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Yes | answered | suppose so.'--
One day on going out 10 make some
choice in the matter, letter came
describing the destitute state of
poor minister's library. SCOTS BIZ
die, Pilgrims Progress and Websiers'
Dictionary, with few others made
up the scan,y catalogue of his books.
Fifteen dollars worth of books.would
do incalculable good to the mission
airy in the destitute region in which
lie lives, so the letter ran. Here
was a new adversary to the new
cloak. As we thought of the Grip
pied means of that man Of God and
the long winter evening in that far-off
clearing with books or without them,
and of his self-denials for his Mas
ter's work, my heart and conscience
went for the books. Twenty dollars
worth of good reading for friend,
added to mine, were forwarded to
the distant clearing and in Gods
time we heard how they bad encour-
aged and gladdcned the good mans
heart, how they had passed from
house TO house and hand TO hand, and
how they had issucd in re-
vival Of Gods glorious work. Did
rot the colors in the old cloak begin
to stand out with living lustre.
One year ago and the matter Of a
new cloak came up again with all the
urgency OF an entire new STYLE
The same prelminarles were gone
through, and The cloak was as good
as bought, they said, when the case
of young man struggling with en-
harassmenls IN order To qualify him
self for the ministry came 10 our
knowledge. 1t was little history Of
unwonied interest, and there was un-
wonted urgency IN the call. Well
nigh overwhelmed by the waves Of
disappointment aud adversely should
not some christian brother be ready TO
throw out to him the life preserver Of
sympathy, encouragement and help
In Gods name, yes. The old cloak
aud have not yet parted.
Another winter has come. We
are sill intimate. What may hap
pen to cement or sunder our tie, we
cannot tell but come what will, the
dear old cloak has taught me the sig
nilicant and oft to be repeated lesson
in the great economy OF means, that
it is not SO much what we haze, as
wha, we do, that is the true riches,
the real Joy or as our heavenly
Master has at once disclosed the true
idea and the great reward OF Chris
tlani,y, 1t is more blessed to give
than to receive II. @. X.
Portsmouth,.
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and her father confined 10 the house
with the rheumatism. The whole
family were intelligent, well educated
and communicative. They had
moved from Schoharie County into
the woods. about three years before,
and the father was taken lame the
first winter after their arrival, and
had not been able TO do anything
since. Lucy Ann. as her mother
called her, has taken charge of,
ploughed, planted, and harvested the
farm, learned to chop wood, drive
team and do all the necessary work.
Game being plenty, she had learned
to use her fathers rifle, and spent
some of her leisure time in hunting.
She had not killed deer yet, but
expressed her determination to kill
one, at least, befose New Years.
She boosted Of having killed any
quantity OF parlridges, squirrels aud
other small game. After chatting
some time, she brought a violin from
a closet and played fifteen or twenty
tunes, and also sung few songs, ac-
companying herself on the violin, in
a style that showed she was far from
destitute of musical skill. After
spending a pleasant evening, we re-
tired. The next morning she was
up at four O'Clock, and before sun
rise had the breakfast out OF the way,
end oil her work out of doors and in
the house done, and when | left, a
few minutes after sunrise, she bad
on her hunting suit, and was loading
her rifle for another chase after The
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KEEP THE BEsr.-Some men, cad
ling themselves farmers, sell the best
Of their cows, sheep, lambs, mares,
and colts, to buyers and spectators,
and keep the poor, or the Indifferent
ly good, TO breed from. A more
unwise aud wretchedly poor policy
cannot well be pursued. just the
reverse Of this is the right course -
the true policy OF the farmer who
hopes to live aud thrive by his profess
sion. Don't sell your best blood
mare. Don't sell your best COW,
nor your best mare colt. Don't sell
your best hay, bcl feed il out 10 your
best cattle, and preserve the manuse
to enrich your larms, and fill your
granaries with grain, your purses
with cash, and your hearts with glad
ness. Keep the best, and sell the
poorest. That is the way 10 make
the poor man rich, and the rich rich
er- Depend upon't, selling the bus,
breeders, mixers and wool growers,
from off the farm, because they will
command higher prices, isjust exact
ly the road to ruin and he that en-
tiers that road viii End rapid de-
scent to the bottom of the hill, an,
hard tugging, even to get up again
Again we say, brother farmers, don
sell your best COW, because you ca
get five dollars more for her.
you undertake to raise colts, raise
good one or none and for this Pus
pose, keep the best mare you g
afford. Select the best seed, bo4
in the animal and in the vegeinkb
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CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.
Origin of the China Rebellion.

The Rev. Mr.. Tyson Yales, an
American Baptist missionary al Shan
ghae, has sent home the following
account of what he believes 10 be the
true origin of the present movement
in China. We copy from the indie
pendent;
SHASGHAE, 22i Sept, S53.
There are at present stopping in
our mission, two lads, whose identity
is not known, except to our mission.
One, a boy of fifteen, is the son of
the Southern King the other, lad
of eighteen or twenty, who was on
last Sabbath received into our Church
by baptism, is the nephew and adopt
ed son of the 'Soulhern King Zone
Of the four great leaders of the re-
bellion in China.) From these young
men, (the elder of whom is well nc
quainied with all the circumstances
that led to the first hostile dcmonssra-
tions) We have been able 10 get cor
rect, Information, touching the ORR
gin Of the rebellion.
From these Young men we lears
that Hung-Su-Chen, (at present
known as 'Tai-pIng Wong, hav-
iag embraced the Christian religion,
destroyed every sign Of idolasry a.
bout his house and school room, (ior
he was a teacher of a high school, }
and gave much attention TO publish
ing the Gospel. Disciples TO the new
doctrine multiplied rapidly. Soon
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Proverbial Philosophy.

A proverb is practical, every day
wisdom, condensed into its smallest
space. What diamonds are TO other
gems, proverbs are to language.
Like the diamond also, a proverb is
the slow deposit OF ages--it is the
common sense of the people, crys-
talized by time.
The English tongue is full of in
valuable proverbs. No man can re .
alize how thoroughly practical our
british ancestors were, until he has
studied The sayings they had in com
mon use, and compared them with
those of other people. For social
conduct, for success in life, and for
moral culture, our mother tongue sup
Plies The best collection of proverbs
in the world. "Manners often make
fortunes says one of these old pro-
verbs; and vainly might we seek to
express this ,ruism more piihily."
Never fall out with your bread and
butter" is as applicable in our day
10 The fools who are above their bus
mess, as it was generations ago, when
the proyerb was first starGd. eve
cry path hath puddle" refutes the
discomfort Of those who fancy their
own lot worse than that of their
neighbors, as summarily as it did
three centuries back.
In a similar manner, weakness or
ignorance, in the management OF
business, are aplly hit off by some
old proverb or proverbs. 'An oak
is not felled by blow says one, a
perfect homily, in eight words. on
perseverance. Much would have
more, and lost ALL is another; and a
capital warning it is against excess Of
greed. Never light your candle at
both ends is third, suggestive oil
whole volumes against extravaganza
and only equalled by fellow prov
erb, no alchemy is equal To saving.
! Never was the wisdom of fore
thought more tersely inculcated than
in the saying, Provide for the worst,
the best will save Itself Every over
sanguine specula,or should remember
the proverb, Never quit certainty
for hope Even the despondent can
find salve in that homely old con-
sola lion, Patience aud time run
through the longest day What
man, at the head al business, has
not felt the force OF the remark, The
oye of the master does more work
than both hls hands. Even lnsur-
ance Companies, modern institutions
as they are, were recommended in
advance, if not foreshadowed, by the
ancient phrase, 'Venlnre not your
all in one bottom
so also, IN morals, these old prov
erbs teach us all that relormers add
preachers, even in this enlightened
day, profess TO impar. Has Neal
Dow ever spoken as severely, or in
SO few words, against intemperance,
as that venerable saying, Drunk
enness is pair Of spectacles TO see
the devil and all his worksl' Has
pride Of birth, or arrogance of fash
ion, or the imitation OF wealth, ever
been rebaked better than in the
proyerb, It's not the gay coat makes
the gentlemani' Has the spirit oil
that Gospel, which so many profess
to honor, yet 90 few really obey, esei
been set forth, in scented sermons,
more forcibIy than in Write Injuries
in dust, but businesses in marble ~
Has the harvest TO which the profit
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uAtraui uisp4J EoIIOrnIanUUS
of a LADY.

The following is an extract of a
letter from a person travelling in the
wild portions Of Delaware aud Suli-
van Counties, New York:
As was irudgiDg along one AFTER
noon, in the town of Fremont, one Of
the border towns of Sullivan County,
| was overlaken by what | at first
supposed was a young man, with
a rifle on his shoulder, and being
well pleased with the idea of having
company through the woods, | turn
ed around and said, Good after
noon, sir Good afternoon said
my new acquaintance, but in tone
OF voice that sounded, To me, rather
peculiar. Ny suspicious were at
once aroused, aud 10 satisfy myself,
| made some inquiries in regard 10
hunting, which were readily answer
ed by the young lady, whom | had
thus encountered. She said she had
been out ever since daylight had
followed a buck nearly all day, got
one shot and wounded hun, but as
there was lilIle SHOW, she could moi
get him, and was going 10 try him
the next day, hoping that she should
get another shot at him, and she was
quite certain that she should Kill him.
Although | cannot give very good
idea of her appearance, will Try 10
describe her dress. The only article
of female apparel visible was close
fitting hood upon her head, such as
is often worn by deer hunters. Next,
an India rubber hunting coat (; her
neither limbs were oncased in snug
tight fitting pair of corduroy pants,
aud a pair of indian moccaslns upon
her feet. She had good looking
rife upon her shoulder, and a brace
Of double barrelIed pistols in the side
pockets Of her coat, while formula
ble hunting knife hung suspended by
her side Wishing TO witness her
skill with hunting instruments, com
menced bantering her with regard 10
shooting. She smiled and said she
was as good shot as was in the
woods, and to convince me, she took
out her hunting knife and cut ring
four inches in diameter IN tree with
small spot in the centre. Then
stepping back thirty yards, and draw
ing up one of her pistols, put both
balls inside the ring. She then at
ihirty-fve rods from the tree, put a
ball from her rifle in the very centre.
We shortly came to her fathers
house, and gladly accepted an invi-
talion to stop there over night, The
maiden hunter, instead of sitting
down 10 resi-, as most hunters do
when they go home, remarked that
she had got the chores TO do. So
out she went fed, watered and Stab
led pair Of young horses, a yoke OF
oxea and three cows. She then
went To the saw-mill and brought a
slab on her shoulder that | shouldn't
like to carry, add with an axe and
saw soon worked il into stove wood.
Her next business was TO change
her dress and get tea, which she did
in a manner which would have been
credilable to a more scientific cook.
After tea she finished up the usual
house work, and then sat down and
commenced plying her needle in a
very lady-ike manner. ascertain
ed that her mother was quite feeble,
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4Nurirq.
Our Happiest Days.

They tell the, Love. tbs, you aud
Cur happie.t days are seeing,
" hrie yet Is shut from othei's eye
The chspgc that waits on beng
All life they say Isl weary way,
VIVA lers Of JOY than ouow,
For where lhe soslight fails to day
Thcio'il be a shade Tomorrow.
Ifouu be love that will not bear
The ts.t OF change aud so.row,
And only deeper channel, wear
In passing 10 each morrow;
Then bette, were !, that to-day
We fevenily were praying,
That what we have may pass away
Wilde we the words we're saying.
The bear, hath depths e bitterness
Az well as depths ofploasare,
And those who love, love not unless
They both Of these ean measure
There is time, and il viii come,
Whon this they must discover,
And woe II either then be dumb
To power that moved the lover.
There are some spots where each will fall
And each will need sustaining
And suffering Is the lot of uli,
And Is ofGods ordainiag;
Then whereior do our heart, unite
In bonds that none can sever,
II not to bless each changing light,
And Strengthen each ondsavor.
Then while these happy days we bless,
Lot Us no douh, be sowingi
Gods mercy never will be less,
Though he should change the showingj
Such be sui faith on we tread.
Each trusting and oteying,
AZ two who By His hand are led,
Aud heat what he Is saying.
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SCIENCE AND ExpERrENcE.--
They are twin brothers, and must
go hand in hand, shoulder to
shoulder in the management Of
the farm, il its owner would have
his labors rewarded with success
Management in agriculture, accord
ing to the teachings Of science, with
out the teachings of experience, may
do for mere fancy farmers, who have
plenty of money TO lose, and no chill
dren to educate, and none to cry TOR
bread but, for the man of toll, whose
principal capital is head to plan,
and hands to work, it will be found,
in most cases, and often, to be bad
arrangements. Science, without ex-
perience, will not answer. The
plain, common sense farmer knows
this this; for he has learned il from
the teachings of experience. Science
and experience, in household, barn.
hold and farm-hold economy a,e like
man aud wife, they must be we'll
matched. in head and heart, and each
more in their appropriate sphere. No
crowding, no hauling, if they would
Jog merriIy and successfully along, in
the journey of life, mutually bearing
each others burdens and sharing
equally the pains and the pleasures
Of life. II is well for the farmer to.
store his mind with knowledge from
books and papers; but he musi care
fully silt the chaff from the wheat
Book farming, without experience,
will not be good farming. 1t will
not be profitable farming. II may
be scientific, but it will not be practi-
cal and successful. The teachings Of
science are necessary TO the farmer,
in the form and construction Of his
implements of husbandry, in hydraul-
ics--in the irrigation of his lands
on light and dry sols-und il is we'll
for him to read scientific works, on
the nature and management Of soils.
The more he reads, and the closer be
studies the laws of nnture and Of
science, as adapted TO his calling asa
tiller Of the soil, the better. But let
him bring all his reading and study
to the touchstone Impractical exper-
iment. Let his science and expert
ence, Ike Buck add Bright, icorkto-
gether IN the same yoke. a
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is L. u II s...........E ill-..s.sa 81
Norlhsrn Railroad, n. I.
British d u. s. MAIL ROUTE,
---Nia---
Boston. lowell, Concord, North
crni Pas-unipsiU, Vermont central. pg
densburgH And Montrss al Rail- Dads.
10 AND FROM

81 Johnsbufy, burlington. 81 Adams, Montreal. Os-
dcus1ufsh and ihe West and Manchester, Nash
"a, hosiun La~tence, salem, Dover, Portsmouth,
Portland, Groteu Js,etioR, Worcester, ffssidenee,
Nofwtcb and Nawioik
Ths - the direct fouiebetVift the thove places,
and tn ough thu capitals OF New Hampshire and
Eefmout. The fate anu fieighs =. low a. by other
routes.
After Dec ~ 1883 trains North leave Boston 1t
7.45 A. Al aud ~ n .-d o@iiugss At 30 20 \; NJ ssd
4 NJ. lfaiuk South Leave Is Aife River Iuactioa
at us A. 49, snd l.30 r. NJ. 90 The auisAi Of Cars
from upper fold..
pcuialctifle ains pass over this route every Tues
day and height ifaius dali hciwitt Burlington, Rons
e. Point .ogfcnshufgh, Montreal, and Nashua, Low
ell, Boston, Salem. fuusinouth, Worcester, ffosi-
dfncs Intermediate places and - the ony route
from the OFdcushui ~ aui Mautfeai Roads By which
FrsirAt con lie carried viii ouf changing cars.
ONsLOW srEARNs Arest.
Coneotl. n. u. Doc. ~, 1853.
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The Dead Child.

Gently, TO the siien, tomb,
Bear the sleeping child away;
Like a broken bud he lies,
sslIsn al the dawn Of dly.
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
TERMS.-si 50 cash in advance q, 90 IL payment
IL not nade 10 advance nefes, always charged from
the end ofihe year.
Annexed is list OF agents receive subscriptions
advertisements and communications, and acknowledge
payment for the
Bakcrsheld, ). N. PoMERoY,
Brookfeld, :. u. SMITH,
Cabot, c. c. BROWN,
Danvillc, CHARLES :. DANA,
Gilmore, sc SCOTT,
nydepatk, EDWARD B.sAwYER,
Johuson, c. w. sCuTT,
Mafshheld, E. D. PUTNAM,
Worthwhile, J. c. MOVES,
Miadlese1, JESSE JOHNSON, Jr.
NouhGed, L. SMITH,
Orange, CARLOS CARPENTER,
Pia.n6eh, a. r. HANCRoFT,
sonth H,rdwick, c. sHIPMAN,
stowe, JOSEPH g. RAYMOND,
strnf5td, WILLIAM ROLLINS,
South Stanford, DANIEL w. JUDD,
Tunb,idgo, AARON n. KING,
wuttsdoa add Faysion. ORANGE SMITH,
waucu, FRANKbIN A. WRIGHT.
weirthotyaud Dusbufy, n. G SMITH,
WUhsmsiowu. DARIUS PRIDE,
Worcester. JONAS ABBoTT.
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Dearly to our hearts he clung,
fondly did he win our love;
Aogsls ye will love him, too,
A. ye bear the soul above.
Take him to the sayiot's breast
To the infant cherub's home
Let the bud unfold its leaves
Where no chilling blight eau me.
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TERMs.-si .5Oensh in advance 5000 II payment
isaot nade in advance in,eres, always charged from
the end ofihe year.
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cir 18lun < ibr a,as.
By 4. =. WALTON.

he that by tho Piow would .hr,ye
btmselfmust either HOLD OF DHIvk.'s
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ALBANY s. RUTLAND
RAILROAD.

lSaS .Ps..-.,s.is ss......:.ss ~.
Now OPEN AND RUNNING THRoUGB 10 Al
~ bans without change OF Cars
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AAAA9SAA I
AN ADMISSION.

The Richmond Enquirer admits that "a small
portion of those heretofore acting with the Northern
Democracy are tainted with fanaticism." We should
like to be able to refer to the comments-nay, the
indignant rebukes they must have been-of the En-
quirer when it received and read the following
lutions of the great Democratic Convention of Mas
sachusetts in 1S49 This Convention was stated at
the time to have been very large one. 1t met at
Springfield, and the Hon. b. +. HALLETT, now
United States Attorney, offered the resolutions.
The editor of the Boston Post, now Government
officer, was also present; and, as the resolutions
were passed unanimously, he could have made no
opposition to them, Here they are:
l. Resolved That we opposed to slavery in every
form and color, aud in favor of freedom and free soil
wherever man lives throughout Gods heritage.
2 Reso!ped, That by common law and common sense,
well by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the
United States Tin Prigg vs. Pennsylvania, 10 Peters,
The state ofsLavey municipal regulation, founded
upon and limited to the verge the territorial lap; that is
the limits Of the State creating it.
s. Resolved therefore, That slavery does not exgt by
any municipal law in the Territories and Congress
has power institute it, the local laws Of any State
authorizing slavery be transported there nor
slavery exist there but by local law of the Terri
tories sanctioned BIZ Congress- the legislative act Of
State in its sovereign capacity.
4 Resolved That we are opposed to the extension Of
slavery free Territories and in favor of the exercise Of
all constitutional and necessary to restrict it to the
limits within which does may exist by the local laws
Of the States: but
g. Resoped That these sentiments universal at
the North to belong to party being heidi common
by all north of sectional line while they are repu
dated by most men south of that line and therefore can
not be made national party test
Judging from late events, these sentiments"
which were then $50 universal at the North, have
not been altogether eradicated from the Democracy.
We shall wait with some degree of patience to see
how they dispose of their former g sentiments"
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SECTIONAL AGITATION.

When, few days since, we deemed it our duty
to make an appeal to the reason and cool judgment
of our readers not to yield themselves to sectional
parties, nor to give encouragement for moment to
measures calculated to impair fraternal feeling
among the citizens of different sections of our
favored country-to do nothing in short by which
the spirit Of compromise might be desroyed-we
did not expect to please the partisan whose daily
theme is found in appeals to the passions, nor the
carping political gladiator who is always watching
an opportunity to give his adversary blow. We
addressed our views to the sound. thinking and pa
triotic men Of the country, those who believe it
better to promote the great and abiding interests of
the nation at large than to achieve party triumph
We were not, therefore, surprised to find several
of the most violent of the Democratic presses search
ing out points of objection and attributing motives
and feelings improper and unworthy. We avoid
controversy with prints, however respectable which
deal in unmerited imputations. We can have no
other object than to advise readers of the true
condition Of affairs throughout the country, and we
consult our own Of right and justice when we
warn our countrymen of the danger Of sectional
strife and of disturbing anew the repose of the
country by needless agitation. When, therefore,
the mere partisan prints which labor for section
and cannot see, or viii not acknowledge, merit in
any other, find fault with US, feel sure that we
have struck a national chord and shall have the
approval of the wsest if not the most patriotic
of the country.