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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-12-05

PALPITATfoN Of the Heart. Nervous Diseases,
Ll,er Complaint, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, cosiiseness
and Files, are oil relieved and cured In an incredible
short spsce Of mc. by Carriers Spanish Mixture, the
great Ionic and purifier Of the blood Il contains not
particle OF Mercury. Opium, OF my noxious drug; IL
perfectly harmless, and has cured more than five hun
dred cases Of disease.
We can only refer the reader TO the certificates few
Of which may be found in another column, and ell Of
wich are detailed 10 full around the bottle. II is the
greatest Of all Spring and Fall Medicines and possesses
an influence over The blood truly remarkable.
See advertisement.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-12-05
ol1vays 0sesDessi and. p:Us have aIciea another

aHoiSvays oEtpsqst and. Pills have Effected another
wonderful Cure Of Sore Leg. Anthony Harrison
seatd OF MIiinsbu,g Virginia, was sufferer Tor TWEEN.
y.elghi years from sore fs. 50 bad ii tes, Inn daure
could scarcely hear itas hey.sere covered with wounds
and proud flesh. Hisfdendshad given up all hspss Of
ny ever rssaining the Of his mbs ~ he was in 70
ptiahle state, the more especially as the doctors told
people the good effects Holoways Pills had produced
IN cases Of this nature, he made up his mind 10 give
tal after using them for few weeks he felt much bet.
Ter, and hy coutnuing them for two months aud half
be was riscty cured after being 20 years cripple,
and considered beyond human aid.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02
Plaster of Paris and Green
Manure,

In conversation moi long since
with Mr.. Benjamin Chandler, an
industrious, observing farmer in
Slarks, Somerset County, he observ-
ed that he had, by experiment,
ascertained how he could use green
or unfermented manure in the hills
Of corn. Formerly, whenever he put
unfermented manure in the hills,
the corn would, ms tead of growing
thriftily, as is the case when we'll
rotted manure is used in this way,
become yellow in color, and seem to
be injured rather than benefited by
it. This he attributed TO TOO great
a supply OF ammonia, or other
substance liberated when the manure
began TO lerment.
Having read that plaster Of Paris
would absorb and change tho action
or nature Of am nonia, he tried il in
this way.
After placing shovel-foll of green
manure in the hill, he covered it
over with soil, and on this threw a
large spoonful or more Of plaster OF
Paris, then dropped his corn and
covered it. When thus planted, the
corn invariably grew rank, and filled
the ears as well as If the manure
had been thoroughly composed and
decomposed.
One Spring, when planting his
corn in this way, he had not plaster
enough to go over the whole field,
and accordingly was under the
necessity of planting a portion of il
with green manure in the holes and
no plaster over it.
The result was an excellent crop
as far as the plaster was used, while
in tho remainder of the field the
corn was yellow and sickly during
the whole season, and yielded COM
paratively little. These are import
ant facts in the corn culture.
lean Agricuiturist, Jan. 24th.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02

Agriculture in Common Schools
The N. Y. Tribune copies the act of
our last Legislature relative to "War-
ing's Elements Of Agriculture" and
remarks thereupon as follows:
We have had some Apr Extensions
for Vermont since we heard that gold
had been discovered in her noun
tains, but this act alays them. Let
her youth be well grounded in the
science which forms the base OF prac-
teal Agriculture, and the discovery
of mines of yellow ore in her soil
even as vast and rich as those of Cal
ifornia could not suffice to ruin her.
We have so often commended the
study of Agricultural Science in
Common Schools that we have little
new TO urge. The idea Of using
some cheap elementary work like
Warnings as reading-book is per-
haps the most feasible Of any. Moth
ing can be more absurd than drag
ging boys and girls OF eight 10 six
teen years through such essays as
make up the bulk OF the English
Reader aud most other first class
reading books used in the common
schools of our boyhood. The great
majority do not really comprehend
them, aud are lilile more proiiied by
their perusal Than if they were prln-
ted in Greek or Latin. But put into
their hands reading books that tell
them of what elements soils are com.
posed, how those elements with 9th
ers floating in the atmosphere are re-
combined in plants, how these again
reappear in animal structures, and
how trees absorb mainly through their
leaves the carbon and water which
form so large proportion of their
trunks and limbs, and they cannot
fail TO be deeply interested as well as
instructed. Now they will read TO
learn, and will be better fitted for in
telligent and efficient husbandry at
the close Of each term. They will
leave the common school better fit
ted for improving the half exhausted
lands they are destined to cultivate
than are the graduates Of colleges
under the Old system.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02
Trees and Tree Planting,

fMr. T.. Nichols writes from
Dover, Bureau County, Illinois, to
The Prairie Farmer as follows
Transplanting evergreens 10 the
bugbear. Understood, it 10 not
difficult. They are generally killed
by deep planting and the want of
mulching--they want Of leaves from
the woods or hali-decayed straw, or
tan, or something Of the kind to keep
the ground moist. Prepare the
ground deep if you have time take
the hemlock or red cedar, spread the
roots nicely on the smooth surface,
cover three-lourihs Of an inch deep,
pu, on four inches of moist leaves
and confine them down with brush
few will die. Shade during the
first Summer. A bush full Of
lea YES set on the south side 10 best.
The nurseryman must do his duty.
He must take the trees up well, and
direc, that tho roots be kept moist,
and not exposed minute TO sun or
air until planted. In the absence Of
moss or wet leaves, a wet sheet may
be put Immediately around the roots
and lightly around the tops. II we
go TO the woods for every reens we
must act the nurseryman ourselves.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02

Interesting Statistics.-In pub
llshlng some extracts from the ap-
pendix 10 the Census Report, the
N. Y. Times remarks:
II seems, from that portion of
these statements which relates 10 the
nativity of our population, that the
foreign born number only about one
light Of the natiyes,--much the
largest proportion being in the
Middle States. The largest number
of immigrants to this country in any
one year, was 439,437 in 1884,
though this statement is scarcely
accurate, as more than a year IL
comprised in the returns.
The most valuable crop in the
United States is that Of Indian
Conn, estimated in 1850 at two
hundred and ninety-six Millions p
Dollars,-and being nearly %
times as valuable as WIZ, 81.
more than three times as 'A'uso'e -
Cotton. Six times as .iany acres
land are devoted 10 'ndian Corn a.
are given 10 Co,on and three times
as much as to Nheat. The vslue o,
Butter mae annually in the United
States exceeds fifty millions Of DOH
lars.
There are only 81, 525 slaveho'd-
err. in the United States, Of wheo
(See All pags.)
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02
Poetry of Life.

The proudest poetry Of youth,
Is" Uoaid irere mdn :"
The golden years that lio between,
Youth like a dream would span
IT'S in It's thought, It's in its heart
It's ever on It's tongue;
But oh the poetry of age
Is this" Hhn ieas young"
Thus in the morn OF lie, cur feet
Would distant pathways find;
The sun snll face to face we greet;
The sLadoirs fai' behind!
But when the morn of life is DER,
And nature grows less kind,
The lengthcning shadow crceps before,
The sunlight falls behind
With many a murmur, slow and sad,
The stream Of life flows on;
That which we priced not ,rhen zee had
Is doubly priced ,ehen gone
And many a sad and solemn truth
Lies written on llfe's page.
Between the Poetry Of Youth"
And Poetry Of age"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02

Artistic Workmanship in Pom
peii.-Therc are scales and steel
yards, which can only have bee
meant to weigh provisions, but ID
chains and bars of which are delicate
ly wrought. The weight is eve
found TO represent warrior, with
helmet most beautifully chiselled
and so fine and true, so really
intended for everyday use are ihes
commercial implements, that one ,
them has stamped upon it its verif
Gallon, made at the Capitol, declarin
il to be just. The lamps also, an
the candelabra by which they wcr
supported, are most elegant, NJ
made upon pattern, fashion of III
season, but exhibiting true artist
beauty. This feeling is carried
far, that even surgical instrument
found in those ruins which could onl
have been meant for practical pul
poses, display equal attention TO ORR
ament and finish. There is no en-
Of other vessels, which must ha,
served for domestic purposes, sue
as braziers, for instance, of whic
handles, nrms, and other parts, al
finished beyond what the finer
bronzes now in Paris usually equal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02
VOL. XIX, NO. 14.....~wHoLE NO. 1924.
We do not know whether the Town

We do not know whether the town
elections referred TO in the act above
cited have or have not taken place,
but it is not difficult 10 guess that in
most cases nothing will be done. But
we think there will be some towns in
which the farmers will know enough
of the importance of Science in Ag-
riculturc to be willing to learn more
and if there he but ten such in the
State, the soil Of those towns will be
more productive and more valuable
ten years hence than that Of Just
such towns which treat Agriculture
as a mere drudgery TO be endured
and not as an art TO be studied and
acquired And those towns which
begin with placing a work on the ell
emenis of Agriculture in their schools
will not stop there but will soon pro-
coed to supply those seminaries with
such practical treatises rs Dana's
" Muck Manual Harris on In
scots Injurious to Vegetation" &C.,
&c, until their youth shall be thor
oughly grounded in the knowledge
that shall form the base Of their future
thrift and usefulness. Let Vermont
out lead the way, even doublfuIly and
limidly, in this career, and her sister
States will ultimately acknowledge a
debt to her for teaching truths Of
more practical utility to them than
would be the Annexation Of the
whole Continent.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02

Pay YoUR BILLs-As Incentive.
Some years ago farmer in Frederick
county Md, owed neighbor of his
$50, and as soon as he could realize
The sum, he promptly paid ii over
The morning he called 10 pay il, his
friend appeared TO be very thankful,
remarking that he was also in debt 10
another person who needed the mon
ey, and he would at once take il 10
him. This remark started a train of
thought in the mind Of the first
person, who said 10 himsell-why
here, is 500 paid with $50. will
at once follow up this matter and see
where il will end. He then followed
up the payments Of debts by this one
note Of $50, until he traced it TO the
large amount Of 1880, when il cot
ont OF his reach.
Now here is a moral A owes B a
bill, which, if he pays promptly, will
be paid by b to c, and SO on through
the whole alphabet and, il will be
surprising 10 every one, what a small
amount is necessary TO pay of hun
dreds Of thousands by keeping the
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02

A Ne,o England Colony in Io,ed
Rev. Josiah B. Grinnell lately Of
New York City, has, with a number
Of other good Eastern people, emf
grated to Iowa, purchased a large
amount of land-somc 10000 to
10000 acres-ln one spot, and com
menced the work of building up an
enterprising, moral and religious town.
1t is located on the lire OF the great
railroad west from Davenport, oppos-
tie Rock Island, and about half v ay
between Davenport and Iowa City,
to which latter point the road is 10
be completed in few months. The
town is named GrinnelI, and is within
the county of Powcshek. A large
portion OF the land is set apart for
educational purposes teetotalsm is
one of the principles Of the place,
and good industrious mechanics who
viii build this season are promised a
lot gtalis. We have heard Of several
like cases at the West, where tenn
perance is secured TO new settle
ment or town, and apparently forever,
by few parties, the founders Of the
village, obtaining possession Of the
land embraced in its limits and
neighborhood, and incorporating in
every deed Of sale an entire prohb-
ton of the sale or use of intoxicating
liquors upon the land sold.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02
jfli5rrllAnfaug.
The Blacksmith's Trial.
SCENE IN A WESTERN COURT.

SCENE IN A WESTERN COURT.
BIZ AUSTIN C. BURDICK.
In the fall of lS49, | was travel
ling in the West on business. left
the Mississippi steamboat al Column
bia, Kentucky, having made up my
mind TO travel by land as far as Muh-
lenburgh county, where should
strike the Green River far enough
northward to take one of the small
fiat boats for the Ohio.
Late one evening | arrived at the
town of M, intending 10 take
the stage from there on the next
morning. The bar-room Of the iav-
crn was crowded with people, and |
noticed that large numbers of the
citizens were collected about the
street corners, appearing to be dis
cusslng some matter of more than
usual interest.
OF course | became curious to
know the cause Of all this, and the
first favorable opportunity asked
the question of the landlord. He
gazed al me moment in silence, and
then with an ominous shake of the
head, he gave me to understand that
a most dreadful thing had happen
ed but before he had explained to
me what il was, he was called away
TO attend TO other business.
! soon found, however, that the
" dreadful thing" was the subject Of
conversation all around me; and by
simply listening, gained an insight
into the mystery. Il seemed that
there was TO be a trial for murder
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02
A SAD MisrAKE.-Two years ago

A SAD MisrAkE.-Two years ago
n young Englishman was arrested in
Boston fer passing counterfeit money,
tried, convicted and sentenced TO the
State Prison. The money which he
passed, was a FIVE dollar bill on the
Wrentham Bank, which was taken
by the person receiving il TO the
Suffolk for deposit. The teller Of
the Suffolk pronounced ii counter
felt, and wrote counterfeit" across
the face Of it. On the trial, the
mark of the teller was called 10
prove the bill not genuine, and the
teIler's stamp went for evidence. -
About month ago, the bill, which
had been safely kept in the District
Attorneys Office, 10y accident fell into
the hands Of the former cashier Of the
Bank, when he Immediately pronoun-
ced il genuine. Whereupon the
young Engllshman was set at liberty,
after confinement in the State
Prison of nearly two years. The
question now is, who ought 10 pay
the damages, the State, or the Suffolk
Bank ?-Day Book.
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45urtGp.
Flowers in Winter,

Flowers in Winter,
WHICH WERE PAINTED UPON A PORT LIvRE.
BY JOHN aREEsdEF WHITTIER.
How strange to greet, this frosty morn,
In graceful counterfeit Of flowers,
These children Of the meadows, born
OF sunshine and Of showers
For well the conscious wood retains
The picture of its flower sown HOME
The lights and shades, the purple stains
And golden hues Of bloom.
II was happy thought to bring
To ihe-dark seasons frost and rimc
This painted memory Of Spring,
This dream Of Summer time.
Our hearts are lighter for its sake,
Our Fancy's age renews its youth,
And aforementioned ficiions take
The guise Of presen, truth.
A wizard Of the Merrimac
$50 old ancestral legends say
Could call green leaf and blossom back
To frosted stem and spray.
The dry logs Of the cottage wall
Beneath his touch put out their leaves
The clay.bound swallow, at his call,
Played round the icy caves.
The settler saw his oaken fail
Take bud and bloom before his eyes;
From frozen poles he saw the pale
Sweet Summer lilies rise.
To their old homes BY man profoned,
Came the sad Dryads, exiled long,
And through their leafy tongues complain'd
OF household use and wrong.
The beechen platter sprouted wild,
The pipkin wore its old time green;
The cradle DER the sleeping child
Became a leafy screen.
lIsply our gentle friend hath met,
While wandering in her sylvan quest
Haunting his native woodlands yet,
Tha Druid of the West
And while the dew on leaf and flower
Glistencd in moonlight, clear and still,
Learned the dusk wizards spell Of power,
And caught his trick Of skill.
But welcome, be it new or old,
The gift which makes the day more bright
And paints upon the ground Of cold
And darkness, warmth aud light
Without are neither gold nor green,
Within, for birds, the birch logs sing,
Yet Summer-lke, we sit between
The Autumn and the Spring.
The one, with bridal blush Of rose,
And sweetest breath Of woodland balm
And her whose malron lips unclose
In smiles Of sanity calm.
Fall soft and deep, o Winter snow
The sweet azalia onken dclls,
And hide the banks where roses blow,
And swing the azure bells
O'erlay the amber violcts leaves,
The purple astcr's brook-slde home;
Guard all the flowers her pencil gives,
a life beyond their bloom.
And she, when Spring comes round again
by grceHing slope and singing flood,
Shall wander, seeking, not in vain,
Ilcf darlings Of the wood
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02
Tic Mobile lAlaN Tribune tel

The Mobile (Ala.) Tribune tells
Of gentleman Of that place, who
while hunting in Clarke county, was
greatly surprised at the curious freaks
of squirrel, that with hair ruflled,
tail lhrowa back, and seeming alter
nately in perfect ecstasy Of fear,
pleasure and rage, was carrying on a
furious race among the branches Of a
tree at the foot of which his dogs
were barking, when he discovered an
enormous ratilesnake with tail ele-
waited and giving the ominous warn
ing. To save them from the bite,
he shot his snakeship, when instantly
the squirrel fell from the tree, per-
fccily dead.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02

" eagles on the wing" Now, when
the money market is so tight and the
banks are unable to discount all the
paper offered, let persons begin 10
pay their bills, and by doing this,
they, themselves, will be paid back
in turn. 1t is q machine which feeds
itself, and proPels, by its own effect,
the execution of great exploits. -
baltimore Patriot.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-02

What are we toconclude You can l.
not suppose that these were made
from the designsof Flaxmans,th Stot-
hards, and the Baileys Of those days.
Who has ever heard Of any great
arlIst in Pompeii or Hercu!aneum
Cardinal Viseman.
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siotnaic 10 adgaace interest always charged fron
the end ofihe yea.
Annexed Of agents TO receive subscriptions
Advertisements and communications, aud acknowledge
paymentfot the same.
Bakersfield, J.N.POMEROY,
Drook6eld, :. II. SMITH,
Cabot, c. G. BROWN,
Dsn.iilc, CHARLES :. DANA.
Elmoie, :. G. SCOTT,
Hydepatk, EDWARD .. SAWYER,
johnson, c. w. SCOTT,
Matsh6eid, E. D. PUTNAM,
Morrisvillc, J. c. MOVES,
MiddieseI, JESSE JOHNSON, IT,
Northheld, L. SMITH,
Orange, CARLOS CARPENTER,
Plain6eld, A. r. BANCROFT,
South Hardwick, c. sHIPMAN,
stowe, JOSEPH e. RAYMOND,
stafford, WILLIAM ROLLINS,
south s,rafTofd, DANIEL w.JUDD,
Tunbrdgc, AARON n. KING,
Wsitsdeld aud Fuys,on. ORANGE SMITH
warren, FRANKLIN A. WRIGHT,
Waterbury and Duxbufy,
WuHamstown, DARIUS PRIDE,
Worcester. JONAS ABnOTr.
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tbs plam < tJe alur.
BY L.. T.. WALTON.

'u, that by the Pillow would thnvo
liimsalfnust oithefHoLp OF pRIvE.p
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Is IL 81 1s Oh
Northern, n. H., Railroad.

After oct. ., 1854, up Passenger trains leave
Coacosd at 10 IS A. NJ. and ST., OF on arrval Of
ttiias fom Boston Worcett-f, loNell Lawrence, sc
connecting with tho trains over toe Vermont Aeutral
and Passuuusic Railroads.
Leave Whns Rivsr Junction. q, o5 A. NJ. and
1890 7. NJ. arrival Of the tars from the pg-
asnsbutsh VI. Central, PassDmpsie and ~ hite Noun
tain Railroads.
Both the Oosn T'ains over this Road eonrcct At
Nashua With sto Gfoton Juaction, Nefccstef,
Norwich, NcWYofk, Providence, Spriughc vi &C, asn
at Csaoofd Win train. q Portsmouth, Maockastsf,
La~reacs aud Salem aad 80 Nashua, Lowell and Boz
t0a.
Concord. y. ". sept. 30 1854.
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apntrbmau K 5tatr euurnuI.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.

TERMS ,50;ash In advance 5000 II payment
stot.made Ia alsaaee interest always charged from
the end ofthe yeat.
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Whites Daguerreotypes,

Rooms two doors cast II the Post Ofh.o state St.
Long practice enables 40 take pictures IN tho v-rs
best style. On hand great variety of Cases. Locksi,
flns, Rugs SC sc. Particular attention paid to cory
nag Dagueuooypes
Montpelier, Oct tith- Sw
A LARGE lot OF Gurman 4 American GLASS from
~ 6-5 to 2f-s0i-just reecNada
sOnrT 4 FIELDs
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State Street, MONTPELIER,

tOvsfEllis 4 Bancrnn's Store
rs PrepsreI to take DAGUERREOTNPEs OF the
largest siEssar best Style waiianied good. Come
a cd
M.x "a fpsa altf
Thibodaux minerva., 1855-09-01
dbe dbibo0auT 1f1iuerpa
Is published every Saturday morning. Pri,

Is published every Saturday morning. Price,
Five Dollars per annum-payable at the time of sub
.cribing Single copies, Ten Cents.
ADVERTISEMENTS vii be inserted the rate of One Dol
lar per sqare of ten lines less for the first Fifty
every subsequent insertion. liberal discount
made those who advertise by the year. Thirty Dollars
year will charged for half column OF Patent Medicine
advertising, and none Of greater length admitted any
PERSONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of a per-
sona nature, snch not deemed be Of public
interest," be inserted advertisements lat option
Of the editor) by being paid for in advance.
OBITUARY NOrICES-Not exceeding three lines, will be
cheery inserted without charge but those of greater
length will he rated as advertisements.
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viii be taken of communication intended for insertion
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