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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-05-17

I'D FAD Tread Tread NEW BOOKS
"a AT LIVERAlORES BOOKSTORE, Opposite Amer
lean Temperance House.
Critical and Miscellaneous Works of T. Noon Tafourd,
author OF Ion.
Plurality of Worlds by Hitchcock.
The Church, by Rev. $. Judd.
Martin Meriyae, his n mark, by Paul Creyton.
Slavery in lis present Aspects and Reations by W. A.
Stearns.
complete Guide to Ornamental Leather Work
The Bud The Flower and the Fruit, or the effects Of
Education
Railway Guide for May.
Harpers' Mag d" &c
Putnam's &c Z" "
Tempest and Sunshine, or Life in Kentucky.
An Art Student in Munich, by Anna Mary Hewitt.
The Planters Northern Bride
Mrs. Darlington.
Silver Knifs, or the Hunters of the Rocky Mountains
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In 1S4S-May ] 18th to June 2Sth, caught. 945 do
In lS49--June 4th to June Goth. .......... 975 do
This year, 1S49, had some fifty
trees come into bearing. a
In 1850-June Sd to June 26th. ........... 209 do
In 1S51-June Sd TO June 18th. ........... 229 do
In 1s52-June 4th to June 24th. .......... $50 do
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Exhibitors and the Press, and Season Tickets will be
snd
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y 1)oetrp. Q
The Dance of the Autumnal Leaves

The Dance of the Autumnal Leaves
Borne by the restless winds along
Where the sorrowful woodland grieyes,
Hither and hther fitful throng,
Merriy dance the autumn leaves.
Upward they mount TO the murky sky,
Downward they plunge to the earth below
Now in giddy whirl they fly,
Now in madcap chase they go.
Tinkling gaily, their feet advance
Over the graves in thoughtlcss gcc;
And the music to which they dance,
Hark It's a dirgcs melody.
Onward mcrrily still they go
Through the wood and over tho wave,
Till they find in the wintry snow,
Chilly and dark. their lonely grave.
Borne by the temptcrs power along,
While kind Heaven in pity gricyes,
Giddily pass the human throng
Thoughtlcssly MS the autumnal leaves
Upward they mount in f,nccs high
Downward they plunge in pleasures low !;
Now in the passions whirl they fly,
Now in Ambitions chase they 60.
Mcrriy still their feet advance
Over the graves ia thoughtless glcc;
And the music TO which they dance,
lIark It's a dirgc of melody.
Onward giddily on they go.
Over the earth and over the wave,
Till they find in the depth below,
Chilly and dark, their lonely grave.
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A Touch WITNEss.-Litigation a.
bout title to pigs; the pigs having run
wild all summer. ..-
Lawyer-'Do you know plaintiff
rigs ?
Witness-'lia +? ivery loud).
Lawyer-( Raising his voice) Do
you-know-plaintifi's pigs?'
Witness-'Yes.'
Lawyer-'llow long have you
known them 2
Witness-'liaT 2 ...,.
Lawyer, (still louder)-How long
have you known them ?
Witness-'Fed 'em all last spring?'
Lawyer-'Were they all about Of a
size p
Witness-'lla ?
Lawyer-'Werc thay all about of a
size ?
Witnoss-'Ha |? s.I
Lawyer, Crises on his feet petulant-
ly, and shaking his fore finger, at tho
conclusion Of each word, at witness)
'Were-they>- y>-all-sbout-of-a
size 2
Witness-'Some Of en- uer, and
some Of en- wern't :"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

SEAL OF KANSAS The Argus,
printed at Easton, Pennsylvania, the
residence of the Governor of Kansas,
describes the seal of the new Territory
as follows:
"Wc have just seen the seal of the
Territory of Kansas, engraved by Rob-
ert Lovett, OF Philadelphia, according
to the design of Governor Reeder. 1t
consists of a shield, with two sup
porters, and surmounted by scroll
motto, and is cmblematic of the
pioneer and the agriculturist. The
lower compartment of the shield con-
tains the buffalo and the hunter; the
upper contains the implements of ag>
riculture. The LETT hand supporter is
a pioneer with his smock frock, leg>
gins, rifle, and tomahawk; whilst on the
right is the goddess Ceres, with her
sheaf, and at their feet, and between
them, lie a fallen tree and axe. The
motto is beautiful and striking allu-
sion to the principle on which the Ter.
rltory was organized, and consists Of
'PopUM vocE NATA,' translated
Born Of The popular Wiil."
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us along in a northwest direction to the
house of still higher General, where we
remained nearly two hours. The dis.
tance from the gate was three miles at
least The first part of the way was
through what appeared to be the female
quarter of the city, for we saw there sew
eral thousand women, and no men but
those who were following after us. The
streets were wider and better paved than
in most Chinese cities, and the houses
were in much better condition than at
either Chin-kiangfu" or "Wu-hu. "
We passed, at different distances, gates
which were probably used to separate
the male from the female quarters. AT
one corner we saw several human heads
hung up, with Chinese characters cut on
the faces, the meaning ofwhich we could
not understand.
Our detention at the Generals was
caused by bis sending for permission for
us to leave the city; for without that
the gates could not be opened at that
hour it being after s o'clock p. NJ. lie
tried to persuade us to take something
to eat and to sleep at his house, but we
declined, and, our guide being ready, we
badc him adicu and started Oh our way
to the ship, passing through the third
gate. and then by the path We had come
In the afternoon. On our way back we
were hailed by the sentry on the walls
every few minutes, and were fortunate in
having a guide to explain who We were
for otherwise they would have fired upon
us. Wo reached the ship about half.
past | p. NJ, exceedingly exhausted
Ior we had walked at least twenty miles,
but we're at the same time well satisfied
with the success which had attended our
excursion.
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Digging for Money.-The Fools not
all dead vet.

The desire to become suddenly rich
without the labor and time usually re.
quisitc to an honest acquisition Of
wealth, prompts men to do very ma.
ny foolish things.
Near South bay, in the town of
Fort Ann. there is place known as
the ''Pickct," wherein the old French
War, General Putnam with his Ran
gers surprised and captured a body of
French and Indians. Tradition says
that large amounts Of specie were bu-
ried in that vicinity, and for so or Is
years there has scarcely been a seas
son in which somebody has not dug
for it, but WITHOUT getting paid for
their pains. This proftIess labor, for
the most part, has been performed by
persons from distance, to whom, it
is said, the story Of the concealed
treasures has been revealed. For q
couple Of weeks past, some men from
Orwell, VT, have been assiduously
digging up the clay dirt and "hard.
heads" of the "Picket," encouraged
in the loborious task by the revelations
of fortunc-tellcr of this village, who
"looks through a diamond" and desig.
mates the exact localities in which the
precious stuff is deposited. Up to
the last accounts, their search had
been unsuccessful, and they had aban.
doned the "Picket., and were digging
in the dooryard of the man who boari.
ed them. Probably he will cncour-
age their labors till hc has got all
their money for board, and then gen.
erously advise them to quit.
Another company-said to be from
Drcsden-havc occupied the field on
the "Picket" abandoned by the YER
and are prosecuting the
search with all diligence. They will
be more likely to succeed, as, it is
said, they are believers in Spiritual
sm, and have procured the services of
l "medium," through whom they in.
yoke the aid of the "mighty men of
They called on St. Paul for
iclp to remove a rock which was in
heir way, who replied through the
Medium that he was engaged, and ad.
Used them to invoke the aid of St.
Peter, which they accordingly did.
'eter, they affirm, rendered them the
ervice asked for, for the rock iwmedi-
tely yielded to their levers. What
Ieplorable superstition and consum.
nate folly - Whitehall Chronicle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

: SERMONS ON THE WRECK.-In near.
ly all the Churches of New York city
and Brooklyn, the sermons preached
on Sunday morning touched more or
less at length upon the recent sad ca
tastrophc. Rev. DR.. Potts, from whose
congregation no less than seven of the
lost were taken, made very eloquent,
touching and practical discourse upon
this theme. Rev. Mr.. Chaplin preach
ed upon it in the evening. Rev. DR..
krebs, Mr.. Beccher and others did so
in the morning.
Mr.. Beecher, in the course Of his
sermon made the following statement:
during the past twelve months,
more than 1000 American vessels,
including those on the lakes and RVS
ers, have been lost. This is no min
lster's calculation, who are not expec>
ted to know anything Of such matters,
but has been computed by those who
arc expected to feel these looscs most
severely. During the same length Of
time, the number of vessels lost
throughout the whole world was 10,
900. Can it be said that it was chance
alone that has caused the United
States to furnish 4, 200 out the TO-.
600 that have been lost? Up to the
the year of 1850, the average number
of vessels lost all over the world, av,
eraged 5000 year. The amount
Of insurance paid by the Marine insu-
rance Companies in New York, last
year, amounted to twelve millions.
The losses on land by railroad and 9TH
erwise, amounted to eighteen millions,
making a total loss by sea and land,
to be thirty millions of dollars.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

Tie BEEoHER FAMlLY.-The fol-
loving passage occurs in the October
number of the North American Re-
rie'c in a notice of Mrs. S1owE's .Sun
ny Memories Of Foreign Lands:
"The BEEcHER family almost consti.
tute a genius by themselves. Tho
same type of mind and style is repro.
duced in the writings of the venerable
father and of his singularly gifted
children, though stiffening INTO a Ger.
tain solemn stateliness in the author
of the Conflict Of Ages and in HENRY
WARD trcnching close upon the divi.
ding line between licit humor and
1.-THE bufoonery. The father in his
palmy days was unequalled among liv.
ing divines for dialectic kcenness,
seathing invective, pungent appeal,
lambent with hardly yigor of
thought, and concentrated power Of
expression but he always fumbled
over an extra Scriptural metaphor,
and exhibited little beauty except that
Of strength and holiness-a beauty
which never shone from him SO re.
splendently as now, that, on the verge
of fourscore, it hallows the sunset Of
as noble life as man ever led, and
prcsages the dawning of removed
youth in more exalted sphere of the
Divine service. His daughter inherits
in full his vigor of conception, his fer.
vent strenuousness Of conception. his
logical acumen, his tenacious hold up
on the conscience, his fervent strcnu-
BUSINESS of aim, and his wit subordina.
ted to and sanctifed by the gravest
purpose and the most momentous
mission while in the handling Of sub
sidiary thoug hts and in rhetorical or
nament she alternates between his un-
conscious hecdlessness and her own
finer preconception and more graceful
culture"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

"A LADY of San Francisco, being in.
vited to send in a toast to be read at
the anniversary of the landing Of the
Pilgrim Fathers, furnished this. II
is spicy enough to flavor half a dozen
anniversary dinners:
"1he Pilgrim Fathers forsooth?
What had they to endure. in compar-
ison with the Pilgrim Mothers =? 1t
is true they had hunger, aid cold, and
sickness, ,and danger-foes without and
foes within. But the unfortunate Pill.
grim Mothers, they had not only these,
to endure, but they had the Pilgrim
Fathers also; and yet their LANES are
never mentioned. Who ever heard Of
the Pilgrim Mothers ? who ever gave
dinner in honor of them? Who ever
writes songs, drinks toasts, aud makes
speeches in recollection of them ? This
sclf-sufficiency on the part of the men
is beyond endurance. One would ac-
tually suppose that New England had
been colonized by men, and posterity
provided by especial act of Providence?
Only Mrs. Hemans has volunteered to
insinuato that there ever was woman
in the case-that the MayAower ever
brought anything but man across the
Atlantic. l assure you, may dear
friends, that am perfectly disguised
with the self-conccit of men. They
appropriate every thing to themselves,
even the settlement Of a colony, and
the peopleing of whole continent
| did hope that there was one prerog>
ative they would leave to women. We
have submitted quietly to their inven-
tons in superscding US in many things
we will not tamely submit to DO de.
prived of this one privilege; We will
not ourselves be dcluded into the belief
that New England was settled and
peopled entirely by Pilgrim Fathers.
How could they have been fathers, If
there had been no mothers?And hope,
dear captain, that have succeeded in
convincing you that you will be lending
yourself to an act of injustice towards
us. if you do not propose for your toast
The Pilgrim Mothers
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TO his race. He is man Of rare excel
lence, Of fixed religious character, ant
high toned integrity. In saying this WI
utter no fulsome aattery, but symply AT
artless eulogy on the character of D. G
Rose Of this city. @.t-.t
The third annual exhibition Of the Ag
ricultural Society of Laporte Count,
has just come off at this place. The
weather was unfavorable, still it was vel
attended for three days in succession
We never saw finer show of vegetable,
than wrs here exhibited. The show oi
apples was also fine. We noticed few
fine cattle of the Durham and Devon va
rieties, also several beautiful horses. The
two highest premiums were awarded to
a Morgan horse, raised by Mr.. Sherman
Of Rutland County, Vermont. The
sheep on the whole we're Indifferent, yet
we saw few formerly imported from our
State, that were excellent specimens Of
the ovinc race. Tho address was com.
prehensive and to tho point. II was q
meritorous effort of its worthy author.
1t was delivered by Judge Farrand Of
this place-formerly of Cornwall, Yer
mont
have just listened to an address, from
young gentleman born and educated
on the other side Of the globe. lilo was
born in Hindoostan, j. a son of Bap.
tist Missionary, and is apparently about
twenty two years Of age. After saying
that Hindoostan was rich in all of the
varied productions of tropical climate
was 1000 miles long by 1900 broad
and contained population of $50 ,000,-
600, he proceeded to give brief dcscrip.
tion of their customs, manners, dress,
their arts, literature, poetry, religion,
nsxims, &c, &c. In speaking of the
climate, he said the heat was intense, and
extremely enervating-that the average
of the coldost month was six degrees
warmer than the average of the warmcst
month in the year in New York-thst
many Europeans died every year by cx,
posure to the rays of the sun at mid day
Hc stated that caste was the most for.
midable obstacle to the spread of the
gospel; but since India had become sub,
ject to British rule, it was being broken
down in measure lie related many
interesting things relative to idol wor.
ship which had fallen under his personal
observation during short life spent in
that his native land. He was of quite
light complexion-a good speaker, and
ardcntly devoted to the missionary work.
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING
Dono in modern style and at short no,
Law of Newspapers.

I. Subscribers who do not give cxpross no
tice to the contrary, are considered AS wish
ing to continue their subscription.
II. II subscribers order the discontinuancc
OF their papers, the publisher may continue
to send them till all that is due be paid.
Ill. 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 bills and ordered their pa
pcrs discontinued
". IL subscribers move 10 other places
without informing the publisher, and the pa
per is sent TO the furmef direction, they arc
held responsible.
V. The courts have decided that refusing
to take II paper from the Office or removing
and leaving it uncallr'l for, is prir3 facc cv-
idcncc of intentional fraud.
VI. A Postmaster ncglccting to inform u
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the Office, makes himself liable for the sub
scription price.
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ADVERTISEMENT ExTRAoRDINi

ADVERTISEMENT ExTRAoRDINARY.
The following curious advertisement
appears in western paper: "Where>
as at particular times may importune
my friends and others, to let me have
liquor, which is hurtful to me, and
detrimental to society-this is, there
fore, to forbid any person selling me
liquor, Or letting me have it on any
ground or pretence for if they do
will positively prosecute them, not
withstauding any promise I may make
to the contrary at the time they may
let me have it."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01
NUMBER 28.
Richard Ceur de Lion.

The following description of Richard
the Birst,is from an article in the North
British Reuicc. The admirers Of chiv-
alric characters will bo not littlo
shocked with this picture, which tho Re-
uico endorses .fi r. 20
n pondcrous thing was Richards can.
And so was Richards boot,
And Saraccns and liquor ran,
Whereer he set his foot,
20 iiddling here and fighting there,
And numbering time and tuno,
With sturdy limb and listlcss air,
Half monarch, half buiioon.
lie turned away from feast and fray,
From quarrclling TO quaffing,
SO great in prowess and in pranks,
So fierce and fiery In the ranks.
That Saladin and Soldan said,
Whcn'cr that mad-cap Richard led.
ALA he held his breath for dread,
And burst his sides for laughing
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

A SAUcY ADvERTIsEMENT.-We
give the gratuitous benefit of our cir
culation to the following advertisement
from the New Jersey Standard:
WANTED-A IIosTLER.-The sub
scriber wishes to employ at his place
Gowanus, Long Island, a first rate hos
tier, who has good experience in man,
aging runaway horses. No one need
apply who has ever been in the State
Prison or Member Of the New Jer-
sey Legislature.
GARRET III. HENDRIcKsoN
Gowanus, Long Island Oct. 1854.
The advertiser, for putting the State
Prison and the New Jersey Legislature
in such connection, ought to be indict-
ed for libcl-upon the former.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

AT Naples, in small and filthy
street, called Vicc del San Sepolcro,
l43 out LAG inhabitants have been
carried of one after the other by chol-
era. The authorities caused the three
survivors, to be removed, and placed
sentinels at the entrances Of the street
to prevent persons from visiting it.
This place of death has been since ap-
propriately designated the Tomba del
Sepolcro.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

BATTER CANES Mix together pint
of siftcd Indian meal, and pint of wheat
-four, add half gill of yeast Make it
up stiff with water at night. In the
morning add an egg, and new milk suf.
fcient to make it thin enough to bake
on 4 griddle.
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A SNAKE Story" During the Flor
ida war" said the speaker, was with
the American army. One day | shoul-
dercd my gun and went in pursuit Of
game. In passing through a swamp |
saw something few feet ahead of me,
lying upon the ground which had every
appearance of log, it being some forty
feet in length and about one foot in di-
ameter, SO positive was I that it was
nothing but a log that l paid no atten-
iion to it; the fact is, would have
sworn before court of justice that it
was log, and nothing else. You see |
had never heard of snakes growing TO
such huge dimensions, and the fact is
never should have believed i. if had.
" Well" he continued, "between me
and the log Ias | took it to bc) was
miry place which it was necessary for
me to avoid. l therefore placed the
butt of my gun on the ground ahead Of
me, and springing upon it, lit right on
top Of what DO you supposo2" a boa
constructor" said one. "No." AN
anaconda" said another. "No." "What
could it have been? ?" said a third.
" just what I supposed it bc-a log"
said the wag.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

f@~The man who renders good for
evil, is as a tree which renders its
shades and fruit even to those who
cast stones at it.
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And the following premiums were award
ed
On CdttIe-OLen.
lst, To Lyman FELTON,.
2d Eli Root
Sd, Newell Hall.
On three yr. oM Matched Steers.
LIST, NJ. S. Abel.
I'd, NJ. Griswold.
Sd, Lester Griswold.
On yearling Matched Steers.
lst, Harland Root.
ID, G. II. Conkey.
Sd, +. S. Catln.
On 2 yr. old Hnters Of Domest'
Blood
lst. +. s. Catlin.
Cd, NJ. s. Abcll
Sd, l.. S. Hemenway
On . yr oil Hcjfers Of Imp. Blood
lst, VIM. X. Sanford.
I'd. 4.
On 2 yr. old Steers unmatched.
ISL, m. IL. Sanford.
No competition.
On ycariing Bulls.
lst, VIM. X. Sanford.
I'd, John II, Thomas.
On BnH Caltcs.
lst, VIM. X. Sanford.
I'd, o. II. Bascom.
Sd, N. Gale.
On yeariing Cattle best ten.
LIST, Bishop Bottum.
I'd, NJ. j. Clark.
On Mich Coms.
lat, Eli Root.
2d, VIM. r. Sanford.
Sd, jeremiah Boynton.
On entire Horses ovcy years old.
lst, Walter Smith.
On entire Colts Of 3 years old
ist, Y. Nearing.
I'd ii Gale.
On entire Colts 2 years old.
LIST, l.. FELTON,.
I'd, II. Parish.
Sd, l.. FELTON,.
On yearlins Colts,
lat. James Corbcn.
cd, o. II. Bascom.
3D., Seth Benson.
On Breed Mares.
lst, Marcellus Royce
Cd, G. A. Austin.
Sd, j.. Griswold.
On Q yr. old Colts
LIST, ID. u. Rust.
cd. s. Wells.
Sd, Elos Ray.
On yy. old Colts,
LIST, j. II. Thomas.
I'd, G. A. Austin.
Sd, James Corben.
On sucking Colts.
LIST, l.. Griswold.
I'd, G.. A Austin.
Sd, }. H. Thomas,
On single driving Horses
lst, j. II. Thomas. ,Yl're--
I'd, /. s. Gale. i 90. .I H
Sd, J. T. Buttolph.
On Shecp-Bucks.
lat, II. II, Young,
"a, L. & T. Cuts.
Sd, J. b. Cook.
On Buck Lambs.
LIST, j. II. Chittenden
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-01

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