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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-08
Write Letters.

Not to everybody, nor to all that ask you, OF
you will be taxed beyond your patience, and find
It hard to shake off troop ofunproftable acquaint-
ances. Not to all the girls who have made youl
heart lutter, least you kindle flames you will moi
be able to feed-least you write soft things thai
will look ridiculous in your biography-lest some
offended damsel should be down upon you fol
breach of promise. Not to all your cousins, lest
your classics be neglected and your business suf.
fer. A classmate in college was reprimanded by
the professor for neglect of college studies. The
delinquent plead that the circle of his correspond
ence was SO large that he could not find time to
attend to his Euclid.
Write punctually to those with whom you have
business connections, A great many, who lack
neither industry nor resolution, find it extremely
hard to write business note of half dozen lines.
Like rail cars it is easier to forty miles their
track than a rod out of the way on either side
A friend of ours, who had suffered much for lack
of letters from his vessel when ON her voyages,
gave package of old letters, directed to himself
into the hands of the captain, with positive orders
for him to drop one into the post Office of every
port where he touched. The post-mark on the
corner answered his purpose.
Write to your sister. Your letters are luxury
to her that she prizes above her jewelry, and they
cost you nothing, or near it. Be at charges for a
sheet of paper and thi1nbleful of ink. The cigar
you are smoking costs as much as the postage OF
it. The cigar ends in ashes and smoke; the letter
strengthens the family tie, and adds strand to the
blessed cords that hind the members of common
home together. -.---- s-e.-.-
Write to your mother. ffyou are in good COM
pany, she will see it in your letters and be COM
forted in your absence. If you neglect to write,
her affection has hard struggles with her fears to
assure her that you have not gone astray. Have
not time from the Backgammon board, from the
calls of ceremony, from the society ofcompanions,
from sleep, from meals. When you have not
time to write to your mother, you have not time
to look at crowd gathered in the street. He
that made time, gave you time enough. What
have you done with it!
thickens the white hairs on his reyerned head
Are you buster than he! and he writes to you.
He will not msinterpret your silence; he can trust
his boy, He knows you are on busy tide; the
stream runs fast. He will forgive you if you do
not recognize him waving his good wishes from
the bank. But he must go up soon; and when
you have time to look, his mainly form may have
departed Give him the costless solace offrequent
letters, that he may know to the last that he is
not forgotten. Write to him to day.--N. York
Times. .
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-08


POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATEs.-The
population of this country is composed of people
from almost every civilized country on the globe.
Yet with all the conflicting prejudices Of the citi-
zens of different nations here congregated, har-
mony almost unknown in other countries prevails.
The of this is fairly traceable to the toler-
ant spirit of our institutions and laws which teach
that all men are born free and equal Although
National predictions exist in our midst and emf
grants from the same country associate more free
ly than the native born citizens of distant nations
yet with the exception of the African and Indian
races, those of all other countries soon amalga-
mate and assume SO nearly the same manners,
that all traces of their origin is lost. This is as
it should be, yet it has no parallel in any other
country, therefore must be referred to the harmo.
nizlng influences of our institutions, which in
practice as well as in theory is fitted to govern
world as tremendously as small State.-Ctn
Nonparea.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-08
Romance ofHistory,

There is lake at the head of the Mississippi,
which bears the classic title efftasca. The name
is apperantly aboriginal, and if the following
dote had not transpired, might have been quoted
with Algoma, Owasca, Syosset and hundreds Of
the beauty of Indian names. -r
Henry R. Schoolcraft, United States agent in
that region for many years, has a fine natural
taste, but his name to the contrary notwthstand-
ing little scholarship, being absolutely ignorant
or Latin.
That gentleman in company with two others,
one a clergyman, and the other an engineer in
the service of the United States, set out upon an
exploring expedition some years since, to ascer-
tain the true source of the Mississippi. Mr..
Schoolcraft finally came to a lake to which he
could find no inlet, and which he concluded was
the object of their search. He then began to
cast about for an appropriate name. Without
disclosing this purpose, he applied to one of his
companions to ascertain the Latin term of truth.
He was informed that it was veritas. He went to
the other to get the translation of head which
he found to be caput. By combining the first OF
the latter, he formed the word sItanca which still
remains the name ofthe lake. Although barba-
rous Latin, it is smooth sounding name and
would pass muster with the uninitiated, as a gen.
uine Indian name Cists' AdUretiser.
The PRAYER OF PATRIorIsM.-The following
glorious prayer with which Daniel Webster closed
one of the noblest speeches ever written by man,
was fully realized by the great statesman. We
can imagine his soul in the hour of death recur-
ring to this grand Invocation;
"When my eye shall be turned to behold for
the last time, the sun in heaven, may not see
him shining on the broken and dishonored frag.
ments of glorious Union--on States discovered
dscordant, belligerent-on a land rent with civil
feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood
Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather
behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now
known and honored throughout the earth, still high
advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all
their original lustre, not stripe erased orpollu-
ted, not star obscured, bearing for its motto ev-
crywhcre, spread all over in characters of living
light, blazing on all its ample folds as they Hoa'
over the sea and over the land, and in every WIND
under the whole heavens, that sentiment dear te
every American heart" Liberty and Union, nov
and forever, one and inseparable %
.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-08

mine in 1903! And how would the young miss,
taken from the fashionable, modern parlor, COW
cred with Brussels carpets, and ornamented with
pianos, mirrors, &C., &C., manage her spinning
wheel, in a log cabin, on puncheon floor, with no
furniture excepts, perhaps, bake-oven and
splint broom!" s..... -..-
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-12-08
Uncle Toms Grave.
BY MRS, R. S. NICHOLS.

They made him grave in hloek Of sand,
Green trees overweeping him there,
The holiest spot in that desoate land,
Unblest though it was by prayer; -
No shaft of white marble with letters of gold
Looks up to the plying skies; =
But green is the turf that lies over the mould,
That hides Uncle Tom from our eyes.
They made him grave where the shadows were deeF
And there in the silence and gloom. s.
They laid the calm brow of the weary to sleep, s.
Tho stars watching over his tomb. .
Ne coffin shroud in that rough-shaped mound =
Enwraps the dark form of the dead;
And only the wind ST ir the branches around, -
That guard Uncle Toms lowly bed.
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To rob death of its terrors, undertake to support
family on five shillings day. A man to fear
death, must have three meals day, and know
what comfort is.
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Every man cherishes in his heart some object
some shrine at which his alteration is paid un-
known to his fellow mortals-unknown to all save
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

To Wool GRowERs.-M Zenas Skin
ner, Williston, suggests the utility and i'm
portance to farmers engaged in the growing
of wool, of annual Shearing Fairs, from the
Goth of May 10 the LIST of June, to be at
tended by owners, manufacturers, sorters
and staplers; that ample notice be given of
the time and place of shearing; that VOL
growers bring representatives. of their differ
erent and of their best varieties of sheep,
native and merino; that the sheep be
weighed before and after shearing, as well
as feeces; that the feeces be thoroughly
cleansed, so that the actual amount Of wool
each sheep grows can be accurately known,
and its ratio TO the carcase that each hoc X
master give an account of his mode of man
agement, breeding, &c. Mr. S. also sug.
gests that the next meeting of the State
Society, ooh instant at Montpelier,) would
be an appropriate time for exchanging views
upon this important subject Vermont is
Justly celebrated Cor her wool. Why not
take the hint from Mr.. Skinner, and make
every laudable effort to raise the STANDARD
of excellence, in our own state, far above
that of any other state in the Union /
can be done and will be, if Vermont wool
growers are just to themselves and thei
hocks. X.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21
To Young Housekeepers.

Be satisfied to- commence on small
scale. 1t is too common for young house
keepers to begin where their mothers end
ed Boy all that is necessary to work skill
fully with, adorn your house with all that
will render il comfortable Do not look at
richer homes and covet their costly furni-
ture If secret dissatisfaction is ready TO
spring up, go a step farther and visit the
homes of the poor aud suffering; behold
dark, cherries apartments, insufficient
clothing, and absence Of all the comforts
and relnements of social life; then return
to your own with a cheerful spirit. You
will then be prepared to meet your hus-
band with grateful heart, and be ready to
appreciate the toll and selfdenia which he
has endured in his business world, TO sur
round you with the lights Of home then
You will be ready to cooperate cheerlully
with him in so arranging your expenses,
that his mind will not be constantly har-
raised with fears, lest family expenditures
may encroach upon public payments. BE
independent; a young housekeeper never
needed greater moral courage than she
now does TO resist the arrogance OF fashion.
Do not lei the A IS and BIS decide what
you must have, neither let them hold the
strings of your purse. You know what best
you can aud ought to afford then decide
with strict integrity, according to your
means. Let not the censure or the APP
proval of the world ever tempt you to buy
what you hardly think you can afford. 1t
matters littIe what people think, provided
you are true to yourselves and family.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21
PATENTS.
AMERICAN Il FOREIGN OFFICE.
AGENCY FOR BUSINESS
WITH TIE a. S.PATENT OFFICE.
wksttseroN,
No. ~ STATE street HoSton


1870 the subscriber appointed hytho ions
er of Patents Agent oil he a.. Patent Office 10 ac
oofdlnre with tie ION Section Of Act of lo3l.
Having icusu-hed tho A-cscy Cor lho transmission of
Models aud adopted more ex ncdous mode of sending
them fhc Patent Ofre uhfrtbu Patent mag BE- procured
Of sNpeuse-to prepare tnves, Specifications Assign
Inents, and ai te necessary fupes untstus. tor
tcn cad 40 enier advice gal and scieuuhc mstfefs
respecting the same Patents secured n Europe other
countries.
bS application at this of e inventors are saved the time
and expense Ola ouracY 20 Washington doay there as
well rs ull persouai trouble oliainng their p4tant.-
They also have The advantage OF rcbaHV explaining
inVtnonsi and of consulting 90 ruspcrtto thu
general 81 paramouHt Importance obtain correct
spfcraoHs and dams, The experience OF irtrH years
Pactue, an extensive collection of works decisions
Sc, mechanical subjects, the Patoni Laws and paic
of dhrrcut couhtcs, collected ut much expense dunns
The long time ibis office has been established, together ith
accounts hero Sept Inventions patented Wellington
curing paoas, assistance and information, which, other
respects might be difficult OF attainment
r. a. EDDY, solicitor of Patents.
Hastiastoa, judy a. ls49,-Duung the time occupied
the Office OF Commissonot of Patents, Il. II. EDDY, E-q,
of Bosen did business the Pateut Once Solicitor Tor
procuring Patents There were low n any persons acng
in mat capacity who much before the ia
tent ohcc and there nuhn who conducted 1t with
more skill fidelity aud success. regard Nh Eddy as one
OF tho best Informed aud sku Patent Solicitors tn
the United States and have hesitation u Hs-unna In.
vcutors that th'y cannot employ proon Competent
and rustwurthy aud moro capable OF putting nppca-
secure for Them an eaIy apd ftv5rabe
confederation al The Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE,
l. Sc Commissioner OF Patents.
Boston, Scot. 3, 1859 a5Ivr
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

STRAwBERRIEs. The present is good
time to prune, clean and transplant straw
berry beds. No family that improves a
patch of earth, and would enjoy the Injuries
of well cultivated garden, should be with
out a strawberry plot. 1t is rich fruit,
easily cultivated and abundantly repays,
with compound interest, all the labor and
expense usually bestowed upon it, Among
the best we have ever cultivated is Hovey's
Seeding, drawing of which, kindly fur
nished us by the enterprislng publishers of
the N. f. Farmer, heads this article. Sue
cessfully TO cultivate them, the land should
be well MANFRED, deeply plowed and tho
roughly pulversed; and the plants should
be set twenty inches apart each way, so
as to easily admit the free use of the hoe,
as in row Of potatoes The plan is should
occasionally be thinDed, the soil stirred and
the weeds extermlnated. Thus give Ho-
vey's Seeding fair chance, and it will
reward your labors with an abundance Of
delicious fruit to please the pallet and adorn
the table. 1t has a winning way of making
people sociable and happy at the tea table.
ii any doubt the correctness of our remarks,
please bring us to the test of practical eX-
pertinent.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

DYsENTERY. This disease is easily
checked, when "time is taken by the fore
top" The best remedy we know of, is that
precious luxury, the long blackberry, fully
ripe, aud eaten with parched rice, burned
like coffee. Cook i, thoroughly by boiling
The two make good meal, digest easily
and work together" like twin brothers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

SWEET Conn. Farmers, generally, it is
presumed, are not aware of the value of this
species of maize, or corn, as food for horses
and cattle. The corn and the stalks are
very sweet, and therefore very nutrcious.
We have tried the experiment of raising it,
many years, for the table, and sowing IT
broadcast, as fodder, 70: horses, COWS aud
other cattle, much TO our satisfaction. We
first tried the stocks as feed for horses
using, first, common yellow corn stalks,
then stalks of sweet corn, run through q
straw cutter. The former the horses civil.
ly declined the latter, they eagerly ate,
pricking up their ears and paving with
their feet, as much as to say, "a little more,
if you please" On the oh of July last,
we sowed a half bushel of the seed of sweet
corn, upon about quarter of an acre, and
as Pat would say, hdrrO,oed it in with cult,
GATOR. On the llth of September, the an-
nversary of the battle of Pittsburgh and
the memorable victory of McDonough over
Commodore Downie, on Lake Champlain,
we harvested the ears of corn, more thar
half Of which were in prime order for thu
table, and cut the crop for fodder, at III,
rate of six tons to the acre, well cured 70
the barn. The stalks we're most of then
eight feet in height, and the ears as man
inches long, eight rows to the ear, with
large, round aud plump kernel, white a
milk, and nearly as sweet as sugar from TN
cane. Specimens of this corn may be seel
at our bookstore, and seed obtained Their
by those who want it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

Scot; and Jackson here placed together The two
military Nho have made The dccpo-t Impressions on
country the time Of Washington. They both
achieved bulan reputation in the Of 1872 and by
the baucs ct Chippewa, Magma New Orleans &c. gave
their cnuntfy reputation home and ahuad, nod though
die ns widely IN some chnfaciestics, they were very
similar n others The author has not only sketohed She
biography Of each bat has given faithful and graphic de-
scupon Of the brilliant hailes 10 which they were eueas
cd The buguphy ui Winfield scott which constitutes the
erente paft fhe volume, full and authentic, the mate
rails fufu having been derived from public documents and
from ohcor. who have served under Stot IL pre-
sens tn The render also panoramic view OF The hiin
campi en- # Mexico embracing the sormog and capiiui-
ton Vera Cruz ho Buts Of Corfo Gudn thulunusen.
Conrcras, Monn del kcy, thapuepcc, toimng OF MtN-
vnumphc En w., with description of ho scenery, PETE
sonnl incidents, The author hos uly sustained ihe
reputation acquitted 10y Napoleon and bis Maish DE-,
aud ohor woiks of which hundred Thousand vol
nmn. hllo lnnm .ul.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21
Cider, Hops, Lard or fellow
ThOs. B. D0Mner,s Eslale.

STATE OF NERnONT, L. Ptorato Count held al NJ nj
Washington h.itci pclcr in ana Zoe SAID district
iLAl.f tAphi administrator on the estate Of Thoma
IL u. hownefi late 90 aierhufy in said district de
ccuscdi ihtsHie makes application TO Tins Conu fu
40 extension OF the time heretofore above hm no pny h,
dehts due 90 sid estate and see h admustfaiiun ac
count uniil some future das
Nhofeupon H. ordered that said application be re-
red 10 session OF said Couu 10 ne holden 1t the Pruhat,
ohce ia said Montpelier, The 22 day at October Ie2
a Ten O'Clock, A. A. for hearing and decision and
oiduFed that notice al interested be- q en- Z, PUBLISHING
the substance of said apeloaton aud The ode thcreo
three weeks excessively, 10 the Vermont Waterman an,
state Journal, printed al Montpelier all he pfesiou. u
SAd time of hearing and DECISION that ihey may uppear an.
al said me and place, II they cause, object hefeio
ny the Couu,
Attest, LYMAN BRIGGS, Register.
tTua copy Of Record,
% Attest, LYMAN BRIGGS, Register.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

Judge Harris, Of the Third Judicial Dis
ulct of New York, has decided, after pa
uent and thorough investigation of the Man
or TITLES involved IN the legal controversies
between the Van Rensselaers and their ten
ants, that those titles we're not originally
valid, at least not to the extent of the claim,
but have generally become so by acqules-
ence aud peaceful possession
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21
National Portrait Gallery
DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS

l. NOW PUBLISHED ~ NUMBERS, at Twenty Five
tents rucHtu le completed 10 Forty Nuubots making
iugf handsome Volumes bound CO. Two.
r his worA VIII comprise upwards oi One Hundred and
AWeniy PORTRAITS, oithe Most Eminent Persons who have
occupied place The isrory OF the uned states. The
PORTRAITS Engraved on sleel, iron the host Approve
Aenesses aud each Porfait accompanied by sn Au-
heniic nod Chafactorisc Biugiuphcal Sketch Ia the
preparation 90 hese Memoirs. the abl,st writers the
ounl have been eusagcd whohHse always had
10 the Most Uudoubted Authnriiies The work Will be
Completed To- FORTY NUMBERS, aud Gulshed before the
fifst OF JulY l.s3 The Fist Numbers was issued he
ifst Of July, ls52he Second Number will appear on the
~ fsi of August and from fhlt number Viii be
ed ever weck. Each humber will Three Portraits
with their biographies.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

Truths, like roses, have thorns about
them.
WITTY sayings are as easy lost as the
ipears Of broken string but word of
kindness is seldom spoken in vain. 1t is a
seed which, even when dropped by chance,
springs up flower.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

Mulching and watering the raspberry
on light soils will usually double the
size of the fruit.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

IiINTs.-ro transplant evergreens,
one point attended 10 will result in sue
cess-ncglected, in falure-ths is, re-
moring plenty Of earth acith the roots
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21

Banking round young trees foot high
in autumn, is an inialIble remedy against
mice.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-10-21
A voltaic Battery in a Lemon.

Professor Bakoiiner is experimenting in
London on a new vegetable battery dIscoy-
cred by Surgeon lie Mott, OF Paris. The
battery consists of a single Lemon, which
contains within itself all he necessary quail
tiles, and will last I'LL the acid is exhausted
say eight or ten days Ii decomposes
water, acts powerfully on the magnetic nee
die, aud is capable of transmitting messages
by the submarine telegraph across the chan
nel-an uninterrupted distance of thirty
miles. A combined battery of four lemons
Is SAID to have very great power.
You may CLEAN knowledge by reading,
but you must separate the chat from the
wheat by thinking.
The face Of truth is not the less fair OF
all the counterfeit wizards that have been
put upon her.
Do good with what thou hast, or il will dc
thee no good.