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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

Discorcryo Of q singular hale IN Tlrgin-
i'll COLL ami q Skeleton "A few days
ago, while some men were engaged in bias
ting out limestone, short distance below
Richmond, Va, they came across what
seemed to be cave, with an entrance
some six or eight feet in height, and up
wards Of one hundred feet long, with two
apartments. In the first they found some
earthenware and a large stone cross on
the cross there was some carving, but it
was so much defaced by the hand of time
that It was scarcely discernible. Some
citizens, with lanterns, then proceeded to
the cave On entering the second apart
ment they were surprised to find skele-
ton seated on a huge iron chest, with its
back resting against the wall. On open
ing this chest they found it to contain
gold coin. perfectly smooth on one side
and a cross with some characters on the
other The gold in the chest, by weight,
is worth seven hundred and eighty three
dollars The coin is one which the dis
coyerers had never seen before.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11
GEORGE VI. COBR,

* ENERAL DEALER IN Family Groceries & Provis-
&H Nails. GIass, Wooden v are, sc ~ stand
opposite the County buildings, high Street, Mineral
Point
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TAvERN ANn EERRY.

%MIiT bhFGGNIOWN- " t.
%Suu JAMES LAWS would respectfully Say % the
- travelling public that he has al SrlggStown
en ne Wisconsin River, excellent Ferry which -
safe crossing place all stages Of ster He also Keeps
PUBLIC HOUSE, where travellers can be sccommoda-
80 on reasonable terms. Call snd see him.
~ II URER of all kinds, for sale Al all times at
River T35N7 D. 4.
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y. STATES s. HOTEL,
MAIDS 0N, sssT6 Wis SCONsIN
BY JOHN p. TRANEL

% JOIIN + ~ VI = d
THIS weIl-snown house has been leased for q term
L OF Years by the undersigned, and 'roUbie
will be spared in rendering U WORTHY cr the
utaton has heretfpre sustained a1iOus barn
and stable is % re added he aquiel
and comfortable resting place Viii be furnished 70 all
ShO may call. ,. =. 1HAMh4l4-
Madison, January 1852. lSd
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11
Statistics of Wisconsin.

The following Statistics of our State are
taken from an abstract of the census re
Gently taken -
In Agricultural productions, Wiscon.
sin has 1000, $50 acres of improved lands
Value of farming implements and machin-
cry 5I,70L047. Value Of live stock. 81,
594,7I7. No. Of bushels of wheat, A. 292
2O8 Corn, 1888, ,378. Wool, 243. .065
lbs Butter, 663.8l6 lbs. Cheese, 44O.-
96I lbs. Hay,296 927 tons. Hemp, lOO
tons. Flax seed, 834 bushels. Maple su-
gar, 66l, 1863 lbs. Value of home made
manufactures S57, 500 There are no cot.
ton manufactures in the State. OF VOL
en- Goods, there are 9 establishments, with
a capital of SO ,225, using l34,2O0 lbs
of wool. valued at Sl32,630, employing
p hands at ali average of SPAS per
month. Products valued at S87, ,992 -
Yards Of cloth manufactured $4,000 and
1850 lbs of yarn
In making pig iron there is one estab-
lshment with a capital of $4,000, using
5000 tons of ore. 10000 bushels of char.
coal valued at $8,25O, employing 90 hands
at an average Of $50 per month. Max
ing 1000 tons Of pig iron, valued at SZ7,-
600. In iron castings there are Is estab.
Hshments with a capital of 8lI6,350, Us.
ing 1871 tons Of pig iron, 585 tons min
eral coal, 2700 bushels coke and charcoal
valued at SS6.930, employing 22S hands
at an average of S26,73 per month. max.
ing 1912 tons of castings The entire
value of all products S2l6I9 In man
ufacturiuU WrOupht iron thOre Is no caui.
tai invested in this State
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

No /, IN Bbs and Kits. Il
order. Just received ar
May p ST. 4 " COBB'S
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

To village subscribers, :: So 90
To office and mail subscribers, l so
For a less time than one year, in the saroe
proportion.
u Payment to be made in .4drance.
Single copies five cents.
II Produce of all kinds, received on sub
scrlption at the market prices.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

1T Is said that the Nutmeg is indigen.
Gus to California, and bears the perfect
nut -
There is one kind that is indigenous to
Connecticut, those that are made at the
6ass-zr0od ham fc1cf0r5cs. There are many
curiosities produced in Conn. besides live
Yankees.
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FIRE AND MARINE
~ NssA- - - ~ - q ~ 9

~ ne undersigned Agent Tor me
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HARTFORD, CoNEt
Folieles issued upon The noat fsvorsble terms by
FEB. /, 1859 lows county.
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MA SONIC


COLD WATER UNION. No, 7 - ReguIer Meetings,
at ihe Temperance Hall, the First and Third
DAYS OF each Month, al O'Clock, 2. n.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

~ ESERAT. DEALER in Merchandise of All kinds
Mineral Point
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

We give the following letter as it came
to our bands, without expressing any opin-
ion as to the truth or fiction OF its state
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11
TElEnDnRE RMnn
L.. q. WHEELER 81

~ FANERAL DEALER in Drugs, Medicines Paints,
0E oils, &c, sc, High Street Mineral Point, = Is.
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Business Directory,
p. ". TROM8S,

GJ-Cards inserted BY the year at 81 per line.
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FRASKIIN HOTNE,

ms BY J. observation-disclosures, WIS.
lJkf1 No eKertions will be spared TO ensure the
a@a comfort Of Travellers and others who msy give
n call. Sept. 10. 1851 nf6G
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

This Is pu: in merely TO 6ll the column.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-03-11

StiCN OF THE TEA KETTLE, High Street. Miners
- Point dealers in al kinds Of stoves, Tin, Copper
Sheet Iron ware, sc.
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- p. ETEGBTE. Dcntfs9.
CuAHr.Es CoTrEtsELT.

The only good and cheap HOUSE, SIGN and
ORNAMENTAL. PAINTER.
Wagons, BuzEiss and Seighs. Banners, Begalias and
rTnnspE tencies, Painted with and despatch.
Paper hsnsjng, white washing aud Walstaiutu, done
Jss style COuutry orders pURctTafiy attended
-. Residence one door north OF the Franklin Rouse,
Mineral Point, VIE. lily
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u. ID. PEEF0.l

GEO. D. NEIESEss, "a. b,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. OETICE-Two doors west
Il Of the Post Once, Mineral Point Wis
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

MACHINERY. We were never NOR,
fully impressed with the spirit of ,hisagt
of iron and of fire, than in looking
through Mr. Mc'Cormicks extensive Rea.
per Factory yesterday afternoon
Everywhere, up stairs and down stairs
entetigcnt machines were doing the
work once done by thinking and toiing
men. In one place, chuckle- headed
affair, looking like an elephants fronts
piece, was quietly biting bars of cold iron
in two, as ifthey had been so many oaten
straws. In another place, fierce, little
thing with spindle-shaped weapon,-
sort of mechanical Devils Darning
Needle, was boring square holes
through solid wooden wheels, three in
ches or more in thickness. Away there,
in corner, a devise, about as large and
noisy as humming bird, was amusing
itself in cutting out pieces of steel from
solid plates, as easily as children pune
turc paper patterns with a pin.
All 10y itself in another place, was a
machine that whistled like boatswain,
and rough boards came forth, planed,
grooved, finished, ready for place in the
"Reaper."
Everywhere, these queer machines
were busy, doing all sorts of things, IN all
sorts of ways-boring and planning, and
growing and morticing turning and
bending, and sharpening and saving
Down stairs, in a room 10y ITSELF as if
II would he alone, we found the grand
mover of all these machines.
In corner, some distance from the
Genius we write of, a fire was burning,
perhaps TO keep it "just comfortable"
and perhaps not. 1t was very busy
was the thing, moving an ar of polished
steel, backward and forward over frame
equally polished and glluering as one
in thought, sitting by table, passes his
fingers 10 and fro, along the smooth sur
face of the mahogany.
We said it was busy, and SO it caS !;
busy doing nothing. 1t went nowhere;
it hammered nothing, planned nothing,
ground nothing; but just passed its pom
derous arm backward and forward. 1t
neither ate nor spoke, but there from
"early morTto dewy eve," il timed the
toll going on, everywhere around and
above it.
There were indeed, few men, made
of flesh, sixty or so, here and there, about
the establishment, some of them paint
ing, but most furnishing, rather than
doing the work.
That thing with the iron arm works
the wonder. twill work more.-N. Y.
Paper
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10
Poultry Keeping.

EDS. CuLTivAroR-Having heard
complaints that sundry persons, who had
been induced to keep barn-yard fowls in
large numbers, expecting TO find it very
profitable, from accounts published in
agricultural papers, have been greatly
disappointed in the result of their trials.
as their fowls have cost them far more
for their keeping than their eggs have
sold for--l send for the information of
such persons, TO revive their hopes, and
for the encouragement of others, to make
trials of means which have been found
so successful in cases where the trials
has been faithfully made, the following
account.
A man in my neighborhood has kept
through the winter, twenty-five hens
Between the LIST Of December, 1856 and
the LIST of March, 1852, he has sold from
what they have laid. fifty dozen of eggs,
besides using in his own family several
dozen. AS the winter has been cold
one, and the ground covered with snow
most OF his neighbors who keep fowls,
complain that they have no eggs. lie
informs me, (and he is a man who may
be relied on with perfect confidence
that he has for several years managed
and kept his fowls in the following man
ner. A warm hen-house where they
can come to the ground daiy-poles of
Sasafras for them 10 roost on, which
drives away the lice--a mixture of food,
as corn, oats, and broom-corn seed, or
cob-meal scalded, and IN very cold wa
ter, little black pepper put into it. A
little before they go to roost, give them
as much corn as they will eat give them
daily some pounded bones, or pounded
oyster shells; he considers bones the
best and if they omit laying for few
days, he boils oats and put into The mess
a couple of red pepers, chopped fine,
and the mess given warm. He says
they will generally commence laying very
soon after being fed in this manner. A
regular supply of water is needful. He
gives them fresh meat occasionally, when
he can procure il without much expense.
In his operations he is man OF econo-
my, and has found it best to dispose of
most of his fowls in the spring for the
table, when they are ALWAYS fat, and
poultry high, and eggs cheap. He has
found the half blood China fowls to be
the most constant layers. JEssr CmAL-
TON. East Windsor Hin, CT. March
2, 1s52.-Aibany Cuitisator.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

Of his manure, which we cannot but re-
gard as eminently economical Of its fer
ializing qualities, and worthy of general
adoption except in the depth Of winter,
when it may be delayed. To prevent
dissipation by evaporating and washing,
he draws it away as fast as it is thrown
from the stable, piles il up on some con-
venient place on the farm, first placing
layer of the fresh manure, to depth
Of 8 or 10 inches, then layer Of com
mon soil about four inches thick, which
presses the course down TO about the
same thickness, then another layer of
manure, which in like manner is fol
lowed by another layer Of earth, and so
on till the pile is completed. In this
way the volatile portions are preserved,
and he asserts the manure is of double
value to what it would have been by ly-
ing in the yard.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

Chatsworth, is said to excel in magnih-
cence any other IN the kingdom. The
income of the Duke is one million oil
dollars a year, and he is said to spend i,
ALL In the grounds about the house arc
kept four hundred head Of cattle, and
fourteen hundred deer. The kitchen
garden contains IL acres, and filed with
almost every species OF fruit and veget-
ables. A vast dboretuBt, connected win
the establishment, is designed to contain
a sample Of every tree that grows
There is also a glass conservatory, three
hundred and eighty feet IN length,
one hundred and twelve in breadth,
sixty-seven in height, covered by seven
ty-six thousand square feet of glass,
and warmed by Z miles of pipe convey
ing hot water. One plant was obtained
from India by a special messenger, and
is valued at ten thousand dollars. One
of the fountains near the house plays two
hundred and seventy-six feet high--said
TO be the highest jet in the world
Chatsworth contains thirty five hundred
acres but the Duke owns ninety-six
thousand acres in Derbyshire. Within,
the entire is one vast scene of paintings
sculpture, mosaic work, carved wainscot
ing, and all the elegances and luxurie-
within the reach of almost boundless
wealth and highly refined taste"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

WoMAN.-When a man of sense
comes to marry, it is companion whom
he wants, not an artist. Ii is not merely
a creature who can paint and play, sing
and dance; IT is being who can com
fort and counsel him; one who can assist
him in his affairs; one who can reflect,
and feel and Judge, and discourse, and
discriminate, tighten his sorrows, purify
his Joys, strengthen his principles, and
educate his children. Such is the wo-
man who is fit for mother, and the
mistress of family.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10
knowledge in Agriculture.

In no departments Bacons celebrated
maxim, knowledge is power" wortl
more than in agriculture. Hence, M
farmer can be accounted sklful in hi
profession, who does not avail himself o
the information TO be derived from tn,
experience of others, and who does no,
improve his knowledge of husbandry, by
the perusal of the ablest works which
have been written on that subject. Ii
is absurd TO imagine, that the communI-
cation acknowledge which has promoted
the advancement of every other art,
should be of no use in agriculture. En-
deavor to raise good grain, for il will
always sell even in years Of plenty
whereas il is only in dear and scarce sea-
sons, that there is demand for grain of
On inferior quality. Let your stock of
cattle, horses, &C., be of the best sorts,
and more remarkable for real utility than
for beauty or fashion. Be not above
your profession, and always consider it
the first that any man can follow -
Admit no guest into your house, who
cannot live upon the productions of his
own country. No farmer ought to I'M
dertake TO cultivate more land than he
can manage 10 advantage. It's better
TO till twenty acres well, than one humid
in a slovsnly manner. A mans owning
large farm is no excuse for imperfect
tillage. What he cannot improve, he
need not undertake TO cultivate. A large
farm without skill, capital, and industry
is plague to its owner. Ii is like what
is said of self-righteousness, the more
you have Of il, the worse you are off.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10
English Luxury.

Few persons are aware of the wealth
and splendor that surround many of the
English mobiles in their princely resi-
dences. The following are spe clmens -
THE EARL or SPENCER.
"The Earl of spencer's homestead,
about sixty miles from London, COM
prises ten thousand acres, tastcfully dl-
vided into parks, meadows, pastures,
woods, and gardens. His library, called
the fines, private library in the world,
contains fifty thousand volumes. Ex-
tensve and elegant stables, and green
houses, conservatives, dairy house,
game-keeper's-house, dog kennels, por-
ters-lodge, and farm-houses without
number go 10 complete the establish
ment. Hundreds of sheep and cattle
Craze in the parks about the house."
THE DUKE OF RICHMOND.
"The Duke Of Richmond's home
farm, at Greenwood sixty miles from
London, consists OF twentv-,hree thous-
and acres, OF over ihirty-hye square
miles. And this is in crowded England,
which has population of sixteen mill
ions, and an area of fifty thousand square
miles, orJust thlrty-two millions Of acres
giving, were the land divided, but two
acres TO each lDhabitant The residence
Of the Duke is perfect palace. One
extensive hall is covered with yellow silk
and pictures in the riches, and most
costly tapestry. The dishes and plates
upon the table are all of porcelain, sill
Yer, and gold. Twenty five race-horse.
stand in the stable, each being assigned
to the care OF special groom. A groiie
near the house, the ladies spent six years
in adorning. An aviary is supplied with
almost every variety Of rare and elegant
birds. Large herds Of cattle, sheep, and
deer, are spread over the immense
lawns"
THE DUKE OF DEvoNsHIRE.
"The Duke Of Deyonshire's place, a,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

During the week ending May 8. 1852
Mr.. c. X. Soule, of Fairfield, in this
State, obtained a patent for Hay Rakes.
They are so constructed as to give the
spring tooth revolving motion, the cen
ire of revolution being nearer the lower
end of the teeth than when they revolve
on the head around which the teeth are
cooled. By having second head or
coil, they revolye much quicker and with
less labor as the two parts of teeth are
nearly balanced, so that the centre of
gravity, as well as motion is preserved.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

MAN. have great faith in man, i
you can only break through the QUITE
crust, and get down in to the well-spring
which lie deep in his soul. Even The
hardes, and fercest are not wholly de
PRAYED, There is good in them, if you
only dig deep enough. Through some
electric chord, we shall find them in
communication with our common hui
mainly. Underneath all their harshness
and CRIME even, there are slumbering
elements of better nature love, and
memories of the earlier time hopes and
yearnings aud efforts towards something
better and truer, which stream in at
times upon the awful solitude that sur
rounds them-at long intervals, it may
be, and seen and known of God only.
But they come to all-even the most a.
bandoned and hopeless. They come
like those occasionally flashes of light
ming, which suddenly burst into the
abyss of night, and for moment reveal
to us the fields, the woods, the streams.
hill and valley and dwelling aud then,
as suddenly extinguished, leave all invis-
ible as before. But, quick as was the
passage of the light, we had time to see
that they were all in the places where
we saw them last, before the night came
on ; and we feel conf lent we shall find
them there still when the night is gone,
and the sun comes up again.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

A CHALLENGE. | will put five ewes
and one ram, against the like number
OF full or pure blooded French sheep,
now owned by AM one man in the Uni
ted States. Said sheep to be shorn be-
tween the first and tenth days OF June
next, and placed iii the care of some
dlsinteresled and responsible person, and
he kept by him one full year, and then
be shorn, at least seven days after hav.
HAVING been well washed. The ewes to
10 run In pasture together in summer,
and to have no other feed but grass, and
the bucks to be treated in the same man.
ner. Said sheep 10 be fed in the winter
as the parties may agree and an ac-
count TO be kept as 10 quaniiiy-the
quality 10 be the same. said sheep TO
be exhibited at the Vermont State, and
Addison County Fairs the ensuing sea-
son TO be free from any external appli-
cation of oil, paint, or any other sub
stance.
Ewes not to be over two years old this
spring, and not to breed during trial
The deciding point TO be quantity oil
wool or fleece, compared with weight OF
carcass, and food consumed in winter.
Now challenge competitor 10 the a.
bove proposition, for sweepstakes OF
one hundred dollars-challenge to re-
main open until the first day of June
next.
GERMAN CIT'TrINC
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

annual interest Thus situated, | COM
menced the liquidation Of the debt, and
the farm was SO productive that in few
years all membranes were paid, which
verifes the assertion that an improved
system of management, according to the
best practical and scientific rules, as sci
forth in agricultural works, is the suresl
guide TO success
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10
A VILLAGE FARM
For SALE.

JrOR sale adjoining the Village Plat Of waupun one Of
tie splendid fatms In the whole Western country
containing hundred said fam n capable Of pro
ducng Thousand bushels Of gfau and Of
ing and winter $50 head N horses aud cattle The
Village of Wuurun contains about 500 inhAhtants
large Hotels aud nine There railroad huild
ing wIhin about mile OF said farm, which will
with Boston YORK The Prison Is butt here
as portion Of New England. said latin is situated
that " can be equally well managed IN farm number
Of smaller Perhaps il would be much to
that 50 fine farm with sueh splendid location, having ell
the advantages Of geniee socefy vers eldom offered for
sale Term. liberal. For particulars please inquire by
mail OF otherwise.
FARNUM A SUMNER.
waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin,
Anril, 18th. 1854
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

Measures have been taken To secure a
patent for an improvement in buttons,
which consist in surrounding the shank
OF button with an elastic ring of India
rubber, which prevents it from being
worn, secures the thread against chatting,
and serves to protect the button holes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10
FlTCIlBUkG RAILROAD
rsz-gsy7 Trains will leave Boston as
fnllOrrs.

For Ftchhure ESQ q l-2 Espresso II A. NJ. "a T.
For Concord o so and u A. 3.45 and 80 p NJ.
For Wahan, $50, $40, 10 and II A. NJ. "a, 234
4 3-4 aud g 4 =. NJ.
For waenown rs, and SIS, a. NJ, 70 NJ, e.2O 1t,
and Ia 2 NJ.
For Lexington at - a. NJ, 81 . and lap
DOWN TRAINS WILL. LEAVE FOR BOSTON
From Fitchburg AT $50 A. NJ u NJ, (4.2O EApress aud
4.40 +. N.
From Concord anil A. NJ, los 5.I4, and $50 ? NJ
From Waithamat 7.25, s55, 1926 and II AN, as a,
) ID and 90 2. NJ.
From watertown 10, and II A. NJ. 100, $50 and
6 NJ.
From Licking Ct $50 and 10 A. NJ, and 80 P N.
For further particulars Pathfinder Railway Guide
5. NJ. FELTON,, Superintendent.
Boston, Nov. 8, 1s49. SO
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GERMAN CUTTING.

SAVING MASuRE.-The Michigan
Farmer gives the practice of Scotch
Farmer, in the saving and management