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MUSICAL.

DIASo wASTED--A CENT? EAfAN WILL LOAN ,iOo
n 70 500 cash on superior plano'orte. for six or
twelve months without inteTest. Address .. II, 2lg
Greenwich street.
DR0FE-soR PHILIP ERNSr WoCLu LIKE TO FUR.
chaRc Few good second hand Bohm flutes, for which
ne would pay bsrAl price Apply at his music r0om.
s2l Broadway, corner ofTwelith street
(, TCOND HAND PIASOs-GREAr BARG AfSs.-oVE
- A. GibtTt Co q make = octayes prica sS2S
eil te soh FOR $3.50 o. with eDean, pr.cs s5x5,
for tls; oDe 6H octave Harrison piano price sOJ, for
500; Geo. Hew's octave, all round corner 500
for t2sj; orc cf octave piano fos sl'5 0 octave
piano. nearly nav, FER Siss; one 10, oae 30
HORACE HAIfI.s III BrSalW.y
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nuG LOsT-A SMALL TERRIER DOG, WHITE, WffH
dark yellow ears. Whoever will return the sane or
give niorma to g. II. Perrymao .oj Grsni street,
Will be suitably rewarded.
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

NEW yk<.SEY RAILROAD. FOR PHILADELPHIA
~ and the south and West via Jersey City mail and
express lines = Leave Nev York az and lO A NJ, aud
4ande =. u. Fare % 70 In 4, aud s3 in sna IL AN
and r. h; second class, 81 % in TO- and L. at a.
stopping q al way stations Through tickets sold for
neinna and the West and for baltimore. Washington
Norfolk, &c and through baggage checked to Washing
ron la 5 and 10 a. NJ and o. " NJ
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RESTAURANTS.

G, TANwIX HALL, $40 BROADWAY Is ONE OF THE
~ best saloons our city can boast Of. From TIA. time
OF is 6rst opening up TO Last Saturday night II has
maintained throughout character for orier quetnes,
and resp.ctabty not exceled anywhere else That the
recent should have led 20 imagine this
saloon 10 be the resort Of improper IL not to be
wondered at But such supTossion Is far from being
correct and is unjust the worthy propriecrs They
hoye established for themselves and their saloon repu
taton that deservedly meets the appreciation Of the
neighborhood in which they have located ap all who
know the polite and respectab. proprietor, have
frelusnted their hall, will bear the writer in his
statement that for quetnes- and orderly conduct
also Ter satisfactory sc:onmodations &c there few
80 oons that equal-Done that excel u. IL II closed
every Sabbath according to the requirement Of the
md al all other times IL IL place the orderly citizen
may visit ard enjoy himself while psrtakjns Of tas
ch ocest liquors. oysters, sc kc without fear Of
noyenoe. We bespeak for Messrs lean Deasis ths
patronage of discerning public
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yErAsHlNGToH RESTAURANT, No 1 BROADWAY
w Fine launches ami sl4les of Enslish mutton
and all kinds OF soup aud gtns In season With every
other oelcacy, this day, from IL clock served up
I Ia superior style.
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gs6TLIlSON GAS LIGHT COMPANY.-N0rlCE Is
IL hereby given, that the annual election for .ne d.
Tcors OF the Paterson Gas Light Company will be held
AT the Office Of the company in Jersey street 10 the city
q Paterson, on Monday me lzth Gay OF March n.x
O'Clock A. N. By order OF the directors.
JOHN DREW, Secretary.
Paterson, n. j., Feb. 26, 1875
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In the 1st 9th, 9th, sth, 12h 1sth l4th 18th, l6h
goth, 21st and ed, not single report appears.
LETTER OF MAYOR WOOD TO HON. JOHN WHEELER
URGING CONGRESS TO PASS LAWS TO PREVENT
THE IMPORTATION OF PAUPEas AND CRIMINALS.
MAYORS OFFICE, New York. Feb 20, 1885.
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LOST AND FOUND.

D0G LOST-THREE DOLLARS REWARD-stRAYED
~ from the subscribei's premises on Saturday Last,
2sth inst, a black Newfoundland cog he has stripe
OF white hair around the neck forming collar, some
white on the breast and white paws. lhe re sard will
be paid 10 whoever brings bin 70 - Leorard street
JN MDREl.
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ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY.
SPECIAL aoazCEs.

CAUTION. aEREAs A CERTAIN PERSON, AssU-
w ming my name. has been cotanirg money oa my
presumed this Is to give notice that viii
not be answerabie for any 6ebts contracted by such
,arty. JOHN H. CHAMBERS, No. City Hall placs
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Umpire LODGE NO 6i, l. q. o f--Bk0lAERS,
n YOU sie hereby notified 20 meet at the lodge
tomofrov 2sth instant st O'Clock T. NJ. prc,sey. 20
attend the funeral Of ass brother Joseph Wright
n. J. McCLuRF, \ G.
sAM'L Bushnell, Secretary pro tenn.
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H OG LOST-A LIBERAL EEWAHD WILL BIS GfyEs
~ for the return OF o terrier 0s los. on Friday th
loth, from No. 16 Broad stiev white color, head
shoulders and hind part marked With Grown cropped
and tail lad chain collar; answers u the name
Bren.
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CITY TRADE REPORT.

Attx unchanged.
rn'psrtrs -fiour -as moderately active At full
rstst, rae having besn made u s00 bsl. state AMI
Nsfiern LOO bills Canadian and 600 bit. aDa ths-n
at former quotations Nothing occurred In shea;
fy' 81 Eats 'orn favorei buyers, the sales comprising
o. go bushels, mostly southern Whit. and yso- al
tte t1c. Per bushsl
ccIvu.-Tbe s.ie. comprised 100 packages Java, .,
j Sc 30 10 haracaeo at TO-. ami 80 ks, Al Zoe. :
o,rToS--ssl.s have been made Of 200 b.is,, a,
fornr price,, tho news having had sde,t gpoa The
market
FpIcnrs Rate. we're steady To Liverpool 900
tafs ~ cotton Engaged compressed at ~ 30
bills -four a, L. "a n 600 bpsbs. n corn, In sh %
tass At IT, loo bbls lard at ITs "a ana - bor.s and
~ balss bacon At Iis ca 10 bremen ~ hha. tos.eoo
~.r. engaged a. lTs "a ami 50 cases N lks here
49, SoiLing rev u LONDON Hsvrs. To california,
is't VARIED from &c. 20 t0c. pcr foot msassrsmsnt
Hr.-sAi-s ~ $50 tslss hvsy tran.plrsa - o. tpr
'hipm'ni, and 81 os'( al las for iocai pr ioo
touDes.
Hpr The salss ~ American h.np s,fias Ye,,rsasy
ieaehsa 80 bales unars,,.d a. tig6 siss AHf ~
aIss diessei Al tisO t2lo, leaving st9-s IL AYst
kands, % ~ bales uss'..ssd 90 BALI irass~
tspila Imp sAs spAfib.iy purchassd dafisg SO
mouth, a - rsr 10, and there i s,o-s -
isos About $50 Ton. Scotch pIs brough, 90 OIL
Api,fsrs Sab. u 700 bbs s.- orl.aa. ser. .a.e,
- .te re pr gsioa
AIyit sroEn Resin and tar vsrs urehlnssd siss
~ 30 ibs sbd sons o.s o. sprt. DO at sls = AZ
psf gsllon
Ors.--hoihisy ns- esa w. sa,ls.a 10 ,hI. lss
fHofhtpss Pen wss thu 6.1HBs Tho ssles n
clutrE go bsls ., gis sTt, sIs u for % NEE
sd o prices for other knds Cot meat. drassr
~ 'ss. sHsoss'ins % go ps>ssgss, a. o. - ~ ~
rtprsa II 20 III. lard saA 80 sbls ssf . yf.vioas
quotations 10 bbis se.f hAnas vsrs tassn stts nsF
sro,s' -.1b,r. Ger. so has Ss- or'.ss' "a :.
Nup,ri -sou. 30 sss Ohio aad ,risos hrouys,
y ~. ss2lse ysr gsuea.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
n ON K Y M ARK u T.


THURSDAY, March l-6 +. NJ.
The stock market this morning was exceedingly
dull and heavy. II IL seldom in the height OF the
hst weather that we see 80 little doing. Reading
was the only stock on the list in which there was
any ativity, and that was In demand, and improved
from the opening. The total amount OF trsasac
items at the board to-day smaller than we have
known for nonths The brokers appear to be getting
tired Ct bostering the faDcies and 1t looks As though
THEY were about letting II take taer own COURSE
Having failed to attract outside SPECTATORS 1t Is
useless to keep prices up by inside operations.
The fancy railroad stocks on the market are too
much dead weight TO carry without shy help, and ~
those who have heretofore been OF 80 much service in
Initiating prices keep Aoof from the market. thu hope
OF any further advance has been sbaadoned. l.
these stocks should find their true level, we should
zee some great changes In quotations as the board
Some Of the railroad stocks would change PLACES
The frat would DO last, and the last nrst. A. tue
frat board to-day Nicaragua T snst fell or I per
cent; Cumberland Coal, /; Michigan Csntr al u al
road, /; Hudson River Railroad. i. Reading
Railroad advanced I, ard Cleveland and Toledo
i. With an abundance of money in the street
greater than has been known for years with an
accumulation Of specie In our banks greater shan
ever before kno xn--wth arrivals Of gold equal TO
nearly one million per week, and a lni Sed export,
We see no disposition outside OF Wall street to touch
fancy stocks as any price, This Is the result Of the
enormous losses realized In these securities during
the past year, and 1t win be lopg time before
ndence will be sufficiently reinstated TO induce any
one but brokers 10 take hold OF such uncertain
values.
After the adjournment Of the board, the following
sales Of stocks and bonds were made at an ton, by
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-02
omei.i In,stgu. in England.

iffsn ~ Union SEES rss. I'll
btss eAnsass = 10 pfoxf~ss srsnr TIE ss,prs u
bs ioas- = Cor1Hona riap 70 i1suos thsu, "a
to- ihs ih9piry iH1 The ,obdusi ~ vNr 70 drop
lhs gent. . - 'rss'ay arc iassfA gAbls II iks'r
thssrs Afs not In srsfy nsn's psm y ih.ir aagss.
srs - spsi1 nsss 'ar Asa ,s.lr .allelt.,loa. ar.
pot -iiscat eject ksni s.rsl. vnta.. begin !, l-sI
30 Ibis tbs soniessieh ~ Iqri rsyths, soas a IN.
tolls-sf, voted - W. majority " a.nay. ulss,4,,
iteush be- diapptorsi - tn1ai,J.in nav. prsg.r.
=. gssii, ~ ~ pabls ~ %, b .,,.ssa -iis
Vat p%itfesEisT sss,ies yhlsh ,s,s. oas ,hns ana
Hsshs anSthsr. Ips pablo b.@sd viis JOY ths, N,
fo.bseas meion ior ossssitss. u isgsfy ca. car.
- iieh coSfcii0s hat bo'hisg sbori 81 srgs,
~ . pssi HsDsssFsH.sht AMI rs eassss can snsar.
t-ihl msnssssass; = - f5f ta,ars Ths sa,.
" 81. - DasEsni II tn oniy rssuit 81 .siss.s w.
" h1nhy, ~ an sysr.hsimtsE magnify shsl L.s4 -
20 Other fsspiis han Fssas - "ehasy. .e.ts ~.
ssy' esmns .-tss TO psriis. " ID. gan. ~ f.1
~ go fss's b<sz - ga b. ssn4 cot n III. Tss1 ~
leuaons sio- "a rqassy "a drop NJ n.s. ..s,, Goa
,ls,ss Ill : asi u. .hsl. 10, b.. s-~s rs.r.
~. s.'' .hisrss'' 4 -. county hsr. b~-a psrn.d
Hsrsiy - satssfrs T~rsonsl .molf8n.
- .s3sil mns, 70 20. ~. Vr.fsi" ssisr -hish 4
swpshf - - sraAsa mar ~ f~egpeis sba ~ 90
sba isrr.sftatfns y<isA.ss " tk.r o.s .snt u .sne
-. &c b"ts.iy hos ,iH MT aA,s'y tho ssusiyy w
sis 90 ths' y s.'' s.ane; vih sssh - 30 n
lanrins over TIER hs.A. Tla iagulfy il &c ~ ~
!" .rinnnss ne ssss,Hsssi % . PrsssR bnsnftisi.
=, '.' ,., =, 49,, '
,s.. ..,. w.. I: %, N.Y. 1 ;!.s
4 4, , !; $:.::. ~ ! 4: s,:.'
". ~. tol nst q. 20 o. I'D rive sssrss. y t6.
trsush y0fsfnNe1L q Sfssles biAnns litxsy
ot.fatsrs v shS,F lpts tsgfy ~ ia
Is. esfss,~AFsstS1 = 80 90 srmy-sns esq
ssly * ~. Nv - kss'hki = " 10 loo ars. iprn
ss8 p< srersts Isssas - grsnesrs.n To usss
F.-snfrais.Hs - ''I..e.s " .hlsh ma ~. .ossAi
- u prss-S sffs - es'is fon ipqshy pyo,.s a.
~,syr-~>1sisgf gsi = ,hs@s 30 saariar h.s,sn
ZEE 70 srlas y thf ihssr ut,sr Inability V r., az
ID ~ 81. H@uns n tssssssons s,uiufy nssg " %.
$500 - 80 e. ~ hpssa<.'' ns.ien. ne.-.sy vi1
Syvfs % u Las SEQ soHrisa.S BY sssh almsy
aSttvt ~ ffglnustn
~ Psshi = ~ ns.s = rts With the sauoa ~
stsy'sr rst9s'ion, vklrh ,hass g.r.,nv.,, ,,s, ~.
tsat - or' srsshs sd fsssitt1s ,hssa ssser. ess
90 q ssst. have $3.50 Tbsrs Assrsyous s.sflt
arttd bngl@ -ih wAss slsss q, snelsiy y0a n.av
les Atf Il fffrAtsf ~ . vASus sst sinsss ss-s
fs.WftF@n. All tnsn isss kitNfiy That ffs va
- r.sh'tsf 80 49, = eas'sGpssss, nts
lWFsls I've kats hs.n -fgw slY ssf Ga.satsm+r.
vfFA '~ar, sD4 slSrrseF t'0tghs 20 So naf.s a
Bef st' ~ isss - sia.dy Vie ysxal q :.
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At the second board there was q little more &c
tiviiy In Cumberland, and or two other fancies,
but the make. was not at all Ia a Satisfactory con.
dition. Considerable discussion is going on among
stockholders and Others relative TO the poll of the
Cumberland Coal Company declaring . dividend
out OF iS assets. A great difference u opinion
exists, and the question IL undecided. I. IL IN
mf or'act matter 20 the company and 70 tho stock.
holders, and one which should not be hastily deter.
mined The company have assets enough TO pay
very handsome per cent but 1t Is entirely lear
Of debt. and what 1t owes natures at no distant
day. Railroad bonds were shade higher this
afternoon.
The tran aactnns AZ the Aaanatant Tran.u..-,.
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caused chiefly BY the very weather which mas sci
in ana which has put almost entire check upon the
home trade.
Al Birmingham continued steadiness Is reported 40
existing in the iron trade; but in many departments oe
business there has been great heaviness folosed By
proportionAts increase Of ptaperism
MNottinsham there vas ght tendency to improve
msn both in the lace and hosiery branches Tho Labor
market WAS not much overlooked, and wages remain
without any material reduction.
In the woollen districts there vas NO alteration,
confidence was fairly maintain ell.
The railway market ~as iun, and prices eioscds
slight decline. Operations generally we're uni portan
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1t appears by this that there " q surplus on hand
of t6l07s2 70, equal 10 about eight per cent the
amount due depoeitora ThE surplus Is on hand a.
ter estimating the stock securities Of the bank At
their par value The Legislature should dispose OF
this surplus in s,me way. The trustees should be
compelled 70 divide 1t among dspostors, gradually,
80 AZ 10 distribute 1t over as long period possible
We believe the Legislature have had this m ,tser
urd der confederation for some time.
Statement Of business 1t the United States Assay
ONCE ut New York fr the month ending Feb. g.
1884,
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Tie warrants entered at the Treasury Depart
mont, Washington, on the 9th FebruarY. rerr;--


or the exports In February tits year t3.l5t 26l
was In dome,tic merchant sc tjos, GOi 10 foreign
autiable merchandise ssi2 22G Ia fJreiSn free
goods, and O., l23, 70s 10 specie.
by the arrival Of the steamship 81. Louis q this
port, from Havre, and the steamship Csnld, 4.
Halifax, from Liverpool, We baye seven days Later
intelligence from al parts CT Earope. Thsre u no.
,birg interesting Or important in political p,ini
Of view nothing calculated 10 give brighter hopes
Of peace nothing 70 remove the impression watch
has been gradually settling upon TIE public mint
that protracted, expensive and disaaro1s var u
firmly fastened upon the p sipal Europesn Pow.
ers. Preparations for the renewal Of negotiations
for peace had been made. and the momen,ary sf.st
upon The funds, both In Lobdon and Paris. %. a
favorsble character. Financially and com nereisIly
the sdvicss do rot vary materially from ia,.e pre-
viously received. Qn0tarpps for c5nads we're .
fraction, ,ay an sish'h % quarter. User. o. ssL
s'uns ard ootSn vsrs dull. sis1opi soJ sc,us DO
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ARRIVAL or THE ST. LOUIS AND CANADA
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ALL RUSSIA CALLED TO THE FIELr
Three Hundred Thousand Russians
Going to the Crimea.
Offer 10 Raise Twenty-Five Thousand Prencl
Troops for the British.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL DESPATCHED TO VIENNA.
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AFFAIRS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL UNCHANGED.
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IMPORTANT FROM INDIA AND CHINA

THE DEMoCRArIzING OF ENGLAND.
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Naples Joins the Western Powers.
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SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.


ARRIVAL OF THE ST. LOUIS AND CANADA.
--e.~~-.e-->~~~~-~~>~----
AFFAIRS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL UNCHANGED.
ALL RUSSIA CALLED TO THE FIELD.
Three Hundred Thousand Russians
Going to the Crimea.
Offer 10 Raise twenty-five Thousand French
Troops for the British.
-.-~--.<,--~~----s-~a--~z~~-
LORD John RUSSELL DESPATCHED TO VIENNA.
Naples Joins the Western Powers.
IMPORTANT FROM INDIA AND CHINA.
--~-eez----->s-.-.s<,-----
THE DEMOCRATIZING OF ENGLAND.
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF GENOA.
ARRIVAL OF Mr.. PIERRE SOULE
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street at precisely - O'Clock on the following
day, in dress which she described with greet
particularity, and that she hoped and trusted
he would meet her, and thus afford her an OPP
portunity of brief personal intercourse with
the idol of her heart The two wags had be-
tween thirty and forty copies of this letter
written by female friend Of theirs, and they
sent these copies to between thirty and forty
members of Congress, selecting those of course
who were known to entertain very exalted
opinion of their own personal destinations.
Everything being thus arranged, the two
jokers called upon us and another young gen.
tleman, explained what they had done, and
invited US to get into Their carriage, ride with
them to the point of assig nation, and see the
sights. We unhesitatingly consented, and we
saw sights sure enough. Riding on the desg-
mated square, we behold the whole of the thirty
or forty members, Northern men and Southern
men, Wings Democrats, and Know-Nothings,
walking to and fro, all gazing earnestly in
every direction and at every female figure to
discover the object of their anxious search.
| We concluded that if few more copies
of the letter had been sent to membe.s of the
House of Representatives, the House would
have had to adjourn for the want of quo
rum.-LouisviAe Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-19

SPARE Your CHARACTERIZATION uses a
vast amount of wood, although for many pur-
poses it is being fast superseded; but it is not
the necessary use Of wood that is sweeping
away the forests Of the United States so much
as its wanton destruction. We should look to
the consequences Of this Palestine, once
well-wooded and cultivated like garden, is
now desert-the haunt of Bedouins-Greece
in her palmy days, the land of laurel forests,
is now desolate waste. Persia and Baby
lon, in the cradle of civilization, are now COW
cred beneath the sand of the deserts, produc.
cd by the eradication of their forests. Il is
comparatively easy to eradicate the forests of
the North, for they are of gregarious order
--one class succeeding another; but the trop-
ical forests, composed of innumerable varie-
ties, growing together in the most democratic
union and equality, are never eradicated.
Even in Hindostan, its many millions of DOB.
ulation have never been able to conquer the
phenix life of its tropical Vegetation. Forests
act, as regulators, preserving snow and rain
from melting and evaporation, and produce
regularity in the flow of the rivers that drain
them. When they disappear thunder storms
become less frequent and more heavy, the
snow melts in the first warm days of spring,
causing freshets; aud in the fall, the rivers
dry up and cease to be navigable. These
freshets and doughts produce also the malaria
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-19

A SUBSTITUTE FoR euASo.

The Montreal Commercial A dvsrtiser says
that French farmer, by the name of Malon.
has discovered method for converting the
ofal and refuse parts of fish into valuable
manure, equal in fertilizipg power to the best
Peruvian guano, and possessing no offensive
qualities. He conceived project of convert
these fish into more compact and convenient
kind Of fertilizer, and accordingly, after few
trial experiments, embarked in 1851 for New
foundand and established large factory at
Herpon, in the Straits of Belle-Isle. He as
ISOLATED with himself partner who estab-
lished also similar factory at little fishing
village near Brest, in France. At these fac
tories the refuse fish and offal of all the fisher
men in the vicinity were bought. They were
first boiled under a pressure Of fifty pounds
to an inch, and then the pressed cakes were
reduced to pulp by mechanical rasp, and
dried in hot stove. The material was next
ground to powder in mill, and packed
away in bags and barrels for use. One hun
bred parts Of the fresh fish yielded twenty-five
of fish powder, and is eagerly purchased By
the farmers. From the water in which the
fish is boiled, about two and a-half per cent
of oil is skinned The French factory pro
duces some fifteen hundred tuns year Of fish
manure, and that of Newfoundland is expect
ed to produce annually eight or ten thousan
tuns
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-19

SMALL PorAToEs FOR SEED.- Mr.. 7. G. AL
word Of Wilmington, Vermont, says: Some
eight years since, at the time Of planting my
potatoes, came short of seed to plaut. Pre-
vious to this time had used large whole po-
tatoes, or the seed ends cut off for seed, and
supposed that no others would answer. | re-
solved to try the experiment of planting small
potatoes, the largest being about the size of
common plums, but the most of them being
smaller. l carried several bushels Of these
little things to the field and commenced plant
ing them, putting from two to four in a hill.
The potatoes in the different parts of the field
came up at the same time, but the vines from
the small potatoes were not so large and thrifty
as those from the larger ones. At the first
hoeing there was some difference in the tops,
but after that the tops from the small potatoes
looked as we'll as any of the field and contin :
ued to through the season. When | came to
dig them I found the potatoes where the small
seed was planted to be as good in every respect
as those where the large ones were planted.
There were as many in hill, and the potatoes
were as large and with as few small ones as
those from the large seed.-Conntry Gentle
man.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-19
CONGRESSIONAL MODEsTY AND
MORALITY,

We we're infinitely amused three or four
weeks ago, by practical joke in Washing.
ton City upon a number Of the nice men Of
Congress. 1t was too good to be left unpub.
]ishod:
A couple of merry fellows, one of them a
distinguished member of Congress from
Southern State, and the other distinguished
executor from Kentucky, concocted letter
purporting to be addressed by young lady
to very fne-looking gentleman. 1t was got
up in Grst-rate style. The pretended young
lady set forth therein that she had several
times seen the gentleman she was addressing
that she was captivatcd by his fine face and
manly form, that her heart was deeply touched
by all she saw and heard of him, that she
must make his acquaintance before his depart
ure from the city, that she hoped,and prayed
he would forgive her seeming boldness as it
was the first imprudent act in her life, that
she had always moved and was still moving
in the highest circles in the Capital, that she
would be upon certain square of a certain