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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-22
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Whs are indebted to the subscriber are
requested to call and Settle without delay.
X. l. FULLER
Mddlebury, Oct. 20, 1854.
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How to Make one Farm Equal to three.

G. II. Siswasi, Esa,, !" a rocont address
before the Ohio Agricultural Society, thus
speaks OIL this subject
Many farmers, who are destroying the
produciiveness Of their farms by shallow
work, as they fnd thai their crops are dim
inishing, they think only Of extending their
acres ny adding acres OF surface, as II they
supposed that their title Geeds only gave
them righ, TO six inches deep OF earih.-
II they will take those deeds, study their
meaning, and apply The lesson 10 their fields,
they will soon realize in three fold crops,
the fac, ,ha, the law has given them three
farms where they supposed they had only
one; in other words, that The snb'soll,
brought up and combined with the top soil,
aud enriched with The atmospheric iniuen-
ces, and those other elements which agri.
cultural science will teach them 10 apply
TO their ground, will increase three fold The
measure OF lis produciiveness. To show TO
what extent the fertility Ot the soil can be
increased, | refer TO statement IN the last
Paien, Office Report. In the year 1850,
there were nine competitors for the premi.
um corn crop Of Kentucky, each OF whom
was abou, l22 bushels per acre. Al that
time, the average crop Of whea, per acre in
the harves,s Of Great Britain, OF soil cul
,iva,ed for centuries, was about double that
produced on the virgin soil Of Ohio. Why
Is this, Simply because British farmers
are educated men, and apply work wisely.
They pay back to the earth what they bor-
row they endeavor, by every means in
their power, 10 enrich their ground, and in
turn il enriches them. II our farmers, in.
stead OF laboring TO double their acres,
would labor 10 double their crops, they
would find i, vast saving ol time aud la
Dor, and an increase Of profits.
Many of them never think OF digging
Ten inches into The soil, unless they have
dreamed abou, a crock Of gold hid in the
earth bu, il they would set abou, the
work Of digging in earnest, every man
would find his crock of gold without the
aid of dreams or divinaiion.
We have grea, advantage over British
farmers, in the fac, that nearly all our lar.
mers hold the land which they cultivate,
in fee simple, while in England they are
chiefly tenants, hiring the lands OF the no.
bili,y, paying enormous rents to the proprl-
tors, best Ie heavy taxes TO the government.
Taxes here are comparatively light, and
our farmers are their own Landlords. Hence
they have been able 10 pay three fold wa.
ges for labor to those in Europe, pay the
cost of transportation, aud ye, nndersell the
British farmers in their own markets.
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was placed therein. During the space Of
FIVE years the earth was carefully watcred
with rain water or pure water. The willow
grew and Aourished: and TO prevent The
earth being mixed with fresh earth, or dust
blown into it by winds. il was covered with
metal plate, perforated with great num-
Der OF holes, suitable for the free admission
nf pure mir only. After growing in the earth
for Eve years, the willow tree was removed,
and found To weigh one hundred and sixty.
nine pounds md abont three ounces. The
leaves which lell from the tree every autumn
were rot included in the weight. The earth
was then removed from The vessel. again
dried in the oven, and afterwards weighed;
II was discovered 10 have lost only about two
ounces OF its original weight. Thus one
hundred and sixly.iour pounds Of lignin or
woody fibre, bark, etc., were certainly pro-
duced from the air.-Erehange paper.
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Maxims for a Young Man.

Never be idle. your hands cannot be
usefully employed, attend 10 The cultivation
Of your mind.
Always speak the truth.
Keep good company or none.
Make few promises.
Live up To your engagements.
Have no very intimate friends.
Keep your own secrets, IL you have any.
When you speak 10 person, look him IN
the lace.
Good company and good conversation are
very sinews Of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Never li.,en 10 loose or idle conversation.
You had better be poisoned in your blood
than your principles.
Your character caInoi be essentially i'll
jured excep, BY your own acls.
II any one speaks evil OF you lei your
life be so virluous that none will believe
him.
Drink no intoxicating liquors.
Ever live, misiorlunes excepted, within
your income.
When you have retired 10 bed, think over
what you have done dunng The day.
Never speak lightly of religion.
Make no haste 10 be rich, il you would
prosper
Small and sleady'gains give competency
with tranquility o: mind.
Never play at any kind Of game.
Avoid temptation through fear that you
NAV not Withstand il.
Earn your money before you spend II.
Never run in debt, u;.less you see way
10 get oui again.
Never borrow il you caa possibly avoid
il.
BE jus, before you are generous.
Keep yourself Innocent, if you would DO
happy.
Save when you are young, 10 spend when
you are old. ..
Never think thai which you DO for relig-
ion Is time or money misspent.
Read some portion Of the Bible every
day Counseis Of Life.
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GRICULTURAL.
Iten "a. M.s B.Stsrl Mrenrx.
CHLoaoFoRMINa BEES

Ma EpIToR:-A the following expert.
meut which | recently tried may inietes,
some Of your readers, the account OF ], is
al your service.
fhave in my garden a hive Of bees,
which on Monday, the 2d day Of October.
weighed 1877 lbs. As the hive itself weigh.
ed but 81 lbs, its contents Of 20 lbs most.
ly honey, felt strongly inclined TO share
with my industrious little friends. who have
stored away so much more than they could
possibly uss themselves-l5 TO IS lbs. be.
ing the utmost they could consume during
the coming winter. did not wish TO de-
siroy them, and therefore Gas, about for
some means Of appropua,ing TO myself a
portion OF the stores BY way o. hive rent,
sc.
| had heard Of giving bees chloro,orm,
and had read De- Smiths method Of doing
so, published year or two since in the
" Edinburg Couranl." But I.had also read
Of an experiment in this country, tried on
that plan, which resulted in putting the
bees 90 soundly 10 sleep that they never
woke up again. To satisfy myself on this
point, however, before subjsciing the
whole swarm 10 so unpleasant, predica-
msni, tried an experiment on a small
scale. exposing some half dozen bees 10
the vapor ot chlorotorm under an inverted
tumo'sr. In about half minute they fell
upon the table thoroughly disabled, though
by no means immovable. They slowly re.
covered from the effects, and In about an
hour flew back 10 the hive. From the re.
sol, Of this experiment, was encouraged
TO hope that the one contemplated would
be equally successful.
I accordingly tried il and proceeded as
follows Having provided n box Of the
same dimensions as the hive, and abou,
eight inches deep. bored inch hole
through The bottom Of il, aud placed il on
board In front Of the hive, and leadingio
The platform on which the hive stood. /
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then transferred the hive TO The box, and to
make il as iigh, as possible, pasted paper
around the joint. then poured about quar-.
Ter OF an ounce OF chloroiom upon a small
piece Of cotton cloth, and put il quickly up
through the hole in tho bottom Of the box,
and under the dish.cover, the box being
raised up an inch or two 10 enable me 10
get at the hole. In abou, fifteen minutes /
removed the hive from The box, turned II
down upon its front side, removed glass
window from The back, which gave me ac-
cess TO the upper part OF the hive. / then
with carving knife and fork, cut out some
is or 20 lbs. Of honey from the upper por-
tions Of the comb, leaving the lower pcr.
lions, which contained less honey and more
bee brace. and therefore less desirable TO
me, bat more so to the young bees OF the
next season, still supported by the resls
running through The hive. Having thus
helped myself TO the choicest OF The honey,
| replaced the glass and Sc, the hive in lis
place. Some few Of The bees which had
been the least affected b. the chloroIorm.
began in about half oil hour ~ nv; the
resi gradually awoke and made their way
back 10 the hive in the course Of the day.
The whole day in fact being required for
their general return. A few perished in
the operation, perhaps half a Tea cup full,
or four or FIVE hundred or these not less
than one quarter were drone,, on which the
chloroform seemed 10 have a peculiarly IA
il effect. As the bees returned to the
hive, they gathered up all tn, loose honey
that had dripped down from The broken
comb, and by noon Of the following day
had thoroughly repaired all damages, and
refas,ened the comb to the glass. On the
whole, the experiment, proved quite salts
factory.
The above is a, your service, Messrs. Ed.
itors, il you deem it worth publishing in
your paper. w. L. M.
Ma,iapoise,t, Oct. 4th, 1854.
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SOUTHERN Favor. Col. Fuller. Of the y.

SOUTHERN FAVOR. Col. Faller. Of the y.
York Mirror, gives his views OF the worth
of the above named commodity, rs follows'
"The November number Of '' PurSAx"
comes promptly to hand /; and we arc happy
to learn from its worthy conductor and pro-
prietor, q. p. Putnam, Esq, that not With
standing the hue and cry raised against this
N Iasazine ut the South, ho prints larger
edition this month. Alter having ccnsurcd
in the strongest terms tho abolition tcnden-
cies of Putnam" We nre not at oil sur
prised or disappointed at the above men''on..
ed result. Tho Southenors. as q general
rule, ore NOT The most liberal patrons, eve.
Of those books and periodicals which most
brayely defend their own peculiar inst'su'
tion." OF this fact We have had abuudant
evidence in our experience OF the N. York
Mirror. We have for ten years defended
the rights of the sunny half Of our emied-
eracy from the onslaug ghts and irritatiurs of
Northern fanatacism and aboli'ionisln. And
The result has been this An unremitting
shower Of public and private praise from the
South, accompanied with m unrtm'n'ng
neglect to subscribe and pay for tho PaPei.
Scarcely mail reaches Us from tho South
In which the Mirror Is not highly compii'
mented for its >. manly defence OF Southern
rights" &c., &c. But tho bulk OF tlis sol.
id pudding " comes from the North. AID
60 Il will bo with '.Putnau's Magazine"
Southern agents may return their parcels,
and countermand their orders; Southern
subscribers may send on ther stoppcn;'
and Southern editors may denounca tho "in-
ccndary movement" but 30 fur as mere
circulation is concerned the North will make
good, two for one, the deciduousncss Of the
South and " Patnam 7" vii live and Hour
sh rs On evergreen. despiic the fiery blasts
IL is encounterins on The warm side Of Ms'
son & Dixon's line. t"
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The Suckers and Strikers Of New York
City.

The following alarming account Of the polit.
ical condition Of New York under the caucus
system, as at present administered, Is given
in the address Of the Committee for Munich.
pal Reform - u U
TnE PRIMARY ELECTIONS. The most aflic.
ting characteristic OF the day,is the almost ut.
ter neglect by our fellow ciIizens Of their po.
litical duties, and the consequent abandon.
ment OF them 70 these ouicasts and outlaws
Of whom We speak. II Is o melancholy and
frightfhl fact, which cannot bc & insayed,
that In the main, our highest and lowest o.
litical officers are named, and created, In
what are called " Primary Meetings," by
what are known rs " Primary elections. -
in which few bold men Of both parties, con-
triye to secure by violence or fra,d, the con.
troll of the nominations, and hence the cleo.
ton Of such men rs they desire. There can
scarcely be known to you fellow citizens, un.
less you have given your attention 10 the
subject, the moAstrous inqiuities of this Phi
mary Election system. Till within Two or
three years past these Primary Elections
were under the control Of Wings or Demo
Gratis, in their respective parties, but Il 10
now known, that there are organized bands
of unprincip ed and reckless men, who sell
out their services 10 aspirants for place, with
out any regard 10 party association. lfa
corrnpt Wing Alderman ofa-wnrd desires
u reelection. he bargains with corrup,
Democratic Alderman in nighboring Ward
to lend the Democrat his forces 70 carry O
Primary Election, and the Democrat In 70.
turn lends him his TO carry whig Primary
Election. Hence, Wings promiscuously vote
in Democratic Ballot Boxes, and Democrats
in whig Ballot Boxes--while tho honest whig
or Democrat desiring 10 vote may be thank
ful IL permitted to 20 through tho farce Of
voting at oil. Iflherc DO not enough fthese
parasites whe haze been living through the
year upon The City Treasury, to carry
these Primary Elections for this Wing, or
that Democratic Alderman, some organized
band Of unfortunate outcasts, or villains,
Is employed, who, though tho money may %
advanced by the Aldermen. arc yet; 10 .ac.'I
paid, in the end, out Of the City treasury,
10 Jobs, or contracts, or fiauds Of one cisss
or auother, such % we daily read OIL tns
nublio prcss. Ifthere be, 40 thofe oe' IN
somo of the more at itsntiye wards, good citi-
ran. devot;oe themselves 70 these elections,
and with enough OF power 10 voe down these
,"s.hs. ~ g. unon ihe City Treasury, then, by
.scu,;nc what are called the {" Inspectors Of
Election, !" the ballot boxes are 6lled before
Yotc Is giyen With any necessary amount Of
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n The proclamation OF The Governor
Of Kentucky has The rare meri, Of bfeviiy.
The whole off, is combined ia The fS'ow'
ing senience:-
al. Lazarus W. Powell, Governor OF The
Commonwealth or Kentucky DO sci apan
Thursday. the aosh Jay Of November 1854,
a. n dav Of Tbankssiy ytas, and request that
m. necoIe or Kentucky on iha, day Suspend
,hs;l or,inary pursuits, ia order that all
m.v a.v attend o., assemblages ior payer,
,banlssiyins and praise 10 Almighty God,
Sr The innumerable blessings lie has he-
slowed upon US as Psople, Stale, aid Ma.
tion.r .i-.f 49,
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A BIe LUNP or GoLp. We wefe last
week shown lump Of gold from California
which Is q little ahead OF any <hins wo
lave before s.sn. Tho lump was sent
homo by son Of Capt. Eaton Of Skowhe-
gan. Il appears 10 be one solid mass mel:
ted together; ia about the size and shape g
miiding sized red poiaioc, and from. mo
weight is valued ai upwards OF seven hnr.
dred dollars! The piese has been placed
in The Bank of Somerset Tor sale keeping,
where |, can be seen by all who dosife .
rare sighi.-Peoplt's Press.
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A VERMONT FARMER. Among the consplc-
uous men in the Vermont Leg'slature,is MIR.
B. G. Brigham, of Fairfield. The Rutnlad
Herald says that he owns and cul'ivates thir-
teen hundred acres OF land. He owns some
two hundred and twenty cows. twenty-five
horses. and dives FIVE yoke Of oxen. In his
dairy he makes butter only. The average
yield of butter from the milk of each COW is
one hundred and Fifty pounds. The COWS
are mostly of the native breed. Two huge
' dasher churns are set in motion BY two
=" horsepower" and the butteris worked
by The old fashioned paddle" His stock
Of animals consume about FIVE hundred tons
Of hay annually.
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Y Edmund Burke, in the Concord IN.
II. Reporter. says rather mysieiiously, Of
the Cilley duel -" Gen. Jones, Senator
from Iowa, we presume, has his opinion Of
the agency Of Gen. Pierce in that unforiu.
naie affair. A man who urges another into
a duel should no, desert him in such a per-
ilous moment"
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INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. Two hundred
pounds Of earth were dried in an oven, and
afterwards put into large earthern vessel !;
the vessel was then moistened with soft wa.
ter, and willow tree weighing Eve pounds,
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MARCUS WATSON. Pr,...r.
The Empire County argus., 1854-02-18
Corresl ondence of the Argus.
GARDEN VALLEY, Feb.

GARDEN VALLEY, Feb. TO- 1854.
Mr. EDIToR-Believing that the readers of your
paper may be interested if not benefited by brief
account of this place, and feeling anxions to con-
tribute something for their ediicaon and pleasure,
the following is offered for their careful perusal and
candid consideration
This place received its beautiful name from tho
p. NJ General, in 1858. 1t is really singular he
did not call it the Garden of Eden, it would have
been much more appropriate; but in his wisdom
he saw fit to do otherwise, and Herewith we must
be content 'But what's in name nothing,
perhaps Nevertheless, this place has achieved all
its notoriety since it received its beautiful cogno
men
One year ago it could boast of only two or three
shake shanties," no ladies, except now and then
o. Mahala" !" intransdu; no music save an old one
sringed fiddle and no Church House at ALL
Now it can beast of twelve or fourteen Hotels and
Stores at all Of which. except one. is kept the obe
joyful and also goodly number of ladies, and
some tenales-a Band of Music that would do credit
to a WcfSe rlaca, and shake shanty' well fitted
up for Church House" Temperance meetings
are held in the Church House, once in two weeks
which would exert a very saluary influence were it
not for the counteractng influence of the antitem-
perance meetings that are held nightly at ten or
twelve different places These meetings are well
attended, and the members diligent in business
-iervcnt in Spi'fts--serving their muster.
great sensation he's been produced in this place,
latcly, by some person OF persons unknown felonl-
ously taking one of the only two turkeys of one of
our best citizens. Every effort has been made by
the citizens to ferret out the Turkish thief, but
without success as yet, consequently the following
reward is offered for the apprehension of the fowl
robhcr
500 Reward ,-Whcrcas, on the night of the Sth
inst, turkey stolen from Mrs. Cody therefore
the citizens OF Garden Valley have, ly subscription,
pledged themselves to pay the sum OF one hundred
dol0rs for the apprehension of the thief They also
solicit the people generally, to use all honorable
means and cndeayor to apprchend the thief
The missing turkey, blankets provision, and other
articles is. no doubt, attributable to hard times.
pleasant weather and human depra,ity. However,
1t is generally believed that human dcpruvity is
alone accountable for the turkey--hence the object
in Offering this for publication is, that by so doing
his whereabouts may he discovered, justice meted
out to the turkey assassin, yourself receive the re-
ward, and the heart fclt thanks of
FORTY CITIZENS.
The Empire County argus., 1854-02-18
THE SENATORIAL QUESTION

To give the opposers of the Senatorial election
this winter, the benefit of their forlorn hope, we
copy the following
OFFICE OF THE SEc'Y THE SENATE. U. s..
WASHINGTON, 18th Nov, 1853
Sir: In answer to your inquiry, have the honor to
state that upon the examination of the records Of the senate
and other Of Information within my reach for
the last twenytree years. is found that, in every
stance where before the expiration Of senatorial term
senator has been elected for the ensuing term he has been
elected at the session of the Legislature preceding
the commencement of such terms
The uninterrupted uniformity of this practice for so long
series of years and throughout all the in the Unon
seems to render unnecessary to carry the examination
further back especially reason to doubt that the
result would be the same.
In this examination have been aided by reference to
the American Almanac in regard the time of meeting of
some OF the state legislatures the admitted accuracy of
that work ustiyng such reference But that publication
was not commenced until the year $780, the like Informal
on IN regard to previous years must be sought in various
soureesnany of them difficult of access and would require
very considerable time.
have the honor to be. sir
Your obedient servant
ASBURY DICKENS,
Saprntn oft tba
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telegraphic dispatch to the Sacramento Union,
dated Auburn, Feb. 18th, says: At one o'clock this
afternoon, Judge Howell pronounced sentence of
death upon Scott, found guilty Of the murder of
King On Monday last, and fixed Friday the 3lst
day of March, the day on which the sentence is
to be carried into effect. When the Judge pro-
nounced the sentence, every one in the Court room
seemed to be more affected than the prisoner
The Empire County argus., 1854-02-18

Mr.. Sumner, Of Mass, submitted the following
resolution in the U. s. Senate, which was consider
ed, and, by unanimous consent, agreed to:
Resolved That the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads be directed to consider the exped-
ency of providing for the convenience and security
of remttances abroad in small sums by authorizing
orders and drafts by our post Office foreign post
Offices with which it is in correspondence, constiu
ting an international system Of post Office orders.
The Empire County argus., 1854-02-18

"Aready has large portion Of the press of the
interior has been subsidized-purchased we may
Say-to manufacture false expressions Of popular
opinion."-1mes md 1tcascrpt Of Feb. l3.
Did not the Collector of Customs furnish $4,000
towards purchasing the Times & Transcript from its
former proprietors And is not the San Joaquin
Republican under pecuniary obligation to the same
source! Straws are sometimes significant
The Empire County argus., 1854-02-18
Books assd Stationery.

FUST received from San Francisco aud being opened
eS n the building adjoining Adams " Co.'S Express
Office the most fall and complete assortment OF articles in
those lines of business offered 10 the literary public in
Cooma aad vicinity consisting in part of standard iisto
rics, Biographies Of leading minds, Scientific and Pho
sophica Trentisc Miscellaneous and Novels In the sta
tionery department the articles too
tio, but ai be shown with the greatest pleasure and
sold at the lowest prices by
D. G. WALDRON & co.
Main street, Colems-