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lief. We know what We say. We say i
upon our own personal honor and proper
knowledge. Col. Fremont never was, ane
is not now, q Roman Catholic. He ha'
never been wont to attend that Church.
Nor has he in any way, directly or Indirect
ly, given occasion for this report.
Itis q gntuitous falschood, uttsr, barren
absolute and unqualified. The story has
been got up for political effect. 1t is still
circulated for that reason, and like other po-
litical lies, it is a sheer, unscrupulous false
hood, from top to bottom, from the core to
the skin, and from the skin back to the core
again. In all Its parts, in pulp. tegument,
rind, cell and seed, 1t is thorough and to-
tai untruth. and they who spread 1t bear
false witness. And as to all the stories Of
the Fulmer, etc., as to supposed conversa-
tions with Fremont, in which he defended
the mass, and what not, they are pure fc-
tions. They never happened. The authors
Of them are slanderers the men to believe
them arc dupes tho men who spread them
become endorscrs Of wilfal and corrupt IL
bellers.
But the Express, like Noble, has opened
on this hole in the wall, and can never be
done barking at it. Day after day, it re-
sorts to this empty hole. When everything
else fails this resource remains. There they
are, indelatigably-the Express and Node
church without Fremont, and hole
without squirrel in 1t!
In some respects, however, the dog had
the advantage. Sometimes we thought that
he really believed that there was a squirrel
there. But at other times hc apparently
had an inkling Of the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of his
conduct, for he would drop his tail, and
walk towards US with his tongue out and
his eyes little aslant, seeming to say, "My
dear sir, you don't understand dogs feel
ings. / should Of course much prefer
squirrel, but If can't have that, an empty
hole is better than nothing. l imagine how
would catch him IL he pds there. Be
sides, people who pass by don't know the
facts. They think that I have got some
thing. It is needfal to keep up my reputa-
ton for sagacity. Besides, to tell the truth
have looked into that hole so long that l
have half persuaded myself that there is
squirrel there, or will bo, IL keep on"
Well, every dog must have his day, and
every dog must have his way. No doubt If
we were to bring back Noble now, after two
summers absence, he would make straight
for that hole in the wall with just as much
zeal rs ever.
We never read the Express, nowadays,
without thinking involuntarily, "Good-
ness the dog is letting of at that hole
again.".Nas York Independent.
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The cultivation Of large amount OF land
as the process is performed by many ayr,
culturists, is waste Of labor and OF iertiii'
ty impoverishing both the tiller ana 'ne
soil. Sound Judgment, we think, Will 'em'
onstrate that large crops per acre. a' . gen.
eral rule, are the most profitable, ana e1'
pertinent will verify it. 1t should DO 'ns
aim of the former 10 sustain the richness Oh
his land, and this can be done only py ~
ducing the breadth under the plow' propor'
tionately to his capacity for applying 'ucn
fertilizing materials as will return the eio-
ment taken therefrom by the crops. IA
little farm well titled" gladdeneth the heart,
hut great breadth of acres cultivated In o
slOyeuly manner, Is q blight upon tho inter.
ests of its owner, and an evil in the sight Oh
all men.
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BIDDEFORD, MAINE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 49, 1856.

politician, and several Southern Members o.
Congress. The conversation turned upon
the Presidential election, and all the horrid
train Of evils to follow upon Fremont's elec.
eion wero set forth in glowing colors. II
was asserted that his must necessarily be q
sectional administration, under which no
Southern men could or would take Office
the consequence Of which calamity, it was
voted, must uproot the pillars of the Repub-
lie. One of the Southern NJ. C.'s, after
listening for some time to these grave argu-
ments, instead Of asserting to their force,
suggested that he desired no larger fortune
than he would undertake to collect in the
way Of toll across the Long Bridge over the
Potomac, from the applicants for Office un-
der Fremont's Administration from the
State Of Virginia alone!
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Preserving Shingles on Roofs.

Some paint roof shingles after they ore
laid. This makes them rot sooner than
they otherwise would. Some paint the
courses as they are laid; this is great pre-
servatve, If each shingle is painted the
length Of three courses. But about as sure
a way to preserve shingles, and that with
little or no expense, is mode recommended
in letter to US by Hon. David Hunter, Of
Clinton, on the 23d Of Feb. last. We pub
lish so much Of his letter as relates to this
subject, in hopes that it may be sfservice to
many Of our readers.
"There is one thing more. that nearly all
people know, if they would only attend to
it; that is, to sprinkle Stacked lime on the
roofs of their buildings, in rainy days. Put
it on considerably thick, 80 as to make the
roof look white, and you never will be
troubled with moss, and If the shingles are
covered ever 50 thick with moss, by putting
the lime on twice, il will take it all of and
leave it white and clean, and will look al
most as well a. If 1t had been painted. II
ought to be done once year, and, in my
opinion, the shingles will last almost twice
as long rs they win to let the roof all grow
over to moss. tried it on the back side Of
my house ten years ago, when the shingles
were all covered over with moss. and they
appeared to be nearly rotten. gave the
roof heavy coat Of lime, and have follow
ed it nearly every year since, and the roof
is better now than II was then, and to all
appearance, If l follow my hand, 1t will
last ten or fftesn years longer. The shin
giles have been on the roof over thirty years.
There is no more risk about sparks catching
on the roof than on newly shingled roof.
Those who do not have lime near by, can
use good strong wood ashes, and these will
answer very good purpose to the same
end"
The action Of the lime is 70 cleanse the
surface of all impediments to the free and
rapid passage Of the rain-water of. This
enables the shingles to dry, very soon, and
consequently prevents rOtting. Moscow
cred roofs will rot very rapidly.-Rrsl In
isi6gene1.
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no, actual or dangerous sickness. So 1t il
better not 10 run the risk.
To derive more decided medicinal ei'
feet, fruits should be largely eaten soon al
ter rising in the morning, and about mid
way between breakfast and dinner.
An incalculable amount Of sickness and
suffering would be prevented every year IL
the whole class Of desserts were swept from
our tables during summer, and fresh, ripe
perfect fruits and berries were substituted,
while the amount Of money that would be
saved thereby, at the New York prices OF
fruits, would in some families amount to
many dollars-dollars enough to educate an
orphan child, or support q oolporteur a
whole year, in some regions ofour country.
Halls New York Journal Of health for Ju-
n.
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PLANT ONE ACRE Lxss.-" Plant one acre
less," advises the Rural New Yorker, in OPP
position to the sdvices given by the New
York Tribune. The New Yorker says;
Farmers cannot afford to cultivate as
much land a. has been their wont. Ifproof
of this assertion is required. just hitch up
some day, drive through your own neighbor-
hood, and examine tho farms therein; you
don't want the trouble; then just look at
your own, and If not convinced, We will set
you down as insorrigible. The preparation
that wheat6eld received before sowing the
seed, is an eIcmpli6ation ofthe "one acre
more" dogma. Your plowing is like beau
ty, but skin deep.
"what Is the matter with your pota-
toes ?"
"0h, they want rain !"
els that all? Indeed !"
"Your corn6elds look as though they
would need powerful tonics to BE- enabled
to survive the season" e.
Yes, they don't look very healthy, but
| have been so hurried, had 80 much to do
and % little to do it with, that find it ut
terly impossible to give each and every croT
the attention / suppose it ought to receive
"Then, my dear sir, pardon q little frank
nos, you have mistaken your vocation, ant
have no business upon farm. You can nc
moro afford to have such crops ofwheat, po
tatoes and corn, than you can to keep .
poor horse, COW or hog. You can't adort
TO raise such luxuriant crops Of weeds q
YOU do. You can't afford TO use such poo
tools. Ifyour state and country should Of
fer premiums for tho poorest farm, yoa can
afford to live upon them, even If you shOul'
win, which is not at all unlikely. Abov
l all, you can't afford to piani one oers more
Sell Of . portion, and apply the fund
therefrom to the benefit Of the remainder
Have good implements, good help, and v
! win warrant good crops and also good times
/ plant one ocrs less, and do 1t well.
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White Men to be made Slaves.

| a Bnchdndn paper openly pr0PosiHy 20 90"
phite parents andfheir children into Stare
ry phen b, msfortune they may become
unable to earn iring.
The New York Day Book, one Of the two
papers in the city of New York that sup
port James Buchanan, not long since pro-
posed that those persons in our large cities
who might be unable to earn living should
be sold into SLAVERY, just as the negroes
of the South are. After depicting the mis-
cry of these poor phite people, and the crimes
into which they wero led, the Day Book
said
"Scll the parents Of these children into
SLAVERY. Let our Legislature pass law
that whoever will take these parents and
take care Of them and their OFFSPRING,
in sickness and in health, h,-eloths them, feed
them, and house them-shaR be legally en-
titled 10 their services; and let the same Leg
islature decree that whoever receives these
parents and their CHILDREN, and obtains
their services, shall take care Of them AS
LONG AS THEY LIVE"
The Buchanan papers Of the South very
generally maintain that slavery Is not to be
confined to color, but that the "iabo'ing
classes every where should be SLAVES
From the above sItnct it will be seen that
this doctrine has travelled northward, and
been openly advocated in New York by the
leading Buchanan paper in that city
Should their doctrine prevail we should find
New York and Philadelphia, Boston too.
pcrhaps,) converted into slave markets,
which would equal il they did not surpass
those of Charleston and New Orleans. The
markets of New York and Philadelphia
would be very choice ones too, from the fact
that all the slaves offered for sale would pro-
bably be whiis. A poor American mechanic.
| il he got into difficulties and misfortunes,
and hampcred with debt, would have all his
miseries at once relieved by this new "Dem.
ocntic" doctrine Of selling him, his wife
and children to some good master, who, &c
cording to tho Day Book, "would DO legally
entitled to their services as long rs they
might live." So also any German or Irish
emigrants who might, on first landing in
this country, find 1t hard to get work, would
at once bc taken care Of by being sold from
the auction block into slavery; and yet we
are not all e1aggenting or misstating the
truth when we.declare that large number
Of the papers advocating tho election oil
James Buchanan, are in favor OF doctrines
that lead TO just this result-opcnly avowine
as they do that "laboring men have norigh'
to roie, and that their natural and proper
condition is one Of inieriority and srrifnde.' =
The rorking man, the free man Of tho
North, who in view Of these facts casts
vote for the so-callcd democratic" party
votes to declare that he himself should bt
made slave. Il any man willing to d
[ this ?-Ksnnebr Journal.
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Fruits IN Samm~.-itis Is q beautiful TACT,
that while the warmth and exposures oil
summer tend 10 oiiiousness ana 'e'en' 'ne
free use oil fruit, and berries coun'erac'.
that tendancy' Artificial acids afs 'oun'
to promote the separation Oh the oio irom
the blood, with great mildness And certain
ty this led to the suppoation, that the mn
tural acids, available, and being more avail
able, would necessarily DO preferred. TX
pertinent has verified the theory. and within
. very late period, Allopathic Writers have
suggested the use Of fresh, ripe, perfect, raw
fruits, a . reliable remedy in tho diarrhUas
Of summer.
How strongly the appetite yearns for q
pickle, when nothing else could be relished,
Is in the experience of most Of US. II is the
instinct OF natural pointing to cure. Th'
want ofa natural appetite is the result o.
the bile not being separated from The blood
and IL not remedied fever is inevitable, from
the slightest grades to that Of bilious, con
gcstivc, and yellow. "Fruits are cooling
is a bye-word, the truth Of which has forcet
itself ON the commonest observer. But VIII,
they are %, they had not the time, opportu
nity, or inclination to inquire into. Tn
reason il, the acid of the fruit stimulate
the liver 10 greater activity in sepaatin
the bile from the blood, which is its propc
work, the result Of which is. the bowels BE-
came free, and the pores of the skin are Q
pen. Under such circumstances, fsver an
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Misffllansuns.
The Dog Noble, and the Empty Hole
BY HENRY WARD BErcHER.

The first summer which We spent in Le-
nox, we had along very intelligent dog
named Noble. He was learned in many
things, and by his doglore excited the undy-
ing admiration of oil the children. But
there weie some thing which Noble could
never learn. Having on ono occasion seen
a red squirrel run into hole in stone
wall he could not bc persuaded that ho was
not there for evermore.
Several red squirrels lived close to the
house and had bee 1mo familiar, but not
tame. They kept up regular romp with
Noble. They would come down from the
maple trees with provoking coolness; they
would run along the fence almost within
reach; they would cock their tails and sail
across the road to the barn; and yet there
was such well timed calculation under all
this apparent rashnes, that Noble invaria-
bly, arrived at the critical spot just as the
squirrel left it.
On one occasion Noble was 80 close upon
his rcd-backed friend that. unable to get up
the maple tree, he dodged into hole in the
wall, ran through the chinks. emerged at a
little distance, and sprung into the tree.-
The intense enthusiasm Of the dog at tha,
\
hole can hardly be described. He filled i,
full of barking. He paved and scratched
as If undermining bastion. Standing Of
at a little distance he would pierce the hole
with gaze as intense and fxed as il he wore
trying magnetism on ii. Then, with tail
extended, and every hair thereon electrified
he would rush at the empty hole with o
prodigious outslaught.
This imaginary squirrel haunted Nobl'
night and day. The very squirrel himself
would run up before his face into the trec
and crouched in crotch, would sit silently
watching the whole process Of bombardinl
the empty hole, with great sobriety and rel
ish. But Noble would allow of no doubts
His conviction that that hole had squire
in continued unshaken for six weeks
When oil other occupants failed this hol'
remained to him. When there were nj
moro chickens to harry, no pigs to bite, NJ
cattle to chase, no children to romp with, n,
expeditions to make with the grown folks
and when he had slcpt all that his dog-skr
would hold, he would walk out of tho yard
yawn and stretch himself, and then lool
wistiully at tho hole, as If thinking to him
self, " Well, n there Is nothing else to d
l may rs well try that hole again!"
\ We had almost forgotten this little trait
until the conduct of the New York Exprcs
in respect to Col. FremOnts religion brough
; It ludicrously 70 mind. Col. Fremont \
and always has been, rs sound Protestan
as John Knox ever was. He was bred
|. the Protestant faith, and has never changes
He Is unacquainted with the doctrines an
> ceremonies Of the Catholic Church, and h
: neser attended the services Of that Churcl
} with two or threo exceptions, when curiosi'
!. or some extrinaic reason, led him a. . vi
nss. We do not state this upon vague b
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A Coon Hr.-The Warrington CORES
dondent Of the New York Times furnishes
the following anocdOts:
A good story Is told at the expense o'
those who protest that Fremonts election
will lead TO disunion. Afew evenings since
. company Of gentlemen wcre assembled IN
this city At - quiet gHme Of whist. Among
tho party was Distinguished New Yori
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R AL ESTATE AGEN Y
AND
INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.

In Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co., Ohio
VNHE undersigned has established an Agen-
il cy for the sale of Real Estate, and for the
purpose of giving intelligence to those who
may wish to employ persons, or to persons
i'll search of employment, whereby he Of
ers the greatest Inducements to persons de-
sirous of either selling or buying Farms, Unim-
proved Land, Town Lots, Renting or Leasing
Buildings, Lands, &c. To those who have
Houses or Farms to rent or sell; (farms;
Those wishing to rent or buy houses or
Merchants and others in want of clerks;
Young men wanting clerkships;
Mechanics and others wanting assistance
Mechanics wanting work;
Farmers requiring the aid of Laborers;
Families desiring the aid of Females;
and all in want ofanything which an Office OF
this kiud is calculated to supply, will find it to
their advantage to give us call.
Our plan and terms are as follows:
Persons committing property to ous for sale,
must givea written description of the same, its
location, and its price.
No property will be entered upon our books
until the entrance fee of ONE DOLLAR has been
paid.
No property can be Withdrawn from our
books except by giving the Agency two weeks
All property entered upon our books will be
extensively advertised FREE OF CHARGE to the
owner.
FEES IN CASE OF SALE BY Us:
On all amounts less than $l0G S Ter cent
q .tover 100 and less than 400 {:
On all amounts over 400 aud less
than $1,000 8 .s
On all amounts over $1,000 2h
In all cases where the owner makes sale of his
property while the same is registered in oul
hooks. without prior notice to us, one-half OF the
above percentage will be required to be paid
A book will be kept for registering the wants Of
persons desirous of receiving intelligence as
stated above. The entrance fee will be FIFTY
CENTS and their wants will be literally adver
tised without cost to them.
TLetters [postage paid) with one dollar
enclosed, will receive prompt attention
OFFICE--In the "Wyandot Pioneer prin.
ting office. I'd story Ayres brick corner Upper
Sandusky.
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