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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24
VOL. XIV, NO. 22---wHOLE NO. 1928.

person to be sent out on this glorious Gun
bassy of your country's benevolence--ihe
selection OF sites for asyluns for aged and
disabled soldiers. From the landing at
Fort George to the landing at Vera Cruz
from the days Of Luudy's Lane to those
to the lane to the gate Belen, you have not
only been the best trainer of the American
soldier, and his gallant leader in the field,
but his kind, encouraging and consoling
nurse IN the camp of pestience aud bed of
sickness. May God watch over YOU, Gen
eral, and your noble mission, aud preserve
your own health, now so good, to enjoy,
for many years to come, the honors # our
country, and the blessings of the old sol
diers."
To which General Scott replied
My comrades Of 1872, your presence
fills INC with painful yet pleasant recolIec-
,ions. You are surviving soldiers Of that
war--ihis is indeed pleasant But many Of
your companions aud nine are not here
their day Of hustle and battle is over.
thank YOU from an old soldiers heart for
your kindness and respect. Whatever ser
vice | have done to my country, has met
with general APPRECIATION and favor, and
am grateful. Ii it had not been for you
aud others ofthe volunteers and regulars of
1912, neither victory nor renown would
this day be recorded can say, gentle
men. from my heart, that "a the war with
Mexico, the volunteers OF Puisburg did
their whole duty, sndwon, as they deserved,
a glorious name" Tremendous cheers.
The reception Of General Scorr at Cln-
cnnati and Pi,tsburg, are but the dawning
Of the morning. We are yet to see, and
that within the next twelve months. its
meridian splendor Enthroned in the affec-
tons Of the PEOPLE, they will bear him up
ward and onward, as the waters bore the
Ark Of Noah -Atids.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

one point. | knew that he was rather
Wild as the gentle phrase goes. In short,
| neither loved nor respected him; but |
was willing to marry him, because then |
should be Mrs. Somebody, and should not
be an old maid
Nv parents said No. positively. OF
course thought them unreasonable & cruel,
and made myself miserable. SILL, 1t was
something to have had an offer Of any kind
and my lips were not Theoretically sealed.
had several conhdants, who took care that
all my acquaintance should know the COM
Portable fact that had refused Mr.. S.
| went on with increasing uneasIness a
few years longer not seeking to be useful,
or trying to find out for what good purpose
was made. Neither was looking for a
companion who would sympathize with my
better aspirations, aud elevate nv whole
character, for had no right views Of mar
rage. ] was simply gazing about IA anx-
ious suspense upon every unmarried mau OF
my acquaintance, for one who would lift me
out of that dismal Valley ofHumiliaton lu-
20 which felt myself descending. Had |
met Apollyon himself there, with the ques-
ton on his lips, | believe | should have said
Yes
Al ihirty-six | wore more pink ribbons
than ever was seen everywhere that a re-
spectacle woman could 90, wondered why
girls went into company SO young, found |
was growing sharp-iaced and spoken,
and was becoming od-maidish ia the worst
sense Of the word, because was an old
maid against my will. | forgot that youn-
.ary celibacy never affects the temper.
My sisters, be 1t remembered, were older
than l. They too were single But they
had lived more domestic lives than had
read fewer works of fiction, had been cul-
tNating their own natures, and seeking 10
make everybody around them happy Aud
everybody reyerenced them, and loved to
look upon their open, pleasant countenan-
ces-l mean everybody worth pleasing
---and they were very happy.
At last our good parents died, and left
each Of US ltue independence. Within
Il year | was married
/ was married !ur my money. That was
ten years ago, and they have been ten years
of purgatory. | have had bad luck as a
wife, for my husband and | have scarcely
one taste IN common
never see my plump, happy sisters, and
then glance ia the mirror at my own cadav-
erous, long, doIefal yisage, without wishing
myself an old maid do it every day OF
my life.
Yet half of my sex marry as ! did--no
for love, out for fear for fear of dying
OLD maids
They have their reward And they whose
idle tongues create this mlschlevous fear
and thus make 50 much domestic misery
have their responsibility.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

PRUNING STONE FRuIT TREES 1t has
been but few years since the enltTators
Of fruit have been in the habit oil pruning
peach trees at the extremilies of the bran
ches. Instead of cutting off limbs al the
trunk This system of shorteuing-in as II
is called is gaming ground, and It Is great
improvements The reason for this mode OF
pruning are evident on examination. Most
kinds Of stone fruit grow rapidly, and bear
The greater part Of their fruit on new wood
which is, of course, near the ends of the
limbs. In this way a tree spreads over
much land, and has naked branches near
the trunk and pruning at the trunk causes
the gum to ooze out, which sometimes en-
dangers the health of the tree
On the contrary, by pruning at the ends
of the branches, the tree is confined 10 a
small space, the wounds have no uniayora-
bic effect, or only affect the twigs, and moi
the trunk, and much new wood is produced
for the production OF irult.--Nep Englano
Farmer.
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COunSels for the Young.

Never be cast down 10y triles liza spi-
der break his web twenty times, twenty
times viii he mend 1t again. Make up
your minds to do thing, aud you will do
IT; keep up your spirits, though the day be
dark one
Mind what you run AFTER Never be
content with bubble tba, will burst, or
frewood that will end IN smoke aud dark
ness. Get that which you can keep, and
which is worth keeping.
Fight hard against hasty temper An
ger will come, but resist It strongly. A
spark may set house on fire. A fit OF
passion may give you cause to mourn all
the days Of your life. Never revenge an
injury.
If you have an enemy act kindly to him
and make him your friend. You may not
win him over at once, but Try again. Let
one kindness be followed by another, till
you have comprised your end BY hllle
aud little great things are completed
so repeated kindnesses will soften the heart
Of stone.
Whatever you do. do it willingly. A boy
that is whipped at school never wins his
lessons well. A man tina, is compelled,
cares not how badly it is performed. lie
that pulls off his coat cheeriully, strips up
his sleeves IN earnest and sings while he
works, is the man for me.
Evil thought are worse enemies than H.
ons and tigers; for we can keep out of the
way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win
their way every where. The cup that is
full will hold no more-keep your heads aud
hearts full Of good thoughts, that bad
thoughts may find no room to enter
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

GEN. IluGn BRApY. Old as this aged
veteran is, he will yet live to read the eulo-
gums passed upon him on his supposed de-
mise. The ielegraphc dispatch announce
ing his death was entirely incorrect The
facts are simply these About IL O'Clock
Thursday, (l0th instant while the Gener-
al was driving spirited span of horses
through Miami Avenue, Detroit, his horses
took fright at the Geographic wire, now
being strung from Detroit to Port Huron,
and ran away. After running short dis
lance, General Brady was thrown from his
buggy, and striking his head violently
against a post, fractured his skull over the
left eye. He was Immediately picked up
by Messrs William and Avery Brush, and
carried into the house of John w. Stroag,
when DR.. Rice and other physicians we're
called ia, who rendered sachsesiAstance az
could be given, and are still attending him.
General B lies ~ very critical situation,
more from the loss of blood than the break
ing of the skull. The brain is not injured,
and the General is sensible of all that trans
pres, but is very low We obtain the a.
bove particulars from the Detroit papers,
published after the supposed death OF Gen.
Brady was announced by telegraph. Up
to Friday night, (our lates; information from
Deiroit) be was alive and getting much bet
ter aud DIR. Rice though he would get
over the injury General Brady is a native
Of Pennsy lyania, aud entered the army
March 7, 1892, as an ensign Of infantry
fought under Gen. Wayne served through
oui the last War, and on the 9Th Of july.
1872, was appointed Col of the 22d inian-
Try, aud has been a Brigadief General bv
breset since July d, ls1., with his head
quarters a, Detroit. lie took an active
part 10 quellng the Canadian Patriot distur-
Dances On the frontier, so far as they come
under his jurisdiction. He is greatly be-
loved by the People Of Detroit, with whom
he has lived for great number OF years
lie is a good Wing beside
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24
A Flax Dresser.

We are informed that S. A. Clemens, Of
this town, the inventor of the new cotton
press which received the award of the gold
medal, at the late Mechanics FAIR, III Bos-
ton, has invented machine for dressing llax,
which will dress from the rude material, one
ton of fax per day, leaving il clean aud rea-
dy for market Men who know how much
of days work it is TO swingle twelve
pounds, will understand the value of this IN
vention, and western farmers, we imagine,
will be in hurry to get at it, Mr. Clemens
has also invented machine for dressing
the Yucatan hemp, aud last week shipped
three machines for that country. They
have been thoroughly tested. and proved to
be highly practicable and beneficial.
Springfield Republican.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

ECoNOMY or FRclr.-Every man who
keeps a good supply Of siewing aud baking
apples, of his own raising. saves great
many HARD dollars yearly otherwise TO be
paid to the miller or butcher Or, if he
raises his own meat and grain, an equal a.
mount is thus reserved for market Then
what a valuable addition to the comfort, va
rlety, and luxury Of the table By the first
OF summer, the thick trusses of strawberries
begin to redden in the sun aud half doz-
en- quarts of this melting crimson fruit may
be had each day for the table, from as many
hali-rod beds Cherries, cuuauts, aud rasp-
berries continue through the first half Of
the summer, followed by early Juicy apples
rich bloom busted plums; golden, periumed
aprlcots; and buttery and melting pears.
Now, we do not say, as some most mlstal-
emily remark, that this fine aud delicious sup
1 ply costs nothing after the trees are plan
ted; for good fruit cannot be realized. un-
less the ground is well cultivated aud ma
nured. But 1t does not cost half so much
to cultivate an acre Of fruit. as an acre of
potatoes or corn; while the amount obtained
IS greater than either and all ready for the
table, without going through the process
winch the gram crop requires, of threshng,
aud wlnnowlng, and grinding and knead-
ing, aud baking. By planting rich, high
Favored apples, for stewlng and pies, instead
OF poor and insipid ones, each family may
save fifty or hundred, or two hundred.
pounds of Sugar annually, in sweetening
and spices. A friend OF ours finds it cheap
er to buy good fall pipplus for fifty cents
bushel, than poor sorts sold as cooking
apples" for fifteen cents Il bushel lie uses
the Talman SweetIngs largely, for baking
and for puddlngs, and thinks that an lndian
apple pudding, made by this natural swecte-
nIng, IS the cheapest aud best pudding in the
world. lie estimates that he saves from
SO TO SI00 annually in the cost of his ta-'
bic 10y his -Germanfowa paper.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

IMMENSE TEEEs.-1he Boabab Of Sene-
gal (ddahsonia digitata, THE Bald Cypress Of
OaXaco, Ie10dNm distichum,) aud the fam
Gus Chestnut of Eina, have been often cited
as the giants ofthe vegetable kingdom. But
these soyereigns are dethroned, and put M
to the second rank by those lately discovered
IN Tasmania, which leaves far behind them
those antique monuments Of nature. Last
week | went 10 see the two largest trees ex-
isling in the world Both Of them are on
the border Of a small stream tributary to the
river OF North West Bay, in the rear Of
Mount Wellington. They are of the spe-
cies named there Swamp Gum; aud my
companions Give Of us) measured them.
One of them had fallen; we therefore easi-
ly obtained IT'S dimension. We found its
body two hundred feet from the ground 10
the branches. The top had broken oil and
partly decayed, but we ascertaned the en-
tire height Of the tree to have been certainly
three hundred feet. We found the diameter
OF the base of it TO be thirty feet, and at the
first branch twelve feet. Its weight we es-
innate TO be about four hundred and forty
tons The other tree, now growing, with
out the least sign Of decay, resembles an iul-
mcnse tower rising among the humble sassa-
lras trees, although very large IA fact. The
Gum tree at three feet above the ground meas
ures one hundred aud two feet ia circumier-
ence. In the space of square mile think
there were not less than one hundred of
these trees, none less than forty feet in cir
cumlereuce. 1t must require several thous-
aud years to produce the largest Reoue
HOrtic0ie.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24


Shall il be with tear snilo. Ola World,
shiil you uad part
W,ih pang Al the heaH,
OR ia coll-booded social sty.s, Ola Worldf
10 ruth, it must be with a tear, ola world'
For much that is rear and dear, Old World'
The lingering mini
Looks sadly behind
In doubt aud reluctance aad four Old Wodd!
YET ever by land, aud by sea, Oh World,
God helps a., wherever we be-, OldWo,di
NJ babes iie Will koep,
ANaSe or asleep,
Aad happily uassl whh 'oe, Old wodd
70 thus with spirit of rest, New World,
'oes your bdgai shores oftho " est, New World,
Win hearty good viii,
Ny work TO falsl,
And DO what dv tor the Best, New World.
Gracefully here Cor space Nrw World.
Shall bass 10 The suu OF thy Lace, Now World,
Wherever ROAM
TO teel alwu,s at home,
With bto,hsfs ia eyery place, Now World
No digui6ed duluess TO freeze, New World,
But cordial ki1 iless ADD ease, New World,
Invite me "a stand,
With ay heart ia my hand,
To give Il wherever please, New World
rHr ASA, March IS, ls5l.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

A work has recently been Published in
Paris, by an eminent physician, in which
he describes a new remedy for headaches.
He uses a mixture OF ice aud salt, in pro-
portion of one to one half, as a cold mix
lure, aud this he applies, oy means of a lit
tie purse of silk gauze, with ran of autta
percha, TO limited spots ON the forehead or
other paris Of the head, where rheumatic
headaches are fell, IL gives Instantaneous
relief. The skin is subjected 10 the pro-
cess from half minute 10 one and half
minutes, and is rendered hard and white.
IL is good IN erysipeas aud diseases Of the
skin.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24
To renew old and worn-out Files

The following recipe has been selling a
bout The country for s., as secret-Take
halt pound suiphuric acid, (oiI of vitriol)
add one pint of soft water IN an earthen or
glass vessel very slowly or it will naame
PIT ia the files and heat to about the scald-
ing point Keep them in five or ten min
utes. according to their coarseness. Wash
in strong ley or salgralus water, rinse of
dry and oil.
The explanation of this is, that the acid
has two sides of each tooth of the file to
corrode, and only one point. 1t creates a
species of sharpness about like file hail
worn. We have Tried ii.-Rurai NelC York
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24
THE FLAX MOVEMENT.

This is the title Of pamphlet by the
Chevaier Clausen, which has been publish
ed in NewIork by Mr.. Wiley. The cor
respondent of the New-Yolk Commercial,
in his letter Of the 29th ut states that the
use of flax cotton, manufactured according
to the process Of Chevalief Clausseu is now
in progress upon an excessive scale, at
Bradford, in Yorkshire, and at Cork, ia
Ireland, large miil-owuers at those places,
having entered into contacts. The prin-
cipc of the invention, By which fax is adj
apted for spinning upon cotton, wool and
silk machinery, Consists ~ the destruction
of the cylindrical character Of the fibre by
the expansive power Of carbonic acid and
gas.
The first process, however, is the remoy-
al of the resinous mater peculiar to .he
plant. This is effected by boiling it for
three hours in waite, containing one halt
per cent of common soda after which 1t is
dipped in water slightly acldulated with
sulphuuc acid. The flax Is then thorough.
ly saturated in a solution of bcarbonate of
soda, and being subsequently immersed in
a solution of diluted sulphurlc acid, lib
erstion of gas takes place, which causes
the tubes of which the plant is composed
to split when the material, instantly losing
ITS rgldity, becomes light expansive mass
OF cottony texture, increasing IN size like
leayeniug dough or expanding sponge -
Lastly, Tor the purpose of being bleached,
it is splunged into hypoclo-lle OF magnesia,
(manganese)w when it quickly becomes white.
4 very general opinion prevails that the
invention will lead 10 rapid and extraordi-
nary results Sixty tons Of the cotton are
now being prepared for the Manchester
Market Tramcript.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

not stated, never resumed his original spring
dress, but has continued tie plain brown,
like the female, now for two years; aud
sings in the winter as well as in the sum
mer, especially when the sun shines bright
ly, and the winds whistle in the trees around
the dwelling; aud now, since his character
is matured, he is a sprlghtly, happy, gentle
manly sort of a bird.-Tragtier.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

A negro boy of thirteen years, named George
Long, has confessed that he killed the little son
Of Mr. Rumpfen, in Baltimore, aged five years.
They had been spinning tops together, and the
big boy beat the little one ON the head with a
stone because he lost his string. This relieves
from arrest the man who had been heard 10
threaten revenge on the murdered child's father
ioF some injury.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

From the Cleveland True Democrat
Some considerable inquiry has Of late
been made IN relation to the probabilities
OF a sufficient supply of fax in the North
ern States in case there should be de-
mand for it for manufacturing purposes
The following data, CLEANED from reliable
sources, will be satisfactory to those inter-
ested in the growth of cotton, or the man
ufactnre Of linen therefrom.
The annual imports of fine linens aver
age about $500, 600, aud the wholesale
prices of these cloths range as high as to
average IS cents per yard while the retail
prices go up to % cents aud S 30 per
yard.
Ia lS40 the number Of acres of land on
which gram, &c. was grown in ten of the
Northern States, was about % 600 600 +;
and the lax crop of that year in all of the
States North OF the Ohio river including
Maryland, covered about 1 900 600 acres.
The average crop of flax lint is about $50
lbs per acre, of which one ,Iird, or say
100 lbs. IS fax cotton, leaving 100 lbs. OF
coarse tow for paper, bagglng, or any other
article 1t will make.
The haxseed is about Is bushels per
acre, and is generally worth s per bushel.
We may readily suppose that IN all the
States suitable for the growth of flax s.
000 coo OF acres could now be turned to
the growth Of that crop without at least dis
turbing the present serial crop, or dlmin-
minshlng the quantity now devoted to the
culture of other crops.
This basis gives us the following results /:
5000, 900 average 1910 lbs. fax cotton per
acre, $50 600 900 lbs.
5000, GOO acres average
IL bush. seed per acre, 100 100000
: 600 600 acres average
230 lbs. flax tow, rough, lS4O 0O,OO0
This being sufficiently near the amount
of such crop Of flax, the following figures
giyeNs the value of the same, as near as
we can determine from our present limited
knowledge of its properties:
800, GOO, 900 lbs. flax cotton at &c per 10. at
factory, so 200, 600
LOCO 5000 bush. seed at 81
per bush at factory, 100 900, OOO
$40, 000 600 coarse tow at Sc
per Id. at factory, 50 200, 0OC
Total, 1922 400, O0(
ne CotlOn crop OF ~ auu 90 Was a.
bout 100000 bales, at say 400 lbs. pei
bale; aud the price averaged III l-3 per ID
value 800 400 900.
The flax crop would be :, 100000 bale
of 400 lbs. bales, giving above the presen
average of cotton, 200 900 bales
The difference in the total value of the
two crops would hes 1872 600 900 IN facOr q
The Ftar crop. Allowing these estimates tC
be high, still $3.50, 000, 600 is qulte mar
gin To work on.
For the new Leavtt machinery, the ilal
may be either moved or Graded, so tina
the harvesting of the crop may be done OF
the cheapest possible scale.
Farmers would do well to consider thes'
facts and act accordingly; for that Their
toH be a demand for their crop of the com
ing season, there can be little doubt
Those who raise fax should, after ihresh
ing out the seed, bind up the stalks in con
venient bundles to handle. 1t should the
be laid as even as possible, and in this con
dilion stacked away and covered wit
straw, to dry and prepare for the market
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-04-24

Young ladies are like arrows, they are all
in quirer when the beaux come, and can't
90 off without them.
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il)otthnlan & 5iate Journal.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
TERMS -si so cash 10 advance 5000 fpaymeut il not
made IN advance always charged from the end Of
the year.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-10-24
Coy. Wrixht,s Address

We commence to-day the publication of Gov Wrights
Address delivered at the recent Agricultural Fair in
Wayne County. 1t will be read with much interest.
The Wayne County whig speaking cf this production
says.
1t was full of noble and practical sentiments, and
did honor to the head and the heart TO the popular
and worthy Executive of State One remark OF his in
regard the conservative influence of County, State
and National Fairs, struck US with much force He
said that if the people Of the United States should annu
ally, at periodical times meet in great National
Fair where the citizens of the several States would
one platform, mngle together and exhibit their
more to silence sectional jars put down the cry Of s
nion, and make people, than anything else Such
friendly interchange of santiment-such noble rival
ry would he said, beget such feeling Of brotherhood
as would soon cause us as Nation, forget those
hateful phrases" Northern and Southern Rights" As
this excellent Address will be published will not at.
tempt give even a outline of