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Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-10-03
SCHOOL NOTICE.

~ regn'nr meeting Of the Board of School Exam
ine-s he town of !ron.on. held at the new Schoo
;sich al pii ,nts for situations a. te. eaers Ia tt
.ehoois sIe psqas,ed 70 bc present Tor examination
GHAs; INt IMNtNosSuRY, ! Ea.min.r..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

The following is an extract from " 4
Chlds History Of England " by Charles
Dickens, 1t relates to the horrible afro
cities committed by James II, and his
satellites, avowedly with the object of
sustaining religion and law L
The atrocities committed by the GOV.
crnment which followed this Monmouth
rebellion, form the blackest and most Ia.
mentab!e page in English history. The
poor peasants, having been dispersed
with great loss, ard their leader having
been taken. one would think that imrlac
able king m;ght have been satisfied
But no he let loose upon them. among
other intolerable monsters, Col. Kirk
who had served against the Muors. and
whose soldiers--called by the people
Kinks lambs, because they bore lamb
upon their flag as the emblem Of Chris.
tiauity-were worthy Of their leader
The atrocities committed by these de.
mons in human shape are far too hofri.
/ bic to be related here 1t 1t enough to
say, that besides most ruthlcssly murder.
/ ing and robbing them, and running them
by ruaking them buy their pardons at
the price of all they possessed, it was
one OF Kinks favorite amuscmonts. as he
and his officers sat drinking after dinner,
and toasting the king, to have patches of
prisoners hanged outside Of the windows
for the conpany's diversion and that
when their feet quivered in the convul-
sions of death, he used to swear that
they should have music to their dancing,
and would order the drums to beat and
the trumpets to play. The detestable
king informed him, as an acknowledge.
mcnt Of these services, that he was very
well satisfied with his proceedings" But
the kings great delight was in the pro-
ceedings Of 1elfrcys, now peer, who
went down into the west, with four 9th.
er judges, to try persons accused of hay
ing had any share in the rebellion The
people down in that part of the country
remember it to this hour as The Bloody
Assize
1t began at Winchester, where a poor
deaf old lady, Mrs Alicia Lislc, the
widow of one of the judges of Charles
the First (who had been murdered a
broad by some Royalist assissins,) was
charged with having given shelter in hcl
house to two fugitives from Sedgemoor
Three times the jury refused to find heI
guilty until Jeffreys bullied and fright.
encd them into that false verdict Wher
he had extoried it from them, he said
J Gentlemen. if ! had been one Of you
= and she had been my own raother,
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The Red River Raft.

The last Congress appropriated ono
hundred thou sand dollars for the purpose
of freeing Red River Of the immense
raft which has destroyed its usefulness
for the last fifty years. Proposals for
carrying out the Intentions Of Congress
are in course Of publication by the
Washington papers The Red River
Raft, says the y. Y Dutchman, is an
American institution IA Niagara of
white oak timber-such as the whole
world might be challenged for compar-
ison. How long the raft has existed no
one knows-protably for centuries. 1t
keeps up its continuity as the Glaciers.
What floats away in the summer is made
up again in the freshcts Of November
The raft is l02 miles long, the whole
made up of logs, trees and flood wood
in all imaginable shapes and conditions
There is timber in roots, timber in
branches, timber in its head, timber on
its sides, and on its khees-timber for
plank, for boards, Tor spars, for lirewood
and for shillalah fights; timber Of oak,
timber of cedar, timber of chestnut and
timber of locust The river is covered
with wood, filled in with wood, sided up
with aud damned up with wood, We have
already said that the raft is one hundred
miles long. 1t is also in places mile
wide, while its depth fuciuatcs from five
to fifteen feet.
People who have given the subject an
attentive examination, estimate that
thOro is fuel enough in the Red River
raft to keep the whole State of New
York in frewood for century For
twenty years Congress has boon endeav-
ormg TO remove this monstrous obstruc-
ton but with very little success =
Since 1880, dozen dredging machines
and a score Of tug boats, have only made
an advance Of some ten miles, From
what has been done, VIC have come to
the conclusion that very little will ever
be done The Red River Raft is fix
ture-a matter to be removed with as
much swearing and as many difficulties,
as the taking down ofour great cataract.
The appropriation made by Congress
will amount to nothing 1t would take
two millions of dollars TO make even n
demonstration on this the largest piece
Of otstinacy that the enterprise Of man
has yet met With, n.,. t-..t a
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22
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BY II. W. LoSGFELLow.

When winter winds are piercing chill,
And through the hawthorn blows the gale,
With solemn feet tread the hill,
That overbrows the lonely valo
Der the bare upland and away
Through the long reach of desert woods,
The embracing sunbeams chastcly play,
And gladden. these deep soltudcs.
Where, twisted round the barren oak,
The summer vines in beauty clung,
And summer winds tho stiffness broke,
The crystal icicle i, hung.
Where, from their frozen urns mute springs,
Pour out the rivers gradual tide,
Shrilly the skaters iron rings,
And voices ill the woodland side.
Alas how changed from the fair scene,
When bids sang out their mellow lay,
And winds were soft and woods were green,
And the song ceased not with the day.
But still wild music is abroad
Pale, desert woods within your crowd,
And gathering woods in hoarsc accord,
AmiG the vocal reeds pipe loud.
Chill air and wintry winds ! my ear
IIa. grown familiar with your song.
hear it in the opening year-
listen, and it cheers me long.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

L Provisions Of the Constitu-
ton" said Mrs Partington, with all
earnest air and tone for my part !
should be glad to see 'em. Heaven and
ak of US knows provisions is scarce
enough and dear enough: and if they can
turn the Constitution to so good use /
am glad Of it. Anything that will have
tenderness to cheaper tho necessities
Of lifc"-and here she laid her finger on
the cover of her box and looked earnest
ly at cracked sugar bowl in the buffet
in the corner, containing the onion seeds,
and bone buttons. and the scarlet beahs,
and the pieces Of twinc long gathered
from accumlativo paper tea bogs-"l am
agreeable to it, and if they turn the Con
stitution and all the ships Of war to car.
rying provisions, l am sure they will do
more good than they do now good
many of en- She here ran down like
an eight day clock, and she smiled as Ike
rushed in with his arms full of votes. and
his face full Of fun and molasses candy,
and asked her if he shouldn't give her a
" tig Wicket n--Boston P0S..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

E Never despiso n girl because
she is poor If her face is pretty, her
heart pure, her head well filled. her af-
fcctions fresh and she dresses passably
we'll, regard her as favorably as you
would Queen Victoria, or the wealthy
Miss GoldAower Iu fact we think bet
ter of poor girls than most others. They
are almost always sure to make you .
good wife, bread, aud something very im-
portant to do at home about the time
YOU feel like calling on the pretty Misses
Smith, Brown or Baldwins. Poor girls
aud rich comforts, like country meeting
houses and bad singing, so togethor.--
transcript.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

I believe that unwarrantcd and mon
strous errors are proragatcd. by differ
cnt writers, on the subject of food and
drink. Each man has whlm or hobby
50 that it has at length come to The
point that if man will live BEAUTIFULLY
to great age. say IL hundred years, he
must eat nothing but grapes and drink
nothing but rain water. The gentleman
who advocates the grape diet contends
that wheat bread ought not to be eaten
that il has too much earth in it. aud
tends to stiiIen mans joints and mus
elcs half century sooner than ii he
subsstcd on grapes.
There are certain districts in the t.
nited States where new notions Of every
description flourish with rmazing vigor
as far as the number Of converts are con
cerncd among these mere notions arc
the injurious effects Of Tea and coffee as
daily drink
think that it is dcmonstrablo that a
single cup Of weak tea or coffee at a
meal, especially i'll cold weather. and
most especially in persons of a weekly
habit or constitution, is far more health
full than glass of cold water.
Tea and coffee dCubtlcss do iijure
some people-that is, some persons may
not be able to drink them without its be
ing followed by some discomfort So
will even water, if used too freely; und
| think it will be found that, in nearly
every such case Of uncomfortablcneSs af-
ter cul E tea or coffee. this condition
Of things has been brought about by the
too free use Of these articles, or that the
tone Of the stomach has been impaired
by improper cating.-HaHs Jo@malot
Health.
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Agrirmltmrr.

For the Register.
Onions.

Mn. BARRETT,
Sir: In your last paper, NJ. j.
has given us his experience on raising
onions. lie has made only one expert
ment for one year only. He tells you,
that the following were his results, He
planted the top onion, ind the expert
ment failed. In reply, I am ready to
say, over my own real name, that l have
planted the top onion for more than
twenty years in succession, and have not
failed once, in getting good and profitable
crop of onions from the top onion seed.
Some years, now and then one, the on
ion would turn out to be maggoty, but
nothing worth noticing lie says his
were " strong" But mine nerer were
They are full as sweet, and some think
sweetcr than other varieties
Besides, l haze applications for my
seed from many, who say, | used to raise
them and had good success. But since
7 have lost the seed, have tried to raise
them from the old black seed, but have
failed in consequence of the maggot.-
Besides those who have had seed of me
before come for more. And every year
when ] am all out, 1 have many applica.
tions for seed. And as to unreasonable
prices which NJ. j." spoke of, we have
just been testing the dish which we have
generally measured them with, and find
it holds full quart, According to that
then, We have sold the seed for nine
pence per quart We have given away
many, and have sometimes swapped then
for other garden seeds.
l think it an honest. if not an honor
able business to raise garden seeds t.
sell. Ii helps a man to a little pocke
money, aud at the same time does good
Besides, / rather think IN. J.n think
SO too for notice in his article Of
@Melons," just below, he tries to drav
attention TO some very choice seed
which he will sell for the very reasonabl
price of three cents for some Of the seed
hold myself responsible for the above
What farmers and gardeners want i
truth And l am glad to see a neighbo
endeavoring to benefit the agriculture
interest 6. MoRcAN.
'"' P. s. If NJ. j." will try his blacI
seed onions neIt spring, l will try m
top onions. And then, if he will publis
results, will do the same. In tha
way, which, ! Thinks fair, we will settle
And if he wins, l will buy "some" Of hi
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22
Eugene Sue.

"For making virtue odious," says the
Leadcr, commend us to Eugene Sue
When he is reyelliug in congenial brutal
ities and infamies. there is Il certain lurld
power about the man which ensures sue
cess with novel readers, who read even
while they DISLIKE him but when he
tries to lo moral, when he would depict
human goodness, there is such an un-
wholesome canting, maudlin tone about
his writing. that patience is impossible.
We have 10 great regard for Eugene
Sue at any time; but when he is virtu-
Gus, We positively detcst him. 1t was
for some time his dodge to be democrat
c and social. Lattor,y he has taken to
virtue. We believe in the one about Is
much as the other. Those who believe
in and applaud him may read Fcrnand
Duplessis or, Memoirs dun Mari the
second aud third parts Of which are just
out. We have tried. and failed The
mixture of Cynicism and Moud,in was
too much for US
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22
JUSTUs COBB, Publisher,
BY whom all kinds of Book and JOB Print
ing will be done on favorable terms.
Law Of NeWspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express no.
ice to the contrary, are considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription.
H. II subscribers order the diScontinuancc
of their papers, the publisher may continue
to send them till all that is due be paid
III II subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their blls and ordered their pa
pers discontinued.
". If subscribers move 10 other places,
without informing the publisher, and the pa
per is sent to the fovmcf direction, they are
held responsible.
V. The courts have decided that refusing
80 take II paper from the office, or removing
and leaving it uncallcd for, is prima facic cv-
idence of int antional fraud
VI Postmaster ncgectng to inform a
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the Office makes himself liable for tho sub
scription price
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

TnosG MrsKRAr lloUsEs Tho news
papers, during the carly part of the fall.
contained a prediction put forth BY some
Of the Northern Indians, that the present
winter would be one Of unusual severity.
These opinions were said TO have been
based on the manner in which the musk
rats were constructing their houses, to
protect themselves from the cold. The
early part ofthe winter, seemed to war
rant the belief that the rats had miscal-
culatod, but the events Of the past week
have proved tho correctness Of their
proguosticatons On Wednesday morn
ing at ) o'clock, 4 NJ, the mercury had
sunk in the thermometer, at this place
to So below Aero. This indicates the
coolest weather experienced in this vicin-
ity, within the recollection Of the Oldest
inhabitants, and some believe, since
Adam was boy.-Ogdens5uryh !Scn'
t,neh
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

E.-- A little girl had beautiful head
Of hair, which hung in clustering curls"
down on her neck Que hot summer
day, she went upstairs, and cut all tho
carls off Coming down she met her
mother, who exclaimed, with surprise -
Why, Mary what have you been do
ing to your hairl' To which she respon-
ded, that she had cut it off and laid it
away in her box, but that she intended
to put it on again Tomorrow, as Aunt
\nncv did ~
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

tnofs lntcrtered IN her faV0r. ana she
was behcadcd within n week. As a
high mark Of his appreciation. tho king
made Jeffrovs Lord Chancellor; and he
went Oh to Dorchester, TO Exeter, to
Taunton, and to Wells 1t is astonsh-
ing, when we read of the enormous in.
justice and barbarity of this beast. to
know that no one struck him dead on
the judgment seat 1t was enough for
any man or woman to be accused by an
enemy before Jcffrcys, to be guilty of
high treason. One man who pleaded
not guilty, he ordered to be taken out Of
court upon the instant, and hanged ; and
this so terrified the prisoners in general
that they mostly pleaded guilty at once.
At Dorchester alone, in the course of a
few days, Jeffreys hanged eighty persons,
besides whipping, transp orting, imprison-
ing, and selling as slaves great numbers.
He executed in all two hundred and fifty
or three hundred
These execution took place among the
neigbbors and friends of tho sentenced ,
in thirtysix towns and villages. Their
bodies we're maneled stepped in caul.
drons Of boiling pitch and tar. and hung
UP by the road sides, in the streets, over
the very churches. The sight and smell
Of heads and limbs, the kissing and bub-
bling of the Internal ceuldrons, and the
tears and terrors of the people, were
dreadful beyond all description. OLo
rustic who was forced to steep the re
mains in the black pot. was ever after
wards called Tom Boilman. - The
hanenan has ever since been called Jack
Kctch, because a man of that name went
hanging aud hanging all day long, in the
train Of Jeiircys. You will hear much
., the horrors 81 ol INC I rr'ncn hgvolu'lou. I!
many aHu '',riD'o l '"eF "cIg, 'nere . Is no
DOUBT o"' "@9" q "'|1'f"2 ,. T''Sc.
do''e ~ "'e "I"a"c"ef, PfoP|e T France
IN tHHf "'tW t'"'e' fnaf FaS ao"e Gy
the h'shc@ 1"d9e ~ E"gla''", 'r'M me
cypress 0iPr9r@fy hhe h'"s Of Eng
a"d' m We bf0oay Ass'7e
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HsToRlcAL RrMlNIScENcE.-Mr.John Ohm
Conant, OF brandon, VIII" IS oyer 50
years OF age. writing to the hutland
County Herald, gives an extract from
the private Journal oil capt urccnleat.
OF the Revolutionary army. IN which lie
gi7cs an account OF a battle fought at
Ilubbardton, IN this State, between dl-
vision Of the rear guard OF our army,
On the llth OF June, he says" we heard
the enemy's morning gun, Indians aud O.
theirs, near sunrise. July I'd the enemy
advanced, with two frigateS OF IS guns,
and so gun boats, aud landed troops a
bout two miles from us. Saturday, Ju-
ly >, at IL o'clock, spied British troops
on the mountains overlooking Ticonder
oga At Q o'clock received the disagree
able orders to leave the ground. AT 2
o'clock the next morning left Ticonder
oga, after most fatiguing march arriv-
cd at Hubbardton, % miles from Mount
Independence, supped with Colonel
Francis, encamped in the woods. the
main body going on four miles. Mon
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

ES. \ man in Wisconsin who re.
Gently inserted long advertisement IN
the papers, offering his farm for sale,
closed it in the following sublimely ridi-
culous style The surrounding coua-
try is the most beautiful the GOD OF Na
ture ever made The scenery is celestial
divine two wagons to sell and yoke
Of steers
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

Ea~ One of The readicst replies VIC
have heard lately was made by an Irish,
man. A gentleman travelling on horse
back down East. camo upon an lrishman
who was fencing in a most Barren and dcs
olste piece Of land. l.I
iJ What are you fencing in that lot for,
Pat1" said he "a herd Of COWS would
starve to death nthst llndp
o. And sure. scr honor, wasn't 'tear
iipgi, to keep the rcor bcas,csout oflt'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

E:E \ gentleman Of African extrac-
ton. who used to display his grinniug
combination of ivory ard ebony about
the streets Of indianapolis was asked by
white gentleman
How old are you, Sam ?"
" Twenty five, Massa," was the reply
but Of you counts by dc fun is seeIs
Jest call me seventy-6ye"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

THr PooR SHErnrRD Boy.-Tho
Rev. JonN BRowN, when poor shepherd
boy. conceived the idea of learning Latin
and Greek aud, having procured a few
old books, actually accomplish the task
while attending his cattle on the hills
50 successful was he, that some Of the
old supcrstitious people in the neighbor-
hood concluded that he must have been
assisted by an evil spirit"
On one occasion he went TO Edinburgh
plaided and barefoot, walked iuto 4
booksellers store, and asked for Greek
Testament.
What are You going to do with a
Greek Testament % said the bookseller
Read it, said the boy.
Read it 20 exclaimed the skeptical
bookseller with a smile "ye may have
i! for nothing if yo'll read it,"
Taking tho book he quietly read of
several verses aud gave the translation
on which be was permitted to carry of
the Greek Testament in triumph
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

seeds. But if I win, l will sell him
some of my seed for very "-reason-
able" price, or for three cents s NJ.
Bristol, Feb. ii, 1854.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

EE Il never shot a bird in my life"
said fellow to bis friend, who replied
- For my part, | never shot anything
in the shape Of bird, except squirrel,
which | killed with stone, when IL fell
into the river and was drowned"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

An Indiana paper says of the one
hundred aud ten newspaper published
in that State, all except ten advocate
the. e.prohibitory liqnor law.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

Failure OF INFIDr1lTY.-A West.
ern paper makes the following state
ment :-"Abner Knecland and his
associates went to Iowa with the fixed
purpose to take possession of the State
and wholly exclude the Bible. They
did all thcy could to enlist infdels in
the cntcrriisc, and laborcd with all
their might to bring all around them
under the uowcr Of unbelief; but dis
appointment awaited them. Mission
aries entered the field, and preached
Christ and him crucifed every school
house became chapel, and every
valley vocal with songs of salvation;
many of those who went thither as in
fdcis were converted to God, and ons
Of them devoted himself to the Chris
tian ministry and at present scarcely
anything like avowcd imhdellty is to be
found in the State"
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NUMBER ~.


QurBDLEs OF THE COMMON LAW
A singular case of jurisdiction has re-
Gently come before the Courts i'll
Maine. A person was assaulted in
Berwick, Maine, and so severely inju-
red that he died some time afterwards
in consequence. Shortly after the
assault, he was removed over the State
line to his residence in New Hampshire,
where he finally died. On an inyesti.
CATION Of The case, Judge Howard Of
Maine, charged the grand jury of York
county that the murderer cannot be
indicted at common or statue law
where the deadly wound was inflicted
in one State and the wounded man
died in another. According to this
judgment, the criminal escapes all
punishment by this new difficulty.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22

Virginia. These colonsts had no print
ing done among them till l727.-Pdrfor
Mara -i,le.
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A SPiRIT LIVeI.-Drink. thath q.
ers man to the Level Of the kssvs. 20
/ Punsh. GHsHE