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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-01-31

BURNED TO DEAru.-A little daughter Of
John Rider, of Coalport was burned to death
of~ruesday last Her clothes caught from
FIRE outside OF the house. She ran to the
creek; but that being frozen over, she ran
back 10 sari house but was SO badly burned
that she could not reach it. She died in q
few hours.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-01-31

SUDDEN DEArn.-Mr. Henwood Hysell,
Of Middleport, dropped dead on the street,
in ft Of apoplexy, while on his way te
his work, last Thursday morning.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-01-31

loads, and teams. and all kinds of vehicles
are crossing daily, with prospect Of con-
tinuing to do so for weeks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02
Greeley on Boards.

In an editorial on boards in late mum.
Der of the New York Tribune, Horace
Greeley concludes as follows But we
say to Young America in counting houses
and workshops, never touch your beard:
with razor. Despise the dictates Of
fashion, and let the hair of the face grow
silky and soft, only trimmed by the scis
sors. Your health will be improved; your
teeth will be sounder; your liability tc
colds and bronchial and lung affection:
will be sensibly diminished; your conven.
ience will be daily consulted; your manly
beauty-no despicable thing, as it is the
type Of what ought TO be the dover of
every man-will be indefinitely increased
and the true and poetical contrast to fem.
inine loneliness be once more secured,
which is impossible under the starved
scraped, wiry caricatures which shavel-
ings now present.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

Bay A spark bad noticed at a public
place, pretty looking girl, who, be
thought, would be an easy prey and be
without ceremony, addressed her, but met
with a severe rebuke; this SO Disconnected
him, that in his confusion, he could but
Just utter-'Well well, but do not swallow
me- %, no, said the young woman with
significant smile, you need not fear
that: | am Jewes, and am not allowed
to eat pork.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02
Official.

In the following Illustration of print
ing office dialogue there is decidedly NOR,
truth than poetry:
Foreman-You fellow with the red
hair, what are you at now!
Compassionate setting a House Oh
Fire!'-Most done
Foreman-What's Smith about!
Compositor-lIe's engaged on 'Hor-
rible Murderr
Foreman-Finish it as quick as posi-
bic, and help Morse through with his tel
egraph. Bob, what are you trying to get
up?
Bob-'A Panic in the Money Market
Foreman-Jim, what are you distrib-
uting!
Jim-'Prizes in Perham's Gift Enter
prise
Foreman-Stop that, and take hold of
this Runaway Horse Slocm what in
thunder have you been about the last half
hour!
Slocum-Justifying the Compromise
Measures which my sub set
Foreman-You chap on the stool, what
are you on!
Compositor-O the Table you gave
me.
Foreman-Lay it on the table for the
no room for it.
Compositor-How about these 'Muni-
cipal Candidates.
Foreman-Run 'em in. What did you
say Slocum,
Slocum-Shall l lead these Men of
Boston!'
Foreman-No; they'r solid of course.
Compositor-Do you want full-facc
head to Jenny Lind's Family!'
Foreman-No; such things 60 in small
caps John, have you got up that 'Capi-
tai Joke!'
John-No, sir; I'm 'out of sorts
Foreman-Well. throw in this million
of California Gold,' and when you get
through with it, I'll give you some more.
Wilson, have you finished the 'Coalition'
Wilson-Yes sir; the Coalition is all
up
Editor-What do you want now!
Devil-Morc copy, sir.
Editor-Have you completed that 'El
oquent Thanksgiving Discourse!'
Devil-Yes, sir; and I've got up
Warm Winter
Scissors-Here, take this Official and
be of.
Exit Devil with fat take
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

Value Of RyOngh.-Among the Kaf-
frs, agriculture is considered as kind of
labor unworthy of warrior, and is,
therefore, left entirely to the women
When they first saw a plough at work,
they gazed at it for some time in delight
ed silence. At last one of them gave ut
terance to his feelings in this exclamation:
See how the thing tears up the ground
with its mouth. 1t is of more value than
FIVE wivesv
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02
OBJ Rim NC.
From The Philadelphia Dollar .Ne~spape'
Music.

Music.
BY DR.. w. II. BOYLE.
Oh! give me sweet music
Let each mellow sound,
With mirth and good humor
And gladness abound
Care, trouble and sorrow
Do all come amiss-
A heart full of music
Is q heart full OF bliss.
Throw physic 10 dogs
Sweet music will heal
Where the doctor will fail
With his drug aud his steel
'Tis panacea for wo,
And balm to all Care
The strength of the brave,
And the charm Of the fair!
Oh! sacred thy charm
And holy thy SPELL
Thou 5rea,h'st to the dying
A happy FAREWELL!
And oh, when this fond soul
Resigns up this clod,
Then give ME sweet music
To waft inc 10 Gcd.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

A Fowl BUsINEss.-One of the ex-
hibitors at the National Poultry Show at
Barnum's Museum is George p Burn
hem Of Massachusetts,, near Boston, whose
sales of poultry, including few fancy
rabbits and pigs, last year, amounted to
$4,000. Of this amount, $4,000 were
sent off southwark from Boston, by Ad-
ans and Co.'S Express. a sample of his
Suffolk pigs are in the Museum. They
are great curiosities.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

The most stupendous canal in the
world is the one in China, which passes
over two thousand miles Of territory, and
to forty-one cities. 1t was commenced
in the tenth century. A monster work
of man.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

Glass bottles were first made in Eng
land, about 1858. The art of making
glass bottles and drinking glasses was
known to the Romans IN the year 70, A.
D.; they have been found in the ruins of
Pompeii.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

1T when will these cars leave,' in
quired an anxious individual Of Smith.
Il presume replied the wag, 'as soon
as the last seat is taken, as that will be
quite sure to make the cargo
Mr.. Anxious took his umbrella and got
aboard.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

sG The darkey who creased bis feet
that he would not make a noise when be
went to steal chickens, slipped from the
henroost into the custody of the owner
He gave as a reason for being there go
Dat he only come dar to see if dechiek-
ems sleep wild dere eyes OPEN lie was
cooped.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

This is dangerous period of the year
for colds-people should be careful
Mrs. Partington says she has got ro-
mantle affection in her shoulders, the
new geranium in her head, and the en-
barge in the region of her jogular vain;
all from the opening of the window to
throw bottle at a couple of bellerent
cats on the shed.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

s@ Fourteen thousand and ninety y-eight
persons are now receiving pensions in the
several States, from the United States
Government under the various acts pass
ed since 1918.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

There is no fear of knowing too much,
though there is great danger of practising
too little. The most doing man shall be
the most knowing man.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

five exercise faith, God will encourage
it Improve the promises, and God will
ratify them.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

Da- Miss Pitkin says that the reason
she never married is, that she never yet
saw the man for whom she'd be willing
to cook three meals of yictuals every day
Of her life a good reason truly
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

Mrs. Landrexuf has recovered $50, 900
damages from the New Orleans Railroad
Company, for killing her husband by
carelessness or the road
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02
Exit Devil with a fat take

4 WORD FOR PARENTs-We find it
in the National Intelligencer. Though
but a simple matter-there is more phi
losophy in it than parents imagine:
IF parents would have good boys, they
should keep them out of the streets at
night. Darkness is temptation to mis-
chief; suffering the young to be out when
the light of day does not restrain them
from misconduct is training them to it,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

nG-It is not good for man to be "a
lone. True, we thought, as We observed
a man pass by with seven dogs arter him.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

sG-If you desire to be released from
rash promise of marriage, breathe VOWS
of love continually after eating onions.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

UPA Frencbman in Boston has in
vented a remedy for the 2-utake, which
viii o0ect-s all pain 4th with This
beats the Yankees.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

eg IAN honest mans word is as good
as his bond, is trite maxim. So is a
rogue's, in nine cases out of ten.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

~The insurance companies in New
York ask l3 times as much for insuring
Q theatre as private house
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

SG- The narrowest part of the Allan
tic is more than two miles deep. In oth>
er parts il is about one and half miles,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

~The losses by fire in Boston, in
1858, were s26s, sac, on which there was
an insurance of S204,l73.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

rSThe ladies of Rusk county, Texas.
have sent in a petition praying the prOhi-
bition of intoxicating drinks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

s9~ Father what does printer live
ONT
why, child!'
Because you said you hand't paid him
for three years, and still take the paper ,
Blessed be that little child.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02

Strong resolutions are of good use t.
put by the force of strong temptation.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-03-02
VOL. IA.
Published by Theodore schocI,.

TERMS-Two dollars per annum in adyance--TvC
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tore the end OF the year, Two dollars and half
NO papers discontinued until all arrearages are maid
except at the option OF the Editor.
IL Advertisements not exceeding one square (ien
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t~ehy-nve cents for every subsequent insertion. The
charge for and three insertions the same Iber-
al discount made 10 yearlv advertisers.
~ All letters addressed TO the Editor must be post
paid.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06
A Chapter of Nebraska Histo-

An interesting chapter has recently come
out. There was one DR.. Olds, of Ohio, who
presided III committee the whole, over the
Nebraska debate, and by his unfairness on
points of order contributed essentially 10 the
success of the bill. In March last this
Odds, addressed the following to a member
Of his party:
No. l.. WAsHINeroN. March 4, 1854.
81 adult that the Me-
braska bill is an unfortunate affair for the
Democracy of the North. 1t may be chan
ged 50 that | can vote for it.
E.B. OLDS."
Less than three months afterwards he
writes to the sime person:
mo- WAsHINeroN, May 81, 1854.
1T is now morally GER
tain that the Nebraska bill will pass. am
in position 10 ask fdpor tor frlend.-
How would you like Judgeship: This is
private matter between YOU and !. and no
one need to be the wiser. L. b. OLDS."
All which means that this pure patriot, be-
ing originally opposed 10 the rascality, when
placed IN a position to ask favor of
friend" sold his pote 10 The highest bidder -
One of the considerations as il is well known,
was the appointment of his son to a lucrative
office in the North West. Still, it appears,
he had capital enough left to trade for
friend, in the matter of Judgeship. Com
ment ls unnecessary.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06

three hundred years Of its history, when the
Roman Empire tried with all cruelty to
tread it out Of existence. Never were more
loyal subjects than the Christians. They
better understood the principle Of their re-
rrion, which sets forth as the first duty
duty TO God as the second, duty 10 our
country and his country is the land in
which each was born, or that TO which his
oath Of allegiance binds him. The Catholic
religion places duty to the family in the
third place, setting It after country. Need
! refer to the last 300 years Of persecution
in the British empire' Yet the only re-
proach against Catholics was that they were
too loyal In this country, with an impair
tal government and equal laws in this
country where we have the privilege OF
meeting in council, IA privilege we would
not have in many countries called Catholic
arc we less likely to be loyal than those who
have never had the opportunity OF comparing
bondage with freedom. Adhere to the true
principles of your faith and you cen never
err. What justice Is there in transferring
TO the Church the misdeeds of an individual,
who, for the most part, pays very little at
tention to that church, and goes abroad from
her control and hears not her voice. Let US
then be prepared for the hour Of trial, If it
come, with charity"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06
Anniversary of the Vermont
Bible Society.

The Anniversary of this Society will be
held in Montpelier, on Wednesday, Oct Is,
1854. There will be a meeting of the Di-
rectors of the Society in the Vestry of the
Brick Church, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The Annual Meeting of the Society will
be held in the church, at 9 o'clock p. NJ,
at which important business will be presen-
ted. In the evening, at o'clock, the Annu-
al Report will be read, and addresses will
be delivered by the Rev. DR.. Tying of the
Episcopal Church, and the Rev. NJ. l.. Scud-
der of New York.
The Anniversary will be more than usu-
ally interesting. and full attendance is re-
qucsted. Entertainment will be provided in
the village, and a reduction of the fare by
railroad will probably be allowed as usual.
W. II. Loan, Sec. !. y. S.
Montpelier Oct ID. 1854.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06

.9noiher Fire r. On Saturday evening last,
the attic of the Patriot office was found
to be on fire, and the ircmcn achieved
another handsome triumph. The attic was
well Quilted, and property in the lower rooms
somewhat injured by a superabundance of
water. Insured. 1t is remarkable that this
fire occurred in the same street, directly OPP
posuo the last scene Of fire In building &c
cuped for ike purposes IN several respects,
caught in each in the attic, and was confn-
cd to that part of the building in cach.-
This IS the second time That reighbor East.
man has been served in the same way. In
each Of these cases it was Fortunate that the
engines were in good order, as if little
tine had been lost in the engines, probably
very large amount of valuable property
would have been destroyed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06
There is a North.

DANIEL WEBSTER long mourned over
the Illuminating subscrvicncy Of the Norh h..
He often sickened at the avidity with which
" Dough- Faces submitted to the unjust de-
mands of their Southern task masters, and
sometimes not only looked forward to the
period when this subscrviency would cease,
but when there would he ga North" This
prediction he uttered in his celebrated
Marshiicli speech, as follows -
awe talk Of the North. There has been
no North. think the North Star is at last
discovered. | think there tcW be North I;
but up to the recent session of Congress
there has been no North. What mean to
say is, If an TO understand geographical
section Of the country in which there has
been found strong, conscientious, ana
united opposition to Slavery, no such North
has existed"
II Mr.. WEBSTER was still among us, he
would see that now, if never before, the
North Star Is discovered" and that THERE
IS NoRrn. Slavery has had It's last tn-
unph
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06
WALTON'S DAILY
JOURNAL.

The coming session Of the Vermont Leg
isla,ure promises to be one Of the most im-
portant and interesting ever assembled. With
the ordinary business, applications for
changes Of counties and county seats, and a
large increase Of banks and banking capital
proposed amendments TO the Liquor Law,
the election Of two United States Senators
and great political problem to be solved
as to the cooperation or fusion of party men
hitherto belligersnt,--there will be material
enough for an exciting time. We shall &C.
cupy our old reporters desk in the House,
aud endeavor to secure reliable reporter
for the Senate, and thus give fair
account Of the daily doings in our Daily
Journal, and also in our weekly.
Subscribers are desired to send in their
names at once, that we may make the necess-
airy arrangements in time to supply ourselves
with the materials.
TERMS.
Daily Journal, 500 in adv
Waterman g. Journal, weekly,
during session, 25
3 months, lso as
to include the public acts,) so
OF Postmasters aud representatives. are
invited to forward subscriptions, and for five
subscribers or over they may retain rs pei
cent.
+. P. WALTON, JR.
Montpelier, Sept Is, 1851.
@ Editors copying the above will be en-
titled to the daily free.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06
Who first made Gas from
Wood :.

w. d. Porter answers this question in the
W y Times by claiming that he "stands
solitary and alone, and is the only and sole
paten,ee for this discovery letters patent
having been granted to him on the 22d of
August 1854, for wood gas generator."-
We can inform w. ID. Porter that WV. G.
ilouonroS, Montpelier boy, inside the
" discovery" about thirty years ago, and al
so made II" gas generator.' However, gas
was not the main object, but pyroligneous a.
cid. Beach wood beach was best, we think,l
was placed in nm iron rctort and reduced to
charcoal. The products of this process were
three, to wit: pyrohgnsous acid gathered by
passing the steam of the wood in pipe thro'
a condenser gGs, which was taken from
the condenslng pipe, near It's outlet, and u.s.
ed to light the room and charcoal which
remained in the relort. The whole nppara-
,us was very simple, probably costing less
than ten dollars, aud was made by Mr..
three or four sh.etsnl sheet iron, few wards
of lead pipe, and a barrel for the water,
through which to pass the coudonsing pipe.
On large scale we suppose the coal would
pay for the manufacture, leaving the gas as
clear profit and The acid (crudc creoso,el in
to the bargain. We believe Mr.. Iloughton
never asked for pltont: though very in
genious man, we never knew him TO spccu.
late in patents.
Other Vermonters manufactured the acid
before him but whether any of them ever
discovered and used the gas, we do not
know.
Since writing the foregoing, we find that
ancc. The National inieiiigsncsr anaean
ces that DR.. VIM. 7. Mcconnell of WASH
ington city, has after protracted conten-
ton with interfering parties from Europe,
obtained paten, for making gas from wood"
The European contestants, 1t seems, are two
distinguished chemists, who patented the in
vention in Europe two years ago. The "
Y. Evening Post gives the names of three
German chemists as the.EuropeaD discover
erers, and states that gas from wood is now
manufactured on a large scale in New York
and Philadelphia, and is superior to coal gus.
1t also states two facts. which 60 to show
that the nep process is substantially llough-
toms old one LIST, the gradua! increase of
temperature in the Regeneration. and ID, that
in addition to the gas, the wood yields about
25 per cent. OF charcoal. In short, the new
process is to bake wood gradually until it
becomes charcoal, gathering up the gas for
use. That was, precisely aud concisely,
Houghton's process. More ras can be made
from cord of wooi than from ton OF coal.
Vermont villages can have gas cheap, if
they choose. Seven cities Of Europe are
now lighted by wood gas.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06

Spirit Revelations. Mr. Roswell Child,
of Moretown, W., communicates the fol-
lowing incidents:
More Light on Masonry A lawyer of
my acquaintance, who isyery skeptlcal as to
spirits maniestIng themselves, by request of
friend, visited speaking medium of this
vicinity. Being freemason Of high de.
gree, he requested the presence of brother
mason who has been in the spirit land some
thirty years. Ills request was responded to
by the spirit, and he announced himself by
the usual masonic signs, and during the in-
tervlew the signs and passwords of this or
der were correctly given, aud even ms friend
was corrected when giving some of the
grips in an awkward OF incorrect manner. -
lie assures me that these signs have never
been revealed by any seeding mason IN the
United States. Although this demonstration
Of spirit power dad not fully convince him as
to its origin, yet he is greatly puzzled to
know where the medium obtained this knuwl.
edge Of freemasony.-.\ei0 Era.
If the foregoing is correct, the hidden
things of masonry, jesuitism and Know moth
ingism will be revealed
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-10-06
Work for Know-Nothings.

The old adage that drowning men catch
at s,raws" is well illustrated in the following
item. The slavocrats, il seems, are relying
upon Know-No,hingisin 10 ntutral;-e the
anti siapery influence" They regard Know
Nothingism as a DIVERSION to divide the
friends of Freedom so give the victo-
ry to Slavery. The attemp, will undoubted-
ly be made, to use Know othingism for this
purpose: but there are two reasons why it
should fail. One is, that If Know-Nothing-
ism is to become the prop Of Slavery, it will
itself be crushed. The other is, that the
present Slavocra,ic Administration has ar
ranged itself against Know Nothings, and
as a matter of course the Know Nothings
ought know enough to help It on its down
ward way. But to the item-which, it will
be observed, comes with all the weight of
authority direct from Washington, through a
genuine organ Of the dough faces
THE Next CoNGRrss.-The prescn, ad-
ministration avows its hostility 10 fanaticism,
and all ispls, and, in the long run, they will
therein be supported by the public SENSE
But they expect to be obliged to face the
whole phalanx of isms in the House Of Rep
resentatives in the next Congress. Know
Nothingism will have a strong ioothold in
that body, and will, to a great extent, neu-
iralize the influence of the Anti Slavery men.
Know. Nothingism is not like the other,
sectional mama. Which will run out first is
not worth the inquiry. but both will proba-
bly, las, long enough materially to affect the
next Presidential election. The next will be
the President-making Congress. They will
intermeddlc as usual, with the nomlnations,
and also with the election and II Is extreme
" probable that the final choice Of Presi-
dent will devoye on the next House Of Rep
reseniatives House to be elected under
fanatical Influences. -- Washington Cores
pendent Nee York Journal Of Commerce.