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FRrrr crLrrRE.-But lot us look at the
subject in practical light for mement.-
There are thousands Of farms in every state
in tho Union, that are well adapted to the
raising of fruit. and many Of them have been
cultivated by two or three generations, with
out there ever having been one dollar exrend-
ed or one days work employed for the
improvement Of fruit and the wild grape
vine that grows by the side Of the brook or
river, or climbs to some tree or stone-pile
and covers their unsightliness with its beau
tifnl verdure is only tolerated because it is
out of the way. The berry bushes that
spring up here and there in out-of-the-way
places, are hunted and destroyed as if they
were 90 many wolves. Even the apple tree
that springs up by chance in the field, is
trimmed to mere poles. to prcrent its shading
the ground Indeed | have seen large
orchards trimmed to mere poles, with
little tuft Of twigs on the end. perhaps twen-
tv feet from the ground, for this avowed
purpose This is all the result of ignorance.
Many people. because they are not posted
up in all the details Of fruit raising, think
that the whole subject is entirely beyond
their comprehension. Now this is a mistake
any man that knows enough to raise a good
crop of corn, can raise good fruit in fact
the most that is wanted, is to know enough to
follow or initiate nature.
Plant trees or shrubs as nearly as possible
ns they grew give them good rich soil, and
keep down the weeds, and depend upon it,
! thew will grow G. Grand Isle, W.
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Change of Climate.


History informs many of the countries
Of Europe which now possess very mild win
tiers, at one time experienced severe cold
during this season of the year. The Tiber, at
Rome, was often frozen over, and snow at
one time lay for forty days in that city
The Euxine Sea was frozen over every winter
during the time of the Ovid, and the rivers
Rhine and Rhone used to be frozen deep
that the ice sustained loaded wagons. The
waters of the Tber Rhine and Rhone, now
flow freely every winter ice is unknown in
Rome, and the waves of the Euxine dash their
wintry foam unorystalized upon the rocks
Some one has ascribed these climate changes
to agriculture the cutting down of dense
forests, the exposure Of the upturned soil to
the summers sun, and the draining of great
marshes We do not believe that such great
changes could have been produced on the
climate of any country by agriculture, and
we are certain that no such theory can ac-
count for the contrary change of climate
from warm to cold winters-which history
tells us has taken place in other countries
than those named. Greenland received its
name from the emerald heritage which once
clothed its valleys and mountains: and its
coast, which is now inaccessible, On account
of perpetual ice heaped upon its shores, was,
IN the eleventh century, the seat of flourish
Scandinavian colonies, all trace OF whlch is
now lost Cold Labrador was named Ninland
by the Northmen who visited it y. ID. 1000,
and were charmed with its then mid climate,
The cause of these changes is an important
inquiry. 4 pamphlet, by John Murry. civil
engineer, has recently been published in
London, in which he endeavors TO attribute
these changes of the climate to the changeable
position of the magnetic poles The mag
netic variation or declination of the needles is
well known. At the present time it amounts
in London to SO degrees west north, while in
! 1863, the line of variation passed through
England, and then moved gradually west
until 1916. In that year great removal OF
| ice took place on the coast of Greenland
hence il is in ferred, that the cold meridian
which passes through Canada and Siberia
may at one time have passed through Italy
and that if the magnetic meridian return;
as it is now doing, to its old lines in Europe
/ Rome may once more see her Iiber frozer
over, and the merry Rhinelander drive hi'
team on the ice of his classic river Whether
the changes of climate mentioned have beer
caused by the change of the magnetic merid
ian or not, we have too few facts before us a
present to decide conclusiyely but the idei
once spread abroad, will soon lead 10 sucl
Investigations as will no doubt remove ever,
ohscurity, and settle the question.
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Our Cousin.

Our cousin was dashing young love Of
sixteen, who had como into the country to
sacrifice a week or two among the rural pop
ulation. It was gay morning in June,
when we sat together undon a maple tree, we
in our homespun, and she in full dress
giving thrilling account of an unfortunate
breach which some country girls had made
the night before on the rules of an etiquette
At length, the tale being ended. come
cousin, said we, suppose we 60 into the
garden and inhale the odoriferous brcczes
arising from tho cucumber vines All.
Monsieur, with pleasure said she, at the
same time throwing herself on our arm with
all the freedom in the world After sweep
ing up and down the alleys for n while.
Cousin said we pravely. 'what do YOU call
the distant ycrdure twining about Won roles.
and hanging from the ton in GRACEFUL fes-
toons . That said she. . must he n sne-
cies of evergreen. | think it is the nolv-
nntbus =, Pole.beo Won mean rather
said we. ,comnosedlv the beans grow in
those fat things caljod mods and which in
tLoir groom stoto max, bo o,ton beans and
ali in that case tbcv ore called strinp
beans
And vbot ora those oro,p round things.
stuck mn IN st;cks !, ostod sbs ,,nocnntiv
Those nro called c,bhacos We raniicd n
torn not nnrrnonentlv associated With nork
] and which yybnn cnokn1 to,ntbrr rnnstitutn
n mast rrcc,Ient disL Ana tbosa round
hulhons roots With groan tu,u,or stalks
bo,y ,.onld Won cbor5ctoriso tboer . contin.
ned wc thint tbcy ora c,llo5 turnins
shr rerliod - ero tboy not ,, Tl,oy baar a
resem mbIancc N tbon, ,ro or,sr,oroI : tIn,,b
thew ore nsuollv called onions wo be,ioye -
Tbcv sometimes omit m nnnloos,nt odor
and .bonid nnver bo ooten bofpro COIN, into
vonng Ladies soc;etr Tbev never are in
! New york aid sb. .,rdoed thov ore never
oaton tboro ~ ali 6 Al - ,ro rorliod -
Uav;no gono tbrorgb tho voootahlo and aoral
kinrJom in tbo loitor or ,r5;cb a ronnv and
a helvhock were nronounced resnectiyelv n
snow.dron and nr;mroso ,ya stroIled nm to
an enormous bnnch Of rcnncl standinr in
tba corner of tho carbon Hero hcgon we
Communicable ia one Of the most beautiful
nlants in Tho wbole herbiyerous kinrdom.-
observe tho stalks how round and REGULAR
and the leaves. how exouisitclv delicate
ond iii .orn,;vot;n,, IN those dol;c;ous littlo
soods so nrnvaIent n to, cakas
At this. she caurbt hold of n bunch. and
in her efr,rts to Mi Il oF sbooL down n
huge fonneI vorp ,,ron bor hroooJo WIZ
COUSIN said wn ad,p;r;n,lv p; m ,ybot ham,,
t;ful littIn croatnra 10 crowlin, on ,,our
dress. What Is il = said she looking
ahout a cborm;n, l;ttle fannel worm
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7 @ EFT Il Y.
IRON THE TREE rREss.1

SONG OF TIE DREAMER.
When Spring, with warm and gentle breeze,
Inspires each heart with joy and love,
And buds are opening on the trees,
And noworcts nestle in the grove
I'll wander far with careless feet,
And in some lone and loved retreat,
With Nature hold communion sweet,
And dream Of thee.
When Music, breathing forth her strain
SO sweety on my rayishcd ear,
Enthralls me with her mystic chain
And lifts me to higher sphere;
The stirring notes may wakcn thought
Of scenes with purest pleasure fraught.
But all will be how soon forgot
In dreams of thee.
When Eve comes on with noiseless tread.
And ght and darkness softly blend
In Twlight's calm and peaceful shade,
And peary dews from Heaven descend
More lovely still the hour will seem,
With .wcctcr joys its moments teen,
If but pause the while to dream
A dream Of thee.
When over all deep silence reigns
And sleep wraps all in soft embrace,
And Fancy wanders unrestraned
Throughout the boundlcss realms of space
Each joy that can return no more,
BY Inc will be lived DER and DER,
For every joy it will restore
To dream Of thee.
WILL-o'-TuE-wTsr
BuRLSGrov, VT.
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BuRLlSG TON,
TIE WAKING.

THE WAKING.
4 laiv came to q snov-whito bier,
Where youth lay pale and dead,
And she took the vail from her widowed head,
And bending low in his she said
Awaken for | ain here.
She passed with a smile, to n wild wood near,
Where the bows wore barren and bare
And she tapped on the bark with her fingers fair,
And she called to the leaves that buried there
Awaken for ain here.
The birds behind her without fear,
As she walked through the deepening dclls
As she breathed on their downy citadels,
And she said to the young in their ivory shells
Awaken for am here.
On the grave Of the flowers she dropped tear,
But with hope and joy like US;
And, even as the Lord to Lazarus,
She called on the slumb'ring flower, thus
Awaken for am here
To the lille. that lay in the silver mere,
To the reed. by the golden pond
To the moss that rounded the marge beyond,
She spoke, in her voice so soft and fond
Awaken for l nm here
The violet pceped with its blue eye clear,
From under its own gravostone;
For the blessed tidings around had flown,
And before she spoke the mandate was known,
Awaken for | am here.
The pale gras, lay with its long locks sore.
On the breast of the open plain,
She looscned the matted hair of the slain,
And cried, as she filled each juicy vein
Awaken for l am here.
Tho rush rose up with pointed spear,
The flag with its falchion broad;
The dock uplifted its shield unawed,
as the voice ran clear thro the thickeuing sod
Awaken for | am here.
The red blood ran through the clover near,
And the heath on the hills Ocrheard;
The dairy's fingers were tipped with red,
And she started to life as the lady said
Awaken for | am here
And tho young year rose from his white bier
And the flowers from their green retreat;
And they came and knclt at the lady's feet,
Saying all with their mingled voices sweet
lady behold Us here.
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You, Mr.. Brown, are my father in the
Lord. Under your preaching first became
convinced of sin, and it was your voice that
brought mo the words of salvation. You will
remain in my house. have pious servant
to attend you. 1t is timo that you were at
peace, and your excellent lady relieved of her
heavy burden
The crippled preacher fell PROSTATE on the
floor, and poured out such thanksgiving and
prayer as found way to the heart of Mrs.
W, who ultimately became a meek and
pous woman--a fit helpmate for devout
Gospel minister. And, strange to say, she
dates her conversion from the day of that
comical, but not improbable, dinner party.
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Bounty Land.

VTNHE undersigned will give their particular at
L tsntion to procuring Land Warrants under the
Bounty Land Bill recently passed by Congress
All the Volunteer. at the Battle Of Platt.burSh,
or their widows, all widows Of Revolutionary Sol
diers and all Soldiers Of the War Of 1872, or their
widows, who have not already received one hundred
and sixty acres, are entitled to Land Warrants un-
der thi. Bill.
Full information all Bounty Land or Pension
Claims can be obtained Of WESTON SHAW.
Burlington, Vt, March II, 1855. vCmos
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UNION HOUSE,

Opposite Union RhiHOau Depot,
ALBANY-ST,, TROY, N. Y.
TI,HIS HOUSE WILL BE OPEN on Or ABOII J
u the 22d of March, for the accommodation OF
the public The House is new, and is fitted up with
all the modern improvements, and is being furnished
in a superior manner The proprietor will be happy
70 see any Of his former friends also, all those of
the travelling public who may favor him with call
J. W. STEARNn, Proprietor.
March II. 1854. dti
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u A Coop ExANrLE-Wo are glad to
learu that the propretors of the Astor House
and the St Nicholas have resolved that the
bars of those hotels shall be closed on Sunday
for the future, law or no law. II other hotel
will follow tins example N. Y. Advertiser
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A WESTERN FARMER.-A friend from lndl-
ana informs us that he met Michael L. Sui
livant, who sold his land on the Sciote, last
year, on his way to his new home in Illinois
with force Of 100 men and teams and tools,
sufficient to put in Ten THOUSAND acres of
corn this spring. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Sullivant was one of the largest farmers
in the State of Ohio for many years. We
have heard that he could ride in direct
course fifteen miles through his own corn
ful in Illinois. The reason he gave for NOV
ing was that he wanted more room to expand
his operations, and he found the Grand
Prairie just suited to his notions Of farming
on magnificent scale-N. Y, Tribune
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Editing a newspaper is like making
fre,-Eyervbody supposes he can do 1t " a
little better than anybody else" We have
seen seen people doubt their fitness for apple ped
ding, driving oxen, or counting lath, put IN
ali our experience we yet never met with the
Individual who did not think he could
:. double the circulation" of any paper in two
months. - Exchange.
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II The executioner of Pinto, the Cuban
conspirator was paid his fee out of Pinto's
the bill of costs. That is after the old adage,
" to be hung and pay forty shillings
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THE LARGEST DIAMOND EVER FOUND IN NORTH
AMERICA were shown yesterday on
board the steamship jamestown, what is saia
to be the largest diamond ever discovered In
North America 1t is about the size OF a
large hazel nut, of great brilliancy and quite
smooth. In the center of it, however. are
several small black specks. II was found
several months ago by laboring man named
BENJAMIN Moore, at Manchester, Virginia; IN
some earth. which he was digging up. me
IRON Ar Richmond, where it remained in red
heat for two hours and twelve minutes. IL
was then taken out and found to be uninjured
Ricbmosd at $4,000 The finder of the
prize is poor man with famiyl-Eps. Post
2Sth.
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4 SONNET BY DANIEL WEBsTER-W ritten
by him in the Album Of an American friend
while on his visit to England,

THE MEMORY OF THE HEART
If stores Of dry and learned lore we gain
Close keep them in the memory of the BRAN
Names, things, and lacts-whatc'er knowledge
call,
There is the common ledger for them all
And images on this cold surface traced,
Make slight impression, and are efaced
But we've page more glowing, and more bright,
On which our friendship, and our love to write,
That these may from the soul depart,
We trust them to the memory Of the heart,
There is no dimming-no effacement here
Each new pulsation keeps the record clear
Warm golden letters all the tablet fill,
Nor lose their lustre till the heart stands still.
LONDON, Nov. 10, 1888.
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tarsl-z;ssIrbyis.g.

hRDERS RECEIVED FOR MARRIAGE AD-
~ dress, Party, and Business Copper-plate In
grlyed Cards.
Those who already have engraved plates of their
Cards, have them neatly printed at short notice
E5-Apply at the REE PRESS OFFICE, where
SPse'qens etVHious tytes can be seen.
May 80. d&wtT
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MILK AND MEAr.-Every article of food
commands an enormous price. Market men
sell unwholesome and adulterated provisions.
Milk is a compound of chalk and water.
with an infusion of the genuine secretion of
the cow Beef i. so tough that it requires
a Tigers teeth to tear it and masticate it.
Farmers can not afford to fatten their calves
consequently, they sell them to the butcher.
when they are only few days old, and after
being carried thirty or forty miles in the
cars, their bruised carcasses are sold to the
starving poor of the city, At such sale,
the following dialogue once occurred. The
purchaser, looking at the lean and attenuated
leg of a dead calf, exclaimed, " Mister, what
makes your veal look so blue 1t didn't
die, did it ," No" replied the man in
the white frock, it didn't die exactly, it
kinder gin out '-Northsrn Farmer.
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DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING TREEs.-It is un-
doubtedly the fact that large number of
trees planted every year die because proper
care Is not used in preparing the ground for
them, and in removing the trees and reset
sing them. No one unacquainted with the
business should attemptit and the more pre-
caution used at the outset, the sooner will
the growth of the trees repay the labor. The
Buffalo Courier gives the following direc-
tions
The hole is to be dug considerably larger
than the root of the tree, and the bottom
of the hole spaded. All bruised roots should
be cut of with sharp knife, and the roots
watercd and busted with dust or pulverised
earth. The tree is then ready to be placed
in the hole, with the roots in their natural
position and filled up to within few inches
Of the top, mulched with straw or litter, and
the rest Of the earth put on top, Stones are
also good mulching, when straw is scarce
The hole must be large, in order to allow tho
roots to spread the first year in loose soil
The dust coats the spongioles, and mulching
retains moisture during the drought
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JOHN b. WHEELER,

FEAL ESTATE A GENT,
TOWN HALL,
BURLINGTON. ERMONT.
Particular attention given to the purchase aud
sale of Real Estate, tho Investigation Of Land Ti;ies
Leasing, Collecting Rents, Insuring, Paying Taxes
&C., &C., &c.
d6wtf
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Plant the Seeds of your Elm Trees.

EDs. COUNTRY GESTLGMAN.-l can sneak
from experience of the rapiditv with which
Seeding elms attain what might considered
" their maiority''-an age when they well
repay all previous trouble, and are vast
addition to any place. Your townsmen. f P.
Prentice, Esq has on his place hundreds of
trees grown by himself from the seed, which.
not yet, should think, much more than fif-
teen years old, are yet one ofits chief attrac-
tions. | recollect, on visiting his grounds
some years since, he measured with me tho
trunks of one or two. then eleren years from
the seed and we found their circumference
to he t,Centy-onc inches.
Every house should be thought incomplete
without the protection of trees, as every
landscape must be shorn Of beauty if deprived
of their graceful outlines and waving boughs.
And while the American elm is one of the
very finest of shade trees, it is also the easiest
thing in the world to raise it. Now, or soon,
the seed will be dropping from every branch
of the old trees, and scattered by the wind
over all the ground they shade. If these are
collected and sown-in drill, is probably bet
ter than any Other way-a plot FIVE feet by
ten will raise quite as many as you will want
in the next fall or spring 10 transplant into
rows, whence after the probation Of another
year or two they may be removed to their
final resting, or perhaps rather gro,c,ng
place. Five or six years will amply serve TO
vindicate your wisdom in taking this pains,
and less than ms many more to transform the
appearance of the land, about your house
whether a mere door-yurd, or worthy the
name Of a lawn, to such scene Of quiet and
attractive beauty. MS to more than recompense
you for your trouble, in the pleasure they
give, and for the very little expense you may
have incurred, in their increase to the value
of your place. ARBoR.
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LARGE OR SMALL SEED PoTAroEs.-By an
experiment carefully conducted at the North
American Phalanx, in Monmouth County, n.
j., the following interesting results were OBJ
taned
|. Large whole seed, 20 lb. IA OF. produced
Ia lbs.
.. Large potatoes cut in halves, Is lbs. IL
OF produced l24 lbs.
3. Large potatoes cut IN quarters, lbs,
produced % lbs.
4 Medium potatoes, whole, 9 lbs. OF.
produced LAG lbs.
6. Medium potatoes, cut in halves, 9 lbs. 6
OF. produced SIS IL lbs.
:. Small potatoes, whole, 81 lbs, produced
IL lbs
S. Small potatoes cut in halves, lbs,
produced "a lbs.
The per centage of small potatoes to the
seed used was greatest on the quartered large
potatoes. The following figures indicate the
value Of marketable potatoes, at so cents per
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To Village subscribers, per annum, 50 w
To those who receive it by Mall for six months 90
Or per annum, w
ALWAYS ADVANCE.
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SALMON WIRES,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
OFFICE OVER COMMERCIAL BANK,
BURLINGTON.
April s, 1855. DIFF
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ll1ceklp Gree Dress.
pc.,d at No. G CoH,g, Street, Darlington, VI.
GEO, w. s. G.. e.. BENEDICT,
EDIroRs AND PRoFRisToRs.
Terms of Substitution.

For Village Subscribers, supplied by the ,o
Carrier, % o oo
IF paid strictly in advance, w
For Mail Subscribers, and those who take 1t
at the 0fcc, w
If paid strictly in advance, 5u
who nav not in advance but before ak months, IS
After six months, 2 90
Interest chargeable after the ycur's end
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Repetitions of the experiment have all been
in favor Of the large uncut potatoes for seed
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% rorElL Coon EcGs.-If YOU des,rc to
be certain that your eggs are good and fresh,
put them in water lf the butts turn up
they are not fresh This is an inG,llible rule
to distinguish good egg from a bad one,
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-03
KANSAS ELECTlUN.

IxDvrrSpExcr, No., March 3st.--The return.
from Kansas shoS the election VI tue pro.sIAvetl
ticket. Bull Geek, Lawrence, Douglass, DORI'
Phan, Teeumseh, Shawnee MSSou, LrayeuwOrth,
aud al Hockey Point the maiOnues varied from :
to 800. Tue election vas conducted with tOIsia.
ble order.
The edtOtof the Kansas Pteenan vas duektd
10 Tue Kew nver BY "a mob, in consequence Vi bis
speech.
There are no anti.slovety men elected 10 the
LegSIslute.
4 latEe procession patsled here to celebrate the
TlcloiT.