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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-02-28
Sam Houston in Rutland.

The Hero Of San Jacinto had an i'm.
mense crowd TO hear him at the Town
Hall in Rutland, on Saturday evening
last. The large hall was filed to over
flowing the audience numbering not far
from fifteen hundred Addison and Ben.
uington counties, as well as Rutland.
were represented by numerous delega.
ions,srccial trains having been run upon
the several railroads for their accommo.
da.ion.
We have seldom seen 81 attentive and
enthusiastic an audience. When the
honorable Senator was introduced by s.
II. Hodges, Esq, as "thc hero Of San
Jacinto, formerly the President Of Tex.
as, and hereafter -" what the cheers
of tn, crowd seemed to foretcl in a man.
ner suiiic emily explicit, no ono doubted,
we presume, that the noble form before
them was worthy Of such o destiny. if
mere 0ppeayance were sufficient test
The address, on the subject of Texas"
came fully mp to the expectations Of the
audience It. "took" decidedly with
the masses We heard bat one opinion
on this point, as we passed out amid the
gratided throng. No ostentation. cgot.
ism. or vanity was noticeable in the
speaker, as he detailed the early strue.
giles, difficulties and trials through which
the settlers Of Texas passed the bril-
liant feats Of arms which achieved their
Independence their subsequent growth
and present prosperity, yet every one
distinctly understood that'thc General"
and " the President 70 moiostly al
ludod to, was the chief actor and the
ruling spirit in ali those stirring and i'm
portant events.
At the close of tho lecture, which oc-
cuped about all hour and half three
hearty cheers were given for the orator
of the evening. three more, as hearty, for
" SAM" and the assembly broke up, in
excellent humor
We Lave seen Sam He is good.
looking." He is courteous and afflbc.
lie is a graceful and excellent speaker
He talks right along, in all unpretending
yet highly impressive maaner, and with
a ready command of We. chosen and
faultless language. H. is a man Of up-
doubted ability, az We, as If true grit, 3"
faarlcssness, honesty a"l i-rolance. He
would make good pl.-i cnt, and, il a
candidate, will pretty surely be elected
Such, at least, in brief aye our opinions.
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.UMBIA COUNTY. PA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 90 1855

classos, who are fat more sagacious than the
statesmen and arslocracy, and more fully
represent the public feeling Of that country.
Golden and Bright, by the presence Of pub
lie opinion, carried the repeal of the corn
laws. They have other NOT less important
work before the now.
Here public opinion is represented moi by
party politicians, or noisy public meetings
in The squares and parks Of our cities, bu,,
perhaps, BY the large body Of farmers and
other quiet citizens who read The daily pa
pen, all through the country, and vote with.
out much taking or fuss. With US i;:telli.
genoe is more universally difused among
The people. 49,,
But neither here nor 10 England is public
opinion Inclined 10 war between the two
counties. l, would never in England have
waged war with Russia, but bIundering
ministry did tha, which the people now en-
durs but regret. The people Of England well
know that another such q blunder would ru-
in their country. ..r....
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LIVING AND MEANS.

The world is full Uf people who can't ina
gine why they don't prosper like their neigh
bors, when theseal obstacle is not in banks
nor tariffs, in bad public policy nor hayd times,
but IN their own extravaganza and needless
ostenla,ion. The young mechanic or clerk
marries and takes house, which he pro-
ceeds to furnish twice as expensively as be
can afford, and then his wife, instead of ia.
king hold 10 help him 10 earn livelihood,
by doing her own work. must have hired
servant TO help her spend his limited earnings.
Ten years afterwards, you will find him
struggling on under double load of debts
and children, wondering why the luck was
always agains, him, while bis friends regret
his unhappy destitution Of financial ability.
Had they from The first been frank and hon.
est, he need not have beer so unucky. @
Through every grade Of society, this vice
of inordinaie expenditure ins:nnates ITSELF
The single man, SHRED on:" 10 the country
at ten 10 fifteen dollars per month, who tries
to dissolve his ten yeats earnings in frolic
anu HUG ClOtubs tue ClCih Wuo htCo W
FIVE hundred dollars, and mells down twenty
to fifty of i into liquor and cigars, are paral.
leled by the young merchant, who fills his
spacioas honss with costly furniture, gives
dinners, and drives fast horse on the strength
of the profits he expects to realize when his
goods are sold and his notes are all paid
Let a man have genius for spending, and
whether his income is dollar a day, Of d
dollar minute, il is equally certain 10 prove
inadequate. If dining, wineing, and party
giving won't help him through with il, build
ing, gaming, and specializing, will be sure to.
The bo,tomlsss pocke, will never Gil, no mat.
ter how bounieous the stream pottihg into
it. The man who, tbeins sinsle,) does not
save money on six dollars per week, will not
be ap, 10 on sixty; and he who does not lay
up something his first year OF independent
exsnion, will be pretty likely to wear poor
mans hair to the grave. !''ii "a ''t''
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In the town of Cafdingion, in England,
once lived very good man named John
Howard. He had a large house and fine
farm, and hired many servants. His wife
was kind and gentle lady, and made all
around her happy. But suddenly the good
Mrs Howard died, and her husband was
left sad and lonely, for Lis only child was
stills very small boy, not old enough TO com
fort his souowing father. Mr.. Howard's e
home had los, ito brightness, and he now re-
solved TO follow the example Of our Savior,
who, while on earh, wen, abou, doing good
Having placed his son under the care of a
good woman, he began to visit the prisons
in the neighborhood. No one thought much
about the condition of those whose crimes
had brought them to punishment, and MIR.
Howard was surprised ard grieved ty the
dreadful situation in which he found many
fellow beings.
For seventeen years he went about visit
ing almost every Jail and hospital in Grea,
Britain aod Europe. He often published ac-
counts of wha. he had seeu, and thus drew
the attention of great men Of different couL-
tres TO this SUBJECT on which they had be-
fore thought very little. 1t would be inpos-
sibIe 10 describe the miserable state ia which
he found many OF the prisnrs. Men who
had grown old in crime, boys who bad been
taken in their first open sin, women, and
young girls, were crowded together in one
room by day, and at night slept IN damp
cells, without covering, and often without
even straw between them and the cold stone
floor. Sometimes the wafer would stand
Two or three inches deep on the floor. Their
food was scan,y, coarse, and badly prepared
Only few rays Of light came 10 cheer the
dfeary hours, for the prisons Of Europe were
little better than dungeons, dug down Ten or
fifteen feet in The earth. The prisoners were
often sick, and then their suf1erings were
very great. ...
Through the generous effort of Mr.. How
ard, a great change has been wrought in
many places. The life and health of the
prisoners are properly cared for; they are
carefully attended in sickness; chapels are
provided, and the gospel is preached 10 Them.
To produce these results. Mr.. Howard eays
uplhe pleasures he might have enjoyed at
home, and, going from country 10 country,
relieved, by kind sc's and words, The sorrows
of the suffering and eHins. s.q,e. ~
A heavy grief fell upon the last days OF
Ibis noble man. His only son hal nds
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JOHN HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST.

grown to be young man, but, instead Of
being comfort to his worn aud weary iaih.
er, he became his bilterest trial. While MIR.
Howard was attending upon several sick
sailors in the port Of Venice, he received a
letter from friend at home, bringing sad
uews-hs son was deransed. II was a ter
rible disappointment, 10 his hopes, but he
said, "sball receive good at the hand of the
Lord, apd shall not receive evil ?' He has
tened home as soon as possible, but the &C.
count was too irre, and he was forced 10
place his sou in lunatc asylum. Again he
turned TO the continent. For the seventh
aud last time, he bade good-by 10 old Eng.
land. He had stood for the last time by the
grave of his beloved wife he had looked for
the last time on the face OF his son.
The winter OF 1890 was very cold and
stormy. Mr.. Howard spen. several weeks
in visiting the sick soldiers who were sta.
TONED at Cherson, in the southern part of
Russia. One day he was hastily requested
10 visit young lady who was dangerously
i'll at FIRST he refused TO 60, saying he was
only physician 10 The poor who could not
obtain any ole else; but her friends urged
him so much, that he at last consenle6.-
Having administered what medicines he
thought best, he left, directing them TO send
for him If she grew better, adding, that if she
was worse, which he feared would be The case,
il wond be of no use. The young lady grew
no belter, and her friends wrote 10 Mr.. How
ard 10 come as quickly aspossibe. By some
mistake, the 'euer was dalayed eight days.
When Mr.. Howard saw how long il had
been on its way, he feared il was too ldte.--
No carriage was to be procured. SO he
mounted an old horse aud rode twenty miles
in cold, dfenching rain. To his great grief,
he found his patient very feeble, and on the
next day she died.
The cold, wet ride, and the sorrow he fell
on the Iady's death, together with his recent
affliclion, proved loo much for his strength.
Afrer short sickness he died, far from
kindred and country, yet not withou, friends;
for hts goodness had made him beloved by
all. He was buried IN the place he had
unosen, and the inscription he had himself
written wss placed on The plain marble slab
over his grave: .,....... ...... ..
.., tJoHN HowARp,
Died al Cherson, m Russian Taftary, q
Jan. 81, 1880, aged Ga. ri
Chrid is my hope"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-11-29

ons of warfare then, as al former and later
periods Of the history OF the world, With
the exception of the formidable appliances
of Archime in repell;ng The last famous
siege of Marcellus, more destructive agents
were known in the, sieges of biblical and
classic times. The Syracusan geometer, oae
of whose wonderful machines could project
rocks at the enemy's vessels, ent bled the
garrison to repel The bssiegers until the place
by treachery was surrendered. But the in
vention of gunpowder led TO a complete
change in the system of Notifications. The
square and round towers, constructed on the
walls of fortified cities, 10 enable the bssie'
ged to discharge showers Of arrows and darts
on their assaiIan,s, were found useless sgsins,
cannon. The bastian was constructed az the
most durable form OF defence sgains, the new
projeciies. To The last siege Of Constantine,
pie, which continued from the 9Th of April
TO the 2s,h of May, i7ss, the Turks employ.
ed powerful artillery, some Of the guns; from
their size and cal.brs, being objects Of admi-
ration among military men even at this day.
The Aslaiic suItans, in their ambition TO pos
sess themselves Of the old Greek empire, hi
red adventurous spirits, from all quarters of
Europe, including the ferocious bands Of
MuscovYj to aid them by their talents and
services. Russian -barbansm also seeks the
same aid in the prosecution Of its ambilions
.,as;.ns TIa ean,,, 20 az Ton ap,inoy,la N q a
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Al EMO,t ABLE siEt.Es.

The siege of Sebastopol will rank as one Of
the greatest which has occurred In the annals
Of national warfare. There have been sieses
at which, probably, lhe aggregate loss Of life
has been greater; such, for example, as the
siege of Jerusalem, BY Titus, when accord
ing 10 Josephus the jsws--who in spite OF in
tesiine faction and the tavages of famine,
cobiemp,uously rejected all propositions for
surrender-losi ore million one hundred thou
saud, and had one hundred thousand taken
prisoners. These figures are thought to be
exaggerated, bu, not wiliafy so, by Josephus,
who is generally considered an authentic wri-
Ter, but probably originated from :hs errors
OF The cop, ISIS Of ancient MSS, who style OF
representing numbers BY letters rendered
such mistakes extremely probable. Subss'
quep. trustworthy historians, however con-
cur in believing that the pumber who perish
ed at this great siege could not have been
much less than those 90, ioHh by Josephus.
The siege was no, so proirac,ed If the loss Of
life was so u uch in excess OF thai which has
recently terminated with The destruction Of
tho southern Notifications Of Sebastopol In
deed, leaving the leaned 10 decide whether
such an event as the siege Of Troy has svsr
occurred, we question whesheb in point Of
duration. there is anolbsr similar event to
eompare, with the siege, Of Ssbastopol. The
moral effect Of The capture of this strong hold
On ths deslnies Of the wotld, wlltepend up
on the manner in which the success is fol,
lowed up. b,s sde .E4egt ~ - su4
y The gtea., military achisvsinen,s which the
people Of England and France are now Gel
sbrsting, has No passllel ~ similar memora-
bls etsais, Alclbisdes iiiIed Ina powerful
feet y lat siege y syracuse, but failed; and
BY ,he disssler NJ military power Of Athens
pssishsds The bsilssingspzns artows, slipss,
swosds and spears, wefs the princlplc wsap-
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LooKmd OUT ron No. 1--we recolIect hear.
ing Dutch friend OF ours give direction to
his son, which may be considered prsc-
icsl commentary upon Lord Mausfsld's die
ium, ND III u
!, 'tisn., ,ssid llej 'so 10 the mill fish. off.
Dere ish no corn meal,
'Yah:' said, Hans, 'aud dare ish no corn
shelled neiiher.' s., l.ali .,fF ssJa,'a
sNeiu4 Veil, den, / tells you. How much
com Schmid, bouowsf you know sen-.-last
year sometimes. s.i.i Y.6 - ~
yell, pou, Won bushel,' replied Hama, :
'Yah, so i link TOO. Take de mare, Hans,
aud tell schmidt sou come for de corn val be
bofiows. And Hsns, take couple Of bags
nit yon, mine sop Hans, Sehmid, have very
shorl msmbv, Hans, and iaiu't worth vie
taking one bushei 10 de- mills, Hans s.'sgot ia=
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sRlLKWE POTTERY.
The PeTple xed House kee per.
BY MRS. FRANCES D. GAGE.

BY MRS. FRANCES ID. GAGE,
wish I had dozen pairs
OF han1s this very minute
I'd soon put all these things to rights
The very dell is in i, ..-.. .
Here's big washing to be done,
One pair OF hands 10 do it,
Sheets, shirts and stockings, coats & pnnts
How will ere get through its
Dinner 10 get for six or more, =.
No loaf left o'er from Sunday, '''
And baby cross as he can i've ri'4'
He's always SO on Monday l ,5s.
And then the cream is getting sour,
And forthwith must be churning,
And here's Bob wants button on
Which way shall be turnings
'Tis time the mea: was in the pot, .
The bread was worked for baking, m
The clothes were taken from the boil
o dear! The baby's waking.
Hush, baby dear lhe.e, hnsh sh.sh!
wish he'd sleep little,
Till could rnn and get some wood
To hurry up that kettle.
o dear il he should now come home,
And find things in this po,her,
He'd just begin 10 tell me all
About his tidy mother!
How nice her kitchen used to be,
Her dinner always ready
Exactly wheE the noon-bel rung--
Hush hush dear lltlle Freddy.
q And then will come some hasiy word,
Right out before Pm thinking
(They say ,ha; hasty words from wives
Set sober men 10 drinking
q. Now isn't that grand idea,
That men should take 10 shining
Because weary, half-sick wife,
Can't always smile SO WINNING?
When I was young, used 10 earn
My living without trouble,
Had clothes and pocket money, too,
And hours OF leisure double.
| never dreamed of such fate,
When |. A.LAss! was cou.ted-
Vile, mother, nurse seamstress, cook,
housekeeper, chambsrmaid, lanndrsss, dali
ry-woman, and scrub generally, doing the
work of six.
For the sake Of being supported
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Ourhopes are like the wreaths of foam
That glitter on each shining wave,
When with gushing sound they come
The white and thirsty beach to lave.
The ~aters part, The ripples gIeam
'fF A'moment on the silent shore,
And vanish as The hopes that seem
A memeni bright, and are no more.
Seeking for love, for fame, for power,
To the fraii threads of life we cling,
For hope will Gull seiihered flower
And tune harp with broken string,
And hope will shed gimmering ray
OF light on pleasure ruined shrine,
For mouldering columns still look gay
When sunbeams DER them shine.
Though severed be loves magic chain,
Still 10 its broken charms we trust,
And hope 10 mend the links again,
When grief has eaten them with rust,
Frail as the babbles on the beach
That hope may 5e---a Transient beam,
Bot relt OF joy, tits sweet to 10 aeh
us The heart to hush iis grief and dream.
Our hopes are like the flowers that bloom
Upon the mountains vefdant side,
That mountains heart burning tomb,
Cleft by the lava's scorching tide,
They spring and flourish, fade and die,
Like human hopes--as frail aud fair,
While queuchless fires beneath them lie, ,
Like human passions hidden there.
Our fears are like the clouds that shed
Their gloom across a summer sky;
When life is fairest, some wild dread
OF grief is eve. lowering nigh.
The gloom may pass---ihe shadows fade,
And the sunlight only seems to reign,
Bai still there is lingering shade,
A fear that clouds will come again.
Where The bright wells of gladness spring
Hope will tue youthful heart decoy,
But fear rs lowering there. to fling
A shadow o'er The path of Joy.
A canker-worm within the fruit,
A serpent in the linnet's nest,
A sentry ever grim and mute
Is fear within the human breast.
A rainbow never spans The sky,
But some dark spirit of the storm,
With Fable plume is lowering nigh, "'
To watch its soft and fairy form.
Hope never chants her angel song,
Or bids rs rest beneath the wing,
But fear with all its phantom throng
is in the distance lowering.
We seek the lanrel wreath of fame,
And all her tickle favors trust,
To live-perchance without name,
And lind the chaplet turned to dust. .
Lie wears away, mid smiles aud tears
The wedding peal, the funeral ioll w
Bot though o'ershadowed still by fears, IL.
Hope is the sunlight of the soul.
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A Bed.Bug Story.

The editor of the Grand River Eagle gives
the following as the experience OF a friend
stopping atlhe Kalamazoo House. st J, b..
"Yon see ] went 10 bed pretty all fred
: used up alter hull day on the old road, be-
fore the plank was laie, kalk ila,en on good
snooze; wall, just as The shivers began to
ease off, kinder felt sumthing lryin TO pull
of my shirt, and diggin their ne bs INTO the
small of my back, tryii to get good hold.
Wiggled, and twisted, and puckered. All TO
use-kept agoin it like all sin.
"Bimeby golup and struck light, to look
around spell. Fosnd abou, peck Of ,ed
bugs scattered around, and more dropnio "A
nv shirt and runuin down my le,s svs,v
mint Swept off a place On the floor,
sno0k out aa''i,, icy down and kivered up
IN DIR. pap, :. :. s.so.r. 4 -.
''No use, mounted right on me like pas.
sel Of rats on o meal tnb, dug hole in the
kivshid and erawled through and give me
fits for tryin to hide.
"Gof Up again, went down stairs and 60,
tho sinsh bucket from lbs, wagon. Brought
il up ard made circle Of Tar on the floor,
lay down on the. inside and felt comfortable
that time, anyhow. Left the light bnrnin
and watched 'em. Seed 'em get together and
have 4 camp.meeiin about it and then they
went ofrin squad, with anolc gray headed
one at the top, righ. up on The wall ont on
the ceiliu, ill they 90, to the right spot, then
dropped right plump into my face. Fact, by
thundef. 1ssf1oi al g lied sshk94L'a f.t'
"waa5 I swep. 'sm Up again and made a
circle Of Tar oh The ceilin, too. 'Thoushl | had
'sm foul that time, but l swanio man ifihey
didn't pull straw out oi sbed and build reg.
ular bridge ever il ~
Sssiag IN. incrsdulous expression on our
vissees, be clenchsd the story thus: "a !,
" It's 80, whether you believe i or mol, and
some Of 'em walked across on 'sliltsg' at
Bed-bugs are curious cfitten, and dsnei irnis'
take, especially The Kalamazoo kind. = (
skssts2 -s------------i ~ ~
- Different sounds travel uith different
vsloel.iss AcslI TO dinner will run over .
ten 1ess Tot in minute and . half while {
summons % work viii iAks from fve'to ten
uiuuteA
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@lE@l0M PWlHTNY,
IioPEs AND FEARS.

The following beautiful lines from the pen
Of Rosa, originally appeared in the Louis
vile Journal. The authoress is lady Of
high social position, and eminenlly deserves
10 rank high as an American poetess:
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Counsels for the Young.

Fight hard against hasiy temper. Apgs.
will! come, bu, resist i. stouily. A spark wilt
set house on fro. A d, Of passion mar
give. you cause to mourn ali the days Of yous
life. Never revenge an injury 49,.
He tha, revsnges know no rest--- -
The meek possess peaceful breast.
Z IT you have an enemy. 40, kindly towards
him, and make him your friend. You mar
not win him at once, but ,rY him again, Let
one kindness be followed by another ill you
have compsssed your ends. By Little and
little grea, things are completed -.
Waters falling day by day.,
Wear the hardest rock away. - "a
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|. Doc FIcHr-"Oh, pa, I've just sesn one
sof shs worst dog fights as was never seen or
heern tell of in The world" a'1e isg '}Hpr
"Well Simon, my hoy, how was IL"
"Why, father, there was one great big
black dog, with white ears and brass col.
lar, and one little black and green dog, what
hadn't no man with him, AID as---" s''-''
'sComs, comr, Simon, don't talk so fact ;
yoh get everything mixed mp stop end qe,
breath moment, and not blow so like por-
poiAe." e a''S ~ Fi'-
dwell, I want to tell you how ore dog with
Write ears got On one eide Of The meeting
houss, and the other meeting house with the
ys!lst dogLno, no, I mean one meeting:
house with the yaller green ears, cot on one
eide OF the dog, and the other he-no--uo,
the white and yaIler ear, he give yslp al
the mesting.houss, and the dog--oh, dad,
f'vs give all ouI-ihefe wern't no dog si
all.' a0iDHs' ',''''.,p
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q a., A briisssr obserssj 10 i alsarhsd bfc,hi
Or, 10 coura, thai the wssdns b shisksrs was
anproisssionsl. aRiehtl" responded die
friend, "a lawyer cannot bs TOO barsJacsd.ns