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Tho Resurrection.


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a"e ;,..,s s'''h'n9 example ci 'he resurrection
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o".'nS'h st".n ns soale % t'ms IN Inc humble
ssn;,,. ;I =, aoUe Ue,ns 70 "h'ch lhey are neces-
St,"y J; o0nn''ou " 'ne'r structure they
doa,S e' anu .. are eono' IN ths moment OF
- my ovns''uS' i'r themselves a
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soivea ,D1o m 0a',oa n mass ~ Here % %,Hey are olS
water. tho who'll wb;ob rom.;n" aus p"s.hS "f ,,S
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A word relative 10 bills 200 and 2O3.

A word relative TO bills 202 and 2O3,
introduced to the House by the Commit
tee on Education, as the result of all
their researches, inquiries and delibera-
tions. Having deliberately and careful
ly drafted them with all needed helps,
they regarded them, as originally pre-
sonted to the House, as exactly what
Vermont needs. Ifever common school
education is to rise ana flourish in this
State as it does in many other States in
the Union, the first bill will in substance
pass into a law, and be an important
meaus of the reformation. The provi-
sions Of that bill find their number and
their shape in the things to be provided
for, which is true Of all good laws; there.
fore, if ever those things are to be wise
ly provided for, bill similar to that or
that itself must pass into law. -s'
If Vermont is ever to have good
common school law, making provision
for well qualified teachers, uniformity Of
text books, thorough supervision Of
teachers, books, scholars, schools, she
must have such a law as exists in neigh
boring States. securing these results, and
she has precisely such law in that bill
1t is not therefore lost, but ouly laid
away in the archives of the State to be
brought out and sent on its mission oi
mercy and love through tho State
Bill 2O3, which the House dismissed
without examination, in the commissions
Of its last gasp, establishes Board Of
Education, precisely otter the Massachu
setts system, which has been in existencc
seventeen years, and has the appreciation
Of the enlightened friends of education
in that State. 1t is beautiful sys TEN
The Governor uominates, and the Senate
confirms, the appointment of four men
who, with the Governor aud Lieutenant
Governor, constitute the Board of Edu.
cation. The men appointed go out Of
Office alphabetically. one each year, the
vacancies being filled as above named.
This puts tho Governor at the head oi
education in the State; removes the sys
TEN entirely beyond the arena Of party
politics, and gives pcrmanency and char.
( acter to the system. The Board elects
its secretary, who devotes himself cx
clusively to the interests of education
in The State. and docs in general all re
quired of the State Superintendent, in
the Goth chapter of Compiled Statutes
This is the system which, in view o.
all others, commends itself more and
more to the judgment Of not few Of the
first men Of Vermont. No doubt il
would have been sustained, after being
we'll understood By the House, had prop
er time and attention been given it.
Yours truly, LEX.
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For the Register.
Education in Vermont.
E. B. n.

THE CHARACTER OF THE Hills INTR oDUCED
TO THE ASSEMBLY IN 1854.
Ma. EDITOR Dear Sir The state.
mcnts in my last show that the sentiment
in respect to common school education
in the state is all chaos. Thousands
have petitioncd for the establishment Of
Board Of Education and yet, as it ap.
pears, there was no general agreement
how that body should be constituted !;
aud certainly, no drafter Of bill exam.
incd, well understood what he assumed
the prerogativc to do. The waters are
exceedingly riled upon this subject Leg.
islation aud counter.legislation, year af-
ter year, have so dissatisfied multitudes
and exasperated the public sensibiliiies.
that the introduction of the subject of
education to the House of Assembly is
like touching a match 10 a magazine of
powder.
What is the remedy The selection
of House, the majority of which are
friends Of edu-ation. who will remain 10
session, aud consult aud deliberate until
they have matured good common school
law, if that measure alone requires
weeks or months. Tho enactment Of
such law is tho important matter at
which the state should direct its couusols
and united efforts 1t is no doubt the great
idea, that should ergross public stteu.
tion till 1t is well done. II is a matter
Of sufficient magnitude to justify spe-
cial session Of the Legislature, if it can
be effected in no other way. How unde.
sirablo, therefore, the abrupt termination
Of the last session before that important
business was done
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Death OF Revolutionary Veteran

Death OF q Revolutionary Veteran.
In Hopkinton, New York. February
9th. 1855, Mr.. SOLOMON CulrrEYpEY
aged o3 years and five months.
When lfe's probation is honorably
closed, IT seems befttiug that some fur
ther record be made of the departed,
than that he died" A well spent life.
and tranquil death give assurance that
the subject Of this notice wears the con
querors crown
Mr., Chittendcn was born in Killings
worth, Connecticut, September 18th.
l76l. At the age of fifteen he enlisted
INTO the United States army. and served
out two enlistmeuts of three years each.
besides six months extra service. He
received his discharge the last day of
December, 1888; was married to Su.
sannah Sanford. June, 1885, and settled
in Benson, Vermont, the same year.
where be lived twenty -four years; when
he removed to Orwell, Vermont, from
whence he removed to Hcpkinton, New
York, in 1924.
The wife of his youth, with whom lie
liveo almost seventy years, survives him.
Thus has PASSED away one Of those
patriarchs Of freedom, who taught regal
tyrants lesson of prudence and moder-
alton, and opened bright future to the
subjects of their oppression. He was
an honest man, firm patriot, an earnest
wortar in tho contest" of lifo. Bot while
he Is held in grateful remem brancc as a
soldier Of liberty, as the unsweryine de-
fender of freedoms soil, vet it is as a
christian that his memory is blessed
His higher life he devoted to the Lord
Jesus Christ. He ever stood firm at
tho post of duty, exhibited in beautiful
consistency the christian virtues. con-
tended truly and earnestly for the faith,
and finally, on the shores Of Jordan,
Joined the chief of Christs subordina,es
IN his triumph, saying, / have fought
good fight, | have finished my course. /
have kept the faith"
Yes fhe Christians race is run,
Ended is the glorious strife
Fonght the fight, the work is done,
Death Is swallowed up of life"
Ogdenstureh Sentinel
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for the Register.
The Church Door Handle.

The Church Door Handle.
Thank God, the same handle is on the door
That rested there in days of yore;
| feared that something, some genius would
hatch,
To take the place of the ponderous latch
And homely
Old handle on the door.
Tho fashion aud pride have made us lose
Whatever was Old-the pulpit and pews,
Tho all is new, from ceiling to floor,
The best thing done was nothing more
Than leaving III
Old handle on the door.
Once on tiptoc used to stand,
To reach the latch with my little hand;
And, oh how many, since then, and before
Have graspcd the
Old handle on the doorl
Hands so fair as to cause n strife
Hands rough with fighting the battle of life
Hands crunbling in dust, that never more
viii grasp the
Old handle on the door.
Not till its iron shall turn to dust
Not till it age shall say ait is just -
Not till the tempests of many score
OF years shall howl round and battle il sore
May we lose the
Old handle on the door.
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AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE.
PRESIDENT HlTCICOCK'S
History of Geological Temperance Con
vention held in Central Africa.
C01Falning TNiTfV WNSfTn tiOns.

Read the following notice from a dstin-
guished Clergyman -
1--WE are not accustomed to laugh outright,
or be convuscd with laughter yet we have
never found it more difficult to restrain our
disabilities than while perusing this most in-
gcnious satire and yet with all its comical,
diyertlpg, and lauGhable scenes, the most sol
emn, important and instructive lessons are
couched in every page. Youth should read
it-parent>, teachers, preachers, everybody"
NATHANIEL MOVES, Publisher,
C--..I.:ii.
Price, muslin, AZ cents; gilt, 5s cents
f1- Can be sent by mail to any part of the
United States.
AGENTS WANTED in every Town to sell
this Book. Circulars furnished. Apply 10
the Publisher.
Boston, Jan. 10, 1855. 9:3m.
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just in the same way every event, ev'
cry fresh alliance, every friendship,
serves as pretext for a new dress a
friend gives a ball-a new gown; she
dies-a new gown and SO on, ad infni
tUn.
We find IL in the practices and Gus.
toms adopted, to show our grief on the
loss of persons, whom we love, or whom
it is supposed to be our duty to love.
To judge by these customs, we should
tempted to believe that it has been ne
cessary to give to grief either permitted
or proper, general and common limits
beyond which oil manifestations shall be
declared to be in bad taste 1t had been
equally agreed upon, that those who shall
scrupulously observe certain simple and
easy practices, shall be considered to ex.
perience sufficient degree of grief
Thus, it is proper for a woman to mourn
her husband year and six weeks ia
man only mourns his wife six months)
that is to say, the widow on the
morning of the 47lst day land the wild.
over on the dawn of the lslstl awakes
in gay and cheerful mood.
Grief divides itself into several peri
DDS, in the case of widows.
lst reriod.-Despair, six weeks. -
mot,o dross cr,no co,I.r nnd ougs and
Tho disonne,r,nco If tho b,;r hono,,h
the widows con
ID noriod -profor,d cr;.f Dosro,.
dencv civ wects profonnd nr;of !,
rccogn;7oJ bv tho dross wL;oh st;ll con'
t;nues TO bO Of noramotta and Tho dos.
nondercv which suc,aeds 70 desno;r ;s
srmbol;1cd he the white crane oollar ord
cuTs
I'd ror;od -Gr;ef sof,oroa br .ho
consolotions of friends md Tho bono soon ~
to re;o;n tho rorrctted oS;oo, "e nf Ior S'os os
fccticns in a bettcr would Tbosa mo,an
cholv scnt;monts loet s;v mon,hs ,hor
,-o oxnrosso1 L,, ILL. III. - ~
w;dow,s o,n ;s :,;lI ~ 'A ''' NV
Atb nor;od -T;me ho,,s ,Lo ,orn1s
of tho hoort proy;1onoo .omnons ,to
east wind to tbe .born Iamh v;o,on,
attacks Of cricf onlv coma On =, r,ro ;n
tervols Sometimes tha widow snon. "s
tbougb sbo b,d forcotton hor ,o.s h",
all ot onco c;rnnmstanon ,ruoron,I, - M
ind;ffercnt ,oc,Ils :, ,nd sI,o XII Laal.
into Grief Vet shc dwe,,s f,om t;m~ ,n
time unon thc f.n,,s ~ ,ho ha1nrol ,'"t b.. ~
il is onlv 70 oon,ras, ,bom u;,I S;a ,,"n "
zling virtuss Th;o nor;od mnrl5 nrJ ~ ho
tiresome cnou,b far Tho worla ~ l.rra
therefore II he boor Jaa;Soa - "e sss, 80,
il simnlv bv bolcworrn;na W 'p '''
5tL nerioa There ;s now or,v .oe,
onoa rnl.naLoI.' ..t:.I nm .,, H",S '1''.
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ANEcDoTE OF THE GIRAFFE.-The
New Orleans Sun relates a humorous
story of very well dressed man and
sentcel looking person who was curious
to see the giraffe, and who stepped up
to the man " wot' receives the money
with " Is the giraffe to be seen here :?
!" Yes, sir" I" ! want to see him {"
4" Very well, SIR" sits fifty cents,
isn't ii" "One dollar, sir. Fifty
cents for servants" "Well, I'm a
servant" +" You a servant" "Yes,
sir" Whose ?" "Yours, sir your
humble servant" {" Walk in and take
a seat" The joke was we'll worth the
price OF admission. q
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BuLwER.-A story has been going the
rounds that Bulwer. the novelist, had
written letter to gentleman in Bos.
ton, saying that he had closed his career
as writer of fiction, and that he had
expended tho powers of life chasing
pleasures where they are not to be
found" Sir Edward contradicts the
whole statement, thus II beg to state
that l know no gentleman in Boston, to
whom | should write upon any matter
concerning myself-that I never wrote
any thing of the sort to any one-and
also that the whole statement is a com
plote fabrication
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roken bottles and empty demijohns.

broken bottles and empty demijohns.
The creed of the Know Nothings, as
far as we can ascertain, comprises, among
others, the following principles
lst-Repeal of all naturalization laws.
2d-NoDe but Native Americans for
office.
3d--A pure American common school
system.
4th-War to the bilt on political Ro.
manism.
5th-Opposition, first and last, to the
formation of military companies com.
posed of foreigners.
6th-The maintenance Of a sound.
healthy and. patriotic American Nation.
ality.
Hostility to all papal influences,
under whatever form. and under what.
ever name, when brought to bear against
the Republic.
Sth-American Institutions and
American sentiments.
9th-Morc stringent and effective
Emigration Laws.
loth-Tbe umples, protection to Pro.
testant interests.
llth-Citzenship granted to Foreign.
ers only by special act of Congress-
l2th-The doctrine Of the revered
Washington and his compatriots.
l3th-The sending back of all foreign
paupers landed on our shores
l4th-The formation of societies. to
protect all American interests
l5th-Eternal enmity to all, who at.
tempt to carry out the principles Of a
foreign church or state.
l6th-Our country our whole country
and nothing but our country.
l7th-And hnall laws
and American legislation. and death to
all foreign influences, whether in high
places or low.
1t is said to be the party of the pco.
pie. The masses are its motice 1ouer
Its voice is that of the many and the
million. 1t is working out the great and
sublime doctrine, that the American
people are, of right, and should bo ther
own rulers. 1t is not an enemy to the
foreigner, but is jealous of bin, because
the foreigner has too often infringed
American rights. The party is now Of
" size" if not of age It. has the trea,l
and department of manhood. There is
no mistaking its presence, its prestige. oil
its genius If nothing happens to the
lad, he will become a giant that will tear
away the strong pillars of Romanism
and bury the Philistinos Of Rome in one
common doom. Papal Europe and Young
America must needs have separate con.
tincuts, and they will have them. lie,
the conflict hasten, aud God save the
right.
As to the following, the reader may
or may not, believe it. We don't. 1t
is said, that one of the questions asked
of candidate, for initiation into the
Society of Know othings is as follows
" Will you do your utmost on all occa
sions to renew and perpetuate the potato
rot in ordor to keep the Irsn ont of the
country2" The candidate, if admitted
must respond II will"
Mr.. B., a resident of neighboring
town, has recently been so unfortunate
as TO lose a rich relative, by which he iu.
herits the snug sum of s25,000 He
feels deeply the affection, but bears W
under it with true christian resignation
1t is the generally received opinion, how
ever, that ho will survive the shock
The latest mail confirms this, and de
c'ares him convalescent. Heis now con
sidcred out Of dongor Ho consoles
himself with the refection,-that
"Man wants but httls here below,
Nor wants that little long"
r. B. r.
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General Raglan lost an arm at Water.
loo, while serving under the Duke Of
Wellington. He is said to have remark.
ed at the battle of Inkormann, when the
French troops came to his aid, at tho
time of great necessity. "The French
owed me an arm, and they have pa id
their debts p
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Too BAD.--A virgin Of twenty. y.three
was lately throwing out some affected
sneers at matr;mony, when grave friend
IN company observed, that marriages
were made in heaven" Can you tell
me, sir" rejoined the sly nymph, "why
they are so sioto in coming doion e'
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1t is certain that either wise bearing
or ignorant carriage, is caught as men
take disease one Of another therefore,
let men take heod Of their company
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CONCERNING LENr.-The following.
from an old English poet, may afford a
hint on how

CONCERNING LENr-The following.
from an old English poet, may afford
hint on how
TO KEEP A TRUE LENT.
Is this fast, to keep
The larder loane
And cleAne
From fat of vcales and sheepl
Is it to quit the dish
OF flesh. yet still
To iil
The platter high with fishl
Is it 10 fast an hour,
Or ragg'd to go,
Or show
A downcast look and sour1
No: It's fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat
And meat
Unto the hungry soul.
1t is to fast from strife,
From old debate,
And hato
To circumcise thy life.
To show a heart griefrent;
To starve thy sin
Not bin
Ana thats 10 keep thy Lent.
In olden times Lent was the season
for number of ceremonies that are now
almost forgotten. and live but in tradi.
tion. We arc informed that it was tue
custom at one time, in England, for the
urchins, towards the end of Lent, to 90
from one house to another, beating pieces
of sticks together, aud crying:
IIerrings, herrings, white and red,
Ten penny, Lent is dead
Rise dame and give an egg,
Or else piece Of bacon.
One for Pctcr, two for Paul,
Three for Jack, Lents all
Away. Lent, away.
and if the dame refused the specimens Of
Young England existing a, that day the
expected largess, thoy left the house cry
ing:
Here sits a bad wife
The devil take her life
Set her upon a swivel,
Aud send her to the devil
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But these singular customs are fast
Passing away, aud with them many Of
the most remarkable peculiarities of the
age they wers produced in. There arc
still few rovering spirits, who hold
th0ln in pious recollection, believing that
the events or persons they commemo-
rated arc deserving of remembrance,
and feeling, moreover, that the observ-
anco of those days do much towards
keeping their memories green"