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The Administration Boohoos,

Tie Springfield Republican speaks thus
disrespcctfully of the Administration men,
and their call for q state convention in Yer.
mont
The administration party are fast bccom
ing 'boOhoOs' As the time comes around
when the people are to pass upon their acts.
and decide whether they shall hold the Offices
ana spend tho revenue of the country, for
another four years, thev are becoming ter
ribly alarmed about the Union The lnchrv-
NOSE style marks all their arguments. They
appeal to the tender sensibilities of all men
of the 'boohoo stamp to come over and help
them to save the Union, which means, Of
course, to save the Offices. The call for a
democratic state convention in Vermont
Montpelier, July 25, fairly smells of onions.
Few men can read it without bubbling in
'the holy fOunt Of tears = and as for women
and children, We should hesitate seriously
before taking it into any family whose peace
OF mind we would not choose to destroy.
a convention of the friends and supporter.
of the Atchison and Strngfellow party, met
at Lexington, Missouri, on the 10Th inst, =,
and had stormy session. The following
platform was adopted
That the agitation of the Slavery question
in Congress or the several States, must finally
result III dissolution Of the Union. That
the resolution of nOn-saveholding States not
to admit another slave State is declaration
OF hostility to the Constitution. That the
diffusion Of slavery tends to aineliorate the
condition Of the slave and maintain the equ-
! lhrium against the n-slaveholding ma
lorlty. That the Kansas Nebraska act and
Fugitive slave Law are cordially approved.
That the Incorporation Of moneycd associa-
tlOns Tor the purpose of colonization in Kan
sas is unprecedented in history, and is an at
tempt TO thwart the purposes of the Constitu-
tion and the enactments of Congress. That
these colonies will necessarily lead to resist
ance, and while they disclaim any intention
to interfere with actual settlets, they will pro-
tect themselves and property. Eighteen
border counties in Missouri contain 50 900
slaves, which will be vaueless if Kansas be-
comes the abode Of abolition fanatics That
they appeal to the good sense of the North to
put down tanatical aggressions, and emf
grant uid associations. and leave Kansas to Il
natural settlement.
\ committee Of five was appointed to pub
lish an address to the cople of the United
States, setting forth history of the Kansas
excitement. A copy of the same and the
resolutions Of the Convention, were ordered
to be forwarded to the Executive of each
State in the Union.
Resolutions were also adopted calling on the
Missouri Legislature to legislate within the
constitution against the produce and merchan.
dize of Massachusetts, Vermont, and those
Northern States practically nulifying the fu-
gitlve slave law ; and that the welfare of
slavcholding States, and the interests Of the
Union, require the enactment of a law in said
states, suppressing abolition and free soil
publications and opinions
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DANCING
UNION HOUSE,
Oppo.lle Union RniIrond Dcpot,

Opposite Union RniIroad Depot,
ALBANI-ST., TROT " y
VlNHis HOUSE WILL BE OPEN on OR ABOUT
L the 22l Of March, for the accommodation Of
the public. The lou.e is new, aud is fitted up with
all the modern Improvements, and is being furnished
in superior manner. Tue proprietor will lc happy
10 any oil his former friends also, all those Of
tho travelling public who may lay0T him with olll
W, sTEARNs, Proprietor
MsTchl ,sj4. dtf
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SNAKE SToRY,-A paragraph, n few days
ago, stated that little daughter of Mr.. Hill,
in Gilmanton, y. II. had been discovered to
be on very intimate terms with two black
snakes which she was accustomed to visit and
feed daily The Manchester Mirror states
that on Sunday morning last Mr., Hill pur-
sued and caught the smallest Of the two
snakcs-about four feet long-and bringing
it home, Gagged it in sugar box, where it is
| now kept Although it is very fond of the
little girl, coiling itself about her neck and
going to sleep in her lap, it is cross to others
Of the family, and refuses food from their
| hands The Mirror says
- The little girl was asked if sho was not
| frightened when she saw the snakes She
said she was terribly frightened and when
asked why she did not run, she said she tried
! to but could not ; she also tried 10 scream
for her mother, but could not speak a word
The idea is that she was paralyzed by the
magnetic'pOwer of the snakes. Ihc,tirst time
she remained with them very tnne-could
not tell how long. Afterwards daily she
staid with them several hours, feeding them
regularly. She says they liked sweet things
best, and that she stole three cakes of maple
sugar that her mother had laii away and
sweet gingerbread whenever she could. t,
give them. The big snake would try t,
drive the small one away from her when fed
and she cuffed him several times aud he re.
turned the compliment by taking her finger.
into his mouth several times, without dong
much harm. Consequently she don t love hi,
snake as much AS she does the other one
though he is generally fond of her
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oN HOGS

The corresponding Secretary /. an awful
anti-h0g man Let our swine breeders read
the following and be- afraid
If all the swine in the State, could be
obliteratei at single stroke, II would tell
vastly upon the health and longevity of the
rizing generation. \ scrutulous, unhealthy,
greasy mass in himself, how can the hog do
otherwise than taiut the human system when
used 20 the large extent that pork is by many
families. 1t H. common remark among in
telligeut physicians, that about hog killing
time, they expect an accession OF disease,
growing out %, tat too free Use of fresh pork,
resulting in an ou.orSel condition of tho
liver, uu excessive accumulation of vitiated
bile, and AN unhealthy faint to all the fluids
of the system. Children that are 'wintered"
upon too liberal an allowance of pork, and
pork gravy, are frequently covered before
spring, with a filthy eruption, in many cases
nearly covering the body with abomiuabls
sores II it were not tof the wonderful in
nate power of the human system to resist.
and recover from such gross abuses. one such
a '' winter would leave the individual with
a tainted, and shattered constitution, the re-
mainder OF reasonable lifetime
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G.. G.. BENElJltC7-'

G. G. BE N EUIgIt
rDNMlSSiNNTP FOR TlI >ThTG"i
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ONce. +'r,e p.csg iioomS. BWiirgiq'n I,rHoni
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Most farmers are doubtless aware that on
an average one fourth Of the value Of all hav
g"thcred, is lost by its exposure to rain and
neaVv dews. The loss may be saved by
SIMPLY being provided with supply Of hay
caps. These are made Of pieces Of cotton
sheeting, say yard and a half square, with
the torn edges hemmed, and a loon of tape or
string sewcd upon each corner. Thcv would
oe rendered more effectual by slightly coltinr
with OIL or by dipping in water made quite
milky with chalk or whiting, and after dry
ing dipping them in alum water IF pro-
pared IN the latter manner they will shed the
water quite freely.
When grass is cut down and nut M in
small stacks Of two to four hundred pounds
eacn 1t can then be protected by one of these
cloth coverings, the corners Of tho caps
heing fastened down hv thrustinr little wood
en- pms through the loops into the side Of the
stacks. Protected in tlis way, hay can stand
IN the field unharmed through rain or dcws
tlll 1t is thoroughly cured. Let us estimate
briefly the cost and profit OF this process.
II we allow one Of these caps for 200 pounds
OF hay, ten will he required Cor It ton. As
the cloth may be quite coarse, tho expense Of
each will not exceed fifteen cents The caps
may be used two or three times in q season.
ani II taken care Of may last five or six wears
or longer, and the paper makers will buy them
at one fifth first cost so that every two caps
costing twenty-five cents, will serve for cur
ing at least a ton Of hay. 80 one will deny
that hay thus cured. will an m, a,.cragc he
worth at least a dollar more on tho ton. than
II subjected to the usual damage Of rain and
dew. Wcadvisc every person raising hay to
prepare a few dollars worth of these CAPS
during the leisure months, and have them laid
away in readiness for the hayinc Scnson.-
The same caps may be used to protect shocks
OF wheat and other grain. They will very
often pay for themselves in single sen son.
If not quite satisfied a. 10 their utility.
prepare twenty or thirty Of them and try
them one season. and see if they do not pay.
II they do not the cloth will not b., lost
There is no particular necessity for any pre-
paration added to the cloth. rs piece Of
simple cotton, thrown over Il rounded haycock,
will generally conduct off the harvest showers
Of rain.-Amor5caH 4 gricy'inyiSt
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Life, Fire and Marin Insurance.
{. F. DANEl, AE,at.
Office, over G. ". Allen. Apotuccary store
corner Of Church ani COLLEGE streets,
BURLINGTON, VI
March gG d&wIy
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The following selections from the ninth re-
port Of the Ohio State board Of Agriculture
are Of general interest.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-28

And now ! have got down to the time of
your settlement, The first cud, found in the
pulpit for many years, | found there on the
first morning You preached, and the pulpit
was terrible nasty with terbakkor. Every
sunday is just SO, brim full of sallyvation.
Jest alore you gets up to preach, when you
| stoop down in the pulpit out Of sight for a
minnitt or two, everybody's got SO used to
it, that they know what's goin' on-they
know you re busy gettln' your cud out, and
II spittin. Even Captain Lundy, who though
| he smokes, don't chaw, said t'other day.
/ that was nasty beginnin'. Squire Google
replied, that you did under the stimulus of
terbAkkor, wnich, he added, was saying
that you wrote them. when you was intoxi-
Gated. For his part, he said he was not par
ticularly eddyfed, by such Nirgnny dis
COURSES lie said what came over the devils
back went under his belly, according to the
old provcrb and he couldn't hut think
that what begun in smoke, would end in
smoke. Old Father Cleverly came along, as
they was talkin' ; and, when they told him
what twas about, he shook his head, and said
it seemed to him like old times, when old
Parson lluwker was in the flesh. Father
Clevegly said he well remembered how angry
the old gentleman was, because some un-
known person writ request, that he would
preach from first Of Samuel xxi, part of the
thirteenth verse, " And he changed behariOi
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

BARNUM'S LAST DoDGE-Barnum is a.
broad again in characteristic enterprise
at once novel and attractive. 1t appears
that an eminent publishing house in Paris
is engaged in issuing series of the most
distinguished female beauties in the world,
which, when completed, is to include ten of
the most beautiful ladies in the United
States and the Canadas. In order to OBJ
tain fair supply Of material, Mr.. Barnum
proposes to give an aggregate Of $4,000 in
premiums for the finest portrats-that is,
the hundred best-looking faces, as decided
by the popular vote Of persons examining
the pictures. He invites every man who
has fair friend of sixteen or upward, mar
RED or single, to send her daguerrcotype or
photograph on half-plate, with the name
or address in a separate sealed envelop.-
The iikenesSess will be numbered and hung
IN the Museum for public scrutiny. Each
visitor is requested to check, on slip to
be furnished, such numbers as he or she
thinks best-ooking up to the limit of one
hundred. This checked list will be deposit
ed IN sort of ballot-box, and on the 18th
OF January next this box will be opened
and the list examined The portrait hav-
ing the greatest number OF checks or votes
Will take the first premium, and so down
ward. These hundred portraits will be
painted life-size, and form a Gallery of A
merican Female Beauty, and the ten Of these
deemed best will go into the Paris book.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
Che Lords Prcrer


A friend tells us an anecdote Of Booth.
the great tragedlan, which we do not recol-
lect having seen in print. 1t occurred in
the palmy days of his fame, before the spar
kle Of his great black eye had been dmmed
by that bane of genius, strong drink:
Booth and several friends had been in
vited to dine with an old gentleman of Bal
timore, of distinguished kindness. urbanitv
and piety. The host, though disapproving
Of theatres, and theatre-going, had heard so
much Of Booths remarkable powers that
curiosity had, in this instance, overcome all
his scruples and prejudices. After the en-
tertainment was over, and the company re-
seated in the drawing-room, some one re-
queSted Booth, as particular favor, and
one which all present would doubtless ap-
preciate, to read aleud the Lords PRAYER.
Booth expressed his willingness to afford
them this qualification, and all eyes were
turned eXpectantly upon him. Booth rose
slowly and reyerently from his chair. 1t
was wonderful to watch the play of emo
tions that convulSed his cOuntenance. He
became deathly pale, and his eyes, turned
trembling upwards, were wet with tears.-
AS yet he had not spoken. The silence
could be felt. 1t became absolutely pain
full, until at last the spell was broken as if
by an electric shock, as his rich-toned voice
from white lips, sylabled forth, Our Father
who art in Heaven etc, with pathos and
solemnity that thrilled all hearts. He fin
ished. the silence continued. Not voice
was heard or muscle moved IN his rapt au-
dience, until from a remote corner of the
room a subdued sob was heard, and the old
gentleman (thoir host stepped forward with
streaming eyes and tottering frame and sci
zed Booth by the hand Sir, said be, in
broken accents. you have afforded me a
pleasure for which my whole future life will
feel grateful. | am an old man. and every
day, from my boyhood to the present time,
| thought | had repeated the Lords Prayer
but | have never heard it before, neUer.-
You are right replied Booth: TO read
that Prayer as it should be read has cost
me the severest study and labor for thirty
years, and [ am far from being yet satisfied
with my rendering Of that wonderful pro-
ductiOn. Hardly one person in ten thou
saul comprehends how much beauty, ten
derness, and grandeur can be condensed in
a space so small and words so simple. That
prayer Of Itself sufficiently illustrates the
truth of the Bible, and stamps upon it the
seal of divinity So great was the effect
produced, (says our informant, who was
present. that conversation was sustained
but a short time longer in subdued mono
syllables, and almost entirely ceased; and
soon after, at an early hour, the company
broke up and retired to their several homes
with sad faces and full hearts,"
Washington Sentinel.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

The LUMBER TRADE OF Ell DORADO
CoUNTY.-Only those who make it a matter
OF interest to inquire into the real perma-
manent resources Of our county, know of
the advantages we possess for carrying on
an extensive and profitable lumber trade
with the valleys below. Not only is the
entire eastern portion of our county, even
to the very base of the snowy Sierras, one
vast forest of pines, but there is one variety
the sugar pine-that for quality and use
is unsurpassed in the world. Easily work
ed, it is used for all manner Of finishing
doors, sash, blinds, in fact for any work
where beauty of finish is required, and no
Oregon or Eastern lumber can compare
with it. And while ordinary lumber of
other varieties will bring in the Sacramen-
to market but from $40 to $50 per one
thousand feet, the sugar pine readily brings
from 500 to $65 per thousand.
There are numerous localities in the noun
tains, to our knowledge, entirely accessible,
where water mills might be constructed in
the very midst of groves Of this variety of
pine; and we have not doubt but that an
enterprise that should embrace the manu-
tacture and transportation to Sacramento
OF clear pine lumber of the variety named
would prove far more lucrative than many
now engaging the attention Of capitalists,
Placeryille American.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
Summer Rain.
BY ". H. c. HOSMER.

BY ". H. c. HOSMER.
What sound so sweet.
After day of fiery heat,
And sun-str0kes i'll the dusty street,
AS the pleasant voice of the singing rain
Dashing against the window pane?
The queenly rose
And vassal-hOwers their eyes unclose;
While God his benson bestows;
And the sick man dreams of health again,
Cheered by the dance of the dropping rain.
The bubbles break,
While showers descend on the breezy lake,
And the water-nymphs from slumber wake;
Homeward driving his harvest vain,
The farmer curses the cooling rain.
The Plague-fend stops
In his dread career to hear the drops:
Then farmer! why mourn DER your crops?
True faith sublime ne'er leaned in vain
On the power that sends US the healing rain.
To the blistercd feet Of the starving poor.
And their hearts are strengthened to endure;
While wo, in love with life again.
His hot brow bares to the welcome rain.
Of murmuring shells,
And the silvery chime of fairy bells,
Were never born such music spells,
To cheer the visionary brain
Christening bard as the summer rain.
Earth looks more fair
When drops that Danish the suns hot glare
Fall from the cistern ofupper air;
And her breast is cleansed of many stain
By the gentle bath Of the summer rain.
1t caught its chime,
Not in this fading realm of time,
But above, above in a hOlier cline;
And ever hear an angels strain
Blend with the dash of the summer rain.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

MONSTER APPLE.-It has often been as
serted that the climate of this valley was
too warm, and the soil entirely unadapted
to the culture of the apple. For the bene-
fit of these distinguished chronological So
cans, we will state that a specimen of the
Newtown Pippin species was exhibited to
us on yesterday, which measured fourteen
inches and oneJourth in circumference. This
apple was raised in the garden of Mr..
Meeks, Oh I'd street, and the tree has had
the disadvantage of almost the entire alb
sence of the rays Of the sun, in consequence
of the dense shade caused by the surround
ing foliage. On the same grounds peach
has been grown this season which measur-
ed eleven inches in circumference and weigh
ed ten ounces. Sac. Daily Union.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

Bsa5- Those are astonishing feats," said
an ardent admirer of the sports of the ring
to Mrs. Partington, at the circus last eve
astonishing featsr' yes" said
the old lady; $50 they are astonishing feet,
and considerable legs, too, to Judge at this
distance" She looked at Ike who sat bv
the curb watching the clown with his eyes
full of wonder and his hands full of peanuts
and she reached over to his honor the NAV.
or and asked him if he thought "the revolt
ing by the whole troupe would have diIa-
torious tenderness on the boy" Heassured
her with great urbanity that he did not
think it would. "Ah p said she, as she
handed her snuff box to Lee, at the door.
"this riding is different from what it was in
the country when | was girl, when we had
to ride double on pillory. But what agil-
ity they show It seems as if they were
set on springs like feather bed, and that
every bone in EN- was made of whalebone. !"
She stood looking at the hOrsemanshlp, and
pronounced it the best sequestering perfor-
nance she had ever seen, and said Mr..
Stout beat Herculaneum himselffor strength
and that the whole was worthy of the high
est paregoric. Boston Post.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
MARINE DIsAsTERs.-The n. Y. Herald

MARINE blSASIERS.-lh he n. / Herald
presents statistics of the disasters on sea in
1884. They present fearful account:
One Of the Heralds assistants has been
seven months constantly engaged in compi-
ling the accounts of shipwreck and loss of
life and property on the ocean in the year
1894. His manuscript pages already num-
Der twelve hundred and torty-fye, Il ,245,)
exclusive of those of large volume covered
by the index. The number of vessels which
have been lost or injured, are five thousand
three hundred and eighty-two (5,362) ex-
elusive OF steamers and boats on the lakes
and rivers, yet to be added; which will swell
the aggregate to about six thousand (6,-
O00) The loss of life has been very great
and will exceed nine thousand 10000 per-
sons; and the loss of property may be esti-
mated IN round numbers at forty millions
Of dollars
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

shipped also to Brazil and the Coast; so
that considerable raise in this article may
yet be looked for, if we observe the reduced
remnant Of wheat which is said to remain
Of the last crop, and the scarcity of -four in
eXistence-unless San Francisco specula-
tors, whom we formerly provided, should
return US the same services on the present
occasion. GUnion.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
MORE Fn1BUsrER1NG.-The s. F. Ohron

MORE FLIBUsTERING.-Th S. F. Chron-
Gle says
ave have heard a rumor-and it comes
from somebody who ought to know-that
some partisans Of Alvarez in this city have
purchased couple of the best pilot boats
on this coast-the Golden Gate and the
Dancing Feather. The price is said to be
about $4,000 each, to be paid when the
vessels shall arrive at Acapulco. 1t is also
said that an attempt has been made to pur-
chase Russian vessel or two.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

Aeg~ The horses of Queen Victoria and
the royal family cost 93O00O' zoo the the ire iree
schools for the people, 10000 Ihe rea-
son of this difference is said to be, because
the horses are fed on corn, and the people
on chat.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27
STAGE LINE

GEORGETOWN TO BOTTLE HILL.
I'HE public are hereby notified that the under
l. signed have established
A LINE OF STAGES
between Georgetown and Bottle Hill, making two
Hlps per day.
,, Leaving the Nevada House and Jack Lewis's,
SeoI getown, at O'Clock, A. NJ, and o'clock,
e., Z; n Returning, will leave Bottle Hill at 10
CLOCK, A. NJ, and o'clock, P. NJ.
Vn sundays three trips will be made each way
W. A. BALLARD,
F. MCCORMICK.
Propriesors.
osotsetovu, June 21th, 1855.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

The best capital for young men to start
with in life is good sense and industry. Ii
is better than all the friends and cash ever
raised.
The Georgetown news., 1855-09-27

BG~ Punch says, that although ever so
many parallels are constructed before Sc
bastopol, yet it is a siege acithoot q parallel!