty's lot
Holds often the wise and tho good
Through lha,ch aud through pane
leap ia again,
gin all unsued from God.
I shrink from the halls,
And Undetermined walls,
Where wealth lies in sorrow all day;
But in at the door,
Where dwelcih the poor,
A daily warm visit pay.
! never will shrink
From the cuinruct's brink,
But paint on it's moisture my bow;
And down on lis stream
With radiance CLEAN,
As stars peepng M from below.
On DEATHS pad cheek
often will seek
TO glow with tho beauty of even;
But finding has fed
The soul oftho dead,
W;ll monnt with it gladly TO heaven.
The night for awhile
MAY shadow my smle
Then Nature in sorrow will reek;
lll come Ger the lawn,
At first peep ofdawn,
And wipe each sad trace from its cheek.
In each open grave,
I'll pour IN my wave,
To show there is light in the tomb
And smiling will say,
Come, this is the way
To where | elernally bloom.
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ll)ottbmon & State 1ortrual

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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-11-17

vicious indulgencies-his nervous system in
a tremulous condition-he became, he knew
not why, excessively alarmed (; poisoned ar
rows whizzed by him from unknown quivers;
unnatural forms Of human beings springing
from dark ravines, with implements of de-
siruction, would pursue him demons with
blood shot eyes holding in their hellish grasp
daggers reeking with the crimson gore Of life,
were flying menacingly round and about him;
he fed in terror for his life, burst into his IA
theirs house, and with a determination OF
blood to the brain, fell dead upon the floor, a
victim TO deHriunI irsmens. Bending over
the lifeless body of his brightest hopes, did
the old Chief gaze in wonder and in tears.
"What demon of distinctions" said he. as
he hurriedly searched after the cause, " has
seized upon my noble boy What fend
from the hellish precincts OF civilization, has
brought rome a fathers hope in mockery, TO be
murdered before a fathers eyesl Here, here
it is" exclaimed the poor old man., as he
snatched from the pocket of the ~liieless son,
a black bottle reeking with the mephitic va
pors Of New England rum. Reader, shall
describe the maniac stare Of old Ethtala, as
he gazed upon that bottle! Shall here re-
cord his horrid imprecations upon that sys-
tenn of society which n%urtures and imparts
that most loathsome Of all a%ccursed practices!
Oh no, we are component parts Of that soci-
ETY., and some of US may deem, unthinkingly,
the practice innocent!
About a month from that day, so sadly
even,tul to that once happy family, might be
seen standing near a pile Of stones which
marked the grave of Tuthlamachee, a female
form, like an angel OF pity, weeping DER the
cold and silent heap-her dark ~lustrous eyes
swimming in tears, were riveited upon the
spot-for in that grave reposed the ashes OF
all her affection. Nothing could have been
more wildly melancholy than the Borrowings
Of poor Nenah for Tuthlamachee-every sigh
breathed a tale of hopeless misery. Oh
who could not have wept TO have heard her,
and found a luxury in ears She tore
herself away, and resolved 10 steep in obi.
won the story of his wrongs.
"She strayed along the sedgy brook,
And marked the blue birds song;
But neither flower, nor bird, nor brook,
Could cheat her memory long.
Her thoughts few back TO moments past,
And then she sighed in vain;
Her dropping heart was broke at last
She never smiled again"
Poor Nenah wended her weary way home
ward, and in a few months slept in that mar
row house where Borrowings shall cease.
EARLY, bright, transient, chaste as morn
ing dew,
She sparkled, was exhaled, and went &c
heaven"
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Agents for the Bugle.'
OHIO.

OHIO.
New Garden; David l.. Galbreath, and ]
Johnson.
Columbiana ; Lot Holmes.
Cool Springs; Mahlon Irwin.
Berlin Jacob H.. Barnes.
Marlboro; DR.. X. G. Thomas.
Garfield John WeimOJe.
Lowellville John Bissell.
Youngstown; ]. s.. Johnson,
New Lyme; Marsena Miller.
Selma ; Thomas Swayne.
Springboro; bra Thomas.
Harveysburg; V. Nicholson.
Oakland Elizabeth Brooke.
Chagrin Falls S. Dickinson.
Columbus w. w. Pollard.
Georgetown; Ruth Cope.
Bundysburg; Alex. Glenn.
FaJmiHgtOnj Willard Curtis.
Bath ]. b. Lambert.
Newton Falls; Or. Homer Earle.
Ravennai Joseph Carroll.
Wilkesville; Hannah T. Thomas.
Southington; Caleb Greene.
Mt. Union; Joseph Barnaby.
Malta VIM. Cope.
Richfeld Jerome Hurlburt, Elijah Poor.
lodi DR.. Sill.
Chester X Roads; II. w. Curtis.
gainesville F. McGrew.
Franklin Mills; Isaac Russell.
Granger; L.. Hill.
Hartford; G.. w. Bushnell, and Wn.
J. Bright.
. Garrettsville; A.. Joiner.
Andover; A.. &. Garlick and J. +. Whit
Achor Town; A. G.. Richardson
INDIANA.
Winchester; Clarkson Pucket,
Economy Ira G. Maulsby.
Penn John l.. MichneT,
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh II. Vashoh,
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Then fare thee well, my honored friend,
God speed you on your peaceful way,
With patience wait, the certain end
The coming Of the better day
And you shall never he alone,
While in this mundane world you move
We will be with you when your gone,
In spirit, and the bonds Of love.
Marlborough. o., Nov. 5, 1918. r.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Peltons splendid outline Maps, Baldwin's
pronouncing Geographical Gazetteer, and
MAYORS system of teaching Geography"
for sale by ]. Hambleton of this place. He
is also prepared to give instruction to clss-
SEES, or TO individuals who wish TO qualify
themselves for teaching the science of Geo
graphy according to this new, superior, and
(where tried universally approved system.
Address by letter or otherwise, Salem, Col,
Co., O. Oct. 9th, 1913.