Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-12-07
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NOTES AND coMMEKrs.

NOTES AND CONNECTS.
TnANkseTiSG.-our Thanksgiving Of
week, consisted in attending funeral the fos
part OF the day, and in help ping to consume q
own bought Turkey in the Latter. Every BODY :
almost, has some thing to offer in prais, of
Thanksgiving day. The Oh folks liks it, be-
cause 1t brings their scattered children toretber
around the old hearth stone, and the Young.
because 1t brings them, with an extra good sup
per, the delights Of Turkey shoot, Of ,.nubli.
dance, or neighborhood Juncket, the poor min =
lister and his sermon, being generally the last
things that are thought OF on the occasion. eth
er by the pious or prolane% we do not rccol-
iect ever having but ont lccl Thanksgiving.
in the paper meaning of the term, since our
booyhosl. and that was on a stllss Of has.y
iispgdding and milk, from table .auau,5A whi.Asr
on ybahs family, ar.as..< a
lad ag;zrsl. tts1
with the saifs X s.' ~ y Ell
enough with FhittA or pioas,
who instituted The day for 9th
glattony and Junketing, keptGl
giving at Plymouth. But the dry
( sning now and we confess we as
much of its Observance for we are es@ atyall
PES Low to trsatit. II We regard itFash day
y01sdesoional thongfts Ind Sexcrcses, our fenl, :
iRsgs bssdlne puftted for suel, perroses BY the
scenes Of an opposite character, every where
enacting found Us and on the ether hand, If
we try to make i day of fcstisiiy, our festvi-
ties are constantly marred at the thought OF
the religious character, which has been attempt
ed to be given to the lay. AS the Gay is now
Kept, 1t seems to US to resemble some VI the OIL
!. Roman orgies OF g0lttony and drunktfncfs Kept
IN honor OF t!telr imaginary Gods, more thana
religious anniversary. And take tany way. il
is a difficult day tog get along with in its, two
fold character, and one, it strikes US, from the
entire disnse of which, no great loss either So
| cial or religious, would be experienced.
A NEW RESTORATIVE FOR TIE HMR-Mr Y.
} {. Dewey, OF Berlin, sJme years snoaseomc in
} possession of recipe which he says, came FROM
) u German Doctor, for tie restoration of the
hair, in the process Of decay, to its original
color and thickness. And having gone into the
preparation Of the article first for himself. then
Tor his acquaintance, who has seen it's effect,.hJ
SNOW, though he never advertised it, SUPPLYING
h'Hdreds, who, as far as we have heard are utisni
lnoas in their opinion of its efficacy IIavna
baoi attacked about year since, with sonl
t kind OF a SKIN hnnor in tho head, by which tit
f. hair " IS becoming harsh, dry, and proinatnrsly
gray, and having tried in vain the various popae
I lar hair rcstoratyes, including Bogles noted.
Hyperion fluid, we obtained q ,bottlery AZ
Deway's specific, which he calls Trr Or
! HAIR Toxic. and have been So much graz
! with it's efficacy in removing the disease and
rastoring the hair to its original softnesl
: and color, without dyeing is, that we have yots
: unteered to notice it, believing it to be the hest
c thing Of the kind, ever presented 10 she public
A GREAT NURSERY IN PROGRESS We nnder-
: stand, that Capt. Eliphaiet Hewett, Of Barre,
&c has in rrogrots jtnuls1ry Of fruit trees, which,
V IL uo calTiEs oHt MS arrangements, must ,boOn
% become one Of the most extensive in the State.
. Last Spring he grated is, 600 seedlings, Of bis
g own raising, embracing 43 different kinds Of
!; fruit and has 10000 more to graft next Saying.
J And, having planted three pccks Of apple seed,
/ and three pecks Of Plum stones, this fill, he
intends to go on grating from COCO to 50 600
apple, plum, and other fruit trees, for years to
N come. Tie trees are to be fit for transplanting,
Il We believe, in one year from next Spring, We
a are glad to find that such beginning has been
"a made in this County; for we have, as yet, been
unable to find any valid reason why the raising
'T Of fruit. Of the hest variety and quaktys can
. not be pursused with as good success On these
central counties in Vermont, as on the lake shore,
- or even in Massachusetts. 81
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