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APPLES FOR ExPoRT.--Owing to
the failure of the apple crop in Europe,
there is large demand for expectation.
and at least 10000 barrels of Newton
ppplns, embracing the best of the crop.
viii be sent out this fall. One firm here
already has contracted for England to the
amount Of 6,000 barrels. This variety
of apples has the preference over all
others, though Baldwins and Russets are
exported to some extent. Shipments
this year have commenced early, and all
the first quality fruit received in This
market up to the 1st of December. Of
the varieties mentioned, will be readily
purchased lat from Sc to SIS per barrel.
and sell in London for SIS to SPOT n
send OIL T. Jour. Of Commerce.
Farmers, plant trees. Good winter
apples and pears will yet form an impor.
'ant item in our yearly exports. The
smaller fruits viii go out in cans. and anv
Quantities may readily be sold in the
European markets. Fruit growing will
yet supersede pork growing, and ali like
COCA fruit much the best to eat.
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AFFLICTIvE OCcURREYcE.-An oc-
currence Of very saddening nature took
place in the southwest part of Concord
on Saturday morning last. TiIton C.
Hall, young man II years Of age, son
Of DR.. Robert Hall, Of Lowell, came TO his
death under the following circumstances.
lie was on visit to the place of his ma
tivity, known as Birch Dale-coming to
Concord on the Wednesday preceding,
with his father, and then visiting the
Fair. He had been that morning to the
dwelling of his grandfather, Dir. James
Hall, and proceeded thence back TO
Birch Dale, with a loaded gun in his
hand. In stepping over the tongue of a
cart, the hammer Of the lock struck
against it, the charge was exploded. and
the contents Of the gun were driven into
his right side, jnst below the hollow Of
the arm. He Immediately exclaimed. a
have shot myself! Oh my dear father
oh ! my dear mother" He was car
ried into the dwelling at Birch Dale. anc
survived about one hour.-H H. States
man.
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GREAT FIRE IN THE WOODS AND
SwAMPs.-The Rochester Democrat
gives publicity to distressing accounts of
the suffering in Michigan in consequence
of the dense smoke from the marsh and
bog fires. In the vicinity af Battle
Creek it is said that consumptive per-
SONS have died in spasms, cattle have
.sufocated, and poultry dropped dead
Thousands Of acres have been burnt
over, and immense damage has been
caused TO property. The smoke was SO
dense and the air SO quiet for few days
preventing the smoke from being blown
away, that many people lost their way
on the public roads.
There are extensive fires in the woods
and marshes of Canada, and serious
losses have resulted. The smoke from
them interferes with the navigation o
the lakes.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

FoRGERY.-The Brattlcboro Phoenix
says that female of mature years but of
unsound understanding, was discovered
on the steps Of the Brattleboro Bank. bv
the Cashier, on Monday. She inquired
for blank note. Two Of these were
given her. She soon returned with a
note duly filed ont for $500, purporting
to be signed by herself and another fe-
male. The cashier not knowing the par
ties, told her that if she would procure
the name Of some well known response
bic man, she could have the money!
She departed and soon sent in another
note Tor the same amount signed BY her
self and containing the name Of a respon-
sible man in that county. But the sig
nature did not appear to be genuine. and
the note was retained at the Bank. The
woman becoming alarmed sent for The
note, which was returned to her Doo,
condition Of her leaving town imnedia-
tely. 1t is needless to say she took the
first Conveyance ard rs;zzls5.
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I1r HraHrsr MouNrA1N II TIE

The HIeHEsT MOUNTAIN N THE
WoRLp.-At a meeting Of the Asiatlc
Society of Bengal on the 9Th of August,
it was announced that Col. Waugh, Sur
yeyor General of India, had completed
his computations of the positions and
elevations of the peaks of the Himilayas-
The result was TO depose the mountain
Kanchiniinga from its throne at the
highest point on the earth's surface
That distinction belongs for the present
to a peak 100 miles from Kanchinjinga'
and between that mountain and katam-
andoo. This peak is aseertained TO be
29.002 feet above the sea level kaneh-
iniinea is 2S;l56 feet, and Dewalagiri
the mountain which school geogra,
phies," persist in calling the highest IN
the known world,' is only 26,626 feet
Tie mountain has no name Ineligible IL
civilized man, and Col. Waugh has
therefore, ventured to denominate i
4 Mount Everest" after former sur
veyor general.
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HORRIBLE AccEDENr-Boy Eaten By
a Bear.-Near Rocky Point. in Green
brier county, Va, on Thursday week, at
he residence of VIM. T. Mann. George
Fox, about fifteen years old, was Instant
ly killed and partly eaten up by a large
pet bear, belonging TO Mr. Mann. The
circumstances are as follows: This boy
had on the day previous been out hunting
and killed ground hog. and in carrying
or SHINING the same got some blood on
his clothes. He not having changed his
clothes went about the bear, as was usual
tor every one, when the bear lay hold Of
him AROUND the body, and squeezed him
until his ribs were broken, then knocked
the boy down with his paw, and eat very
nearly all the flesh off his face and leg:
before he was dead. There being ne
one about the house bat lady, she wa.
unable TO relieve him.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

PORTRAIT oE Gov. GEARY.-A
Kansas correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette describes Gov. Geary thus:
"Gov. Geary is about six feet two
inches in height, broad shouldered and
bony, but not feshy, and having a slis hit
stoop; his forehead is not good, his eyes
are deep sunken in his head, resembling
port holes in a fort. His nose is thin,
long, and inclining to pug the lower
extremity showing an inclination to
turn upwards, as though he would draw
his inspirations from stratum above that
breathed by common mortals. His color
is sallow and bad, and the face almost
expressionless. He wears his beard long
but the hair of his head cropped short
A few gray hairs appear in his beard
He wore simple citizens dress-a long
skirted blue frock coat, bell-erowned
chimney-pot hat, long ago out Of fashion
but well preserved, but his manner for ;
civilian was wonderfully dignifed.''
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

GA genuine Down-Easter was lately
essaying TO appropriate a square of ex-
ceedingly tough beef at dinner in Wis
consin hotel. His convulsive efforts
with a knife and fork attracted the smile
of the rest, in the same predicament as
himself. At last Jonathan's patience
vanished under his ill-success, when, lay
ing down his utensils, he burst out with
=" Strangers, you needn't laff; if you
heint got no regard for the landlord.
feelings, you ought to have some respect
for the old bull" This sally brought
down the house.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

An AFFAIR OF HONOR, recently
took place between two Quebec editors,
Mr.. FOurnier of lie JoarnaE de Quebec
and Mr.. Vidal of lie National, near Rou-
SEES Point. It appears that the police
prevented meeting near Quebec, when
the parties made arrangements to meet
at the boundary near Island Pond. Tel
egraphic information, however, was giyer
to the proper authorities at Sherbrooke
and when the bellicose gentlemen ariv.
ed there they were arrested and put un.
der bonds not TO fight in this district
Thus thwarted, but still bent On burning
powder, they proceeded to Moore's June.
ton, accompanied by their seconds anG
surgeon. There they met with no obsta
cles, and after exchanging shots, the mat
ter was adjusted without bloodshed. TIL,
affair is ridiculous burlesque upon til
almost obsolete practice of dueling.-.Stan
stead Journal.
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DRowNED.-The Claremont On. H.
Advocate relates that on the evening of
the 11th ult., as Miss Amy A. Dodge,
aged Is years, daughter of Mr.. Asa
Dodge, of Ackworth, was crossing the
bulkhead at a peg factory, with a young
man named SIader, on their return home
from the Lyceum, she made a misstep
and fell into the pond, drawing Slader
with her. The young man scrambled
out, and probably in his fright ran for
help, instead of endeavoring to rescue
the lady, and she was drowned.
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@ A lad named James M,Garvit

E A lad named James M'Garyie,
aged II, murdered his companion, a boy
10 years old, in Fergus, U. c., on the 18th
inst, by striking him with bottle on the
head, and afterwards cutting his throat
with piece of the glass. He immedi-
ately joined in play with other boys, and
subsequently united in search for the
murdered lad, led the party astray, ant
made his escape.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

ew Among the arrivals of emigrants at
New York on Wednesday, were several
French political refugees. There were
thirtv-six soldiers of the British Foreign
Legion, who served in the Crimes They
came in uniform, and landed with their
knapsacks on their backs. They are on
their way to the bounty lands in Canada
granted to them by the British govern
ment.
The subject of Col. Benton's lecture
at Newburyport viii be the Union. He
says there is danger of disunion, and
that the first step towards averting thai
danger is to face it and fathom it.
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Pears VS.. Ape

] pen this article for ib'
calling the attention Of farni'''
portance of eultivating 'D'
many parts of the country W. !.
is short lived and a poor O'-
cling at best but one crop
and in some places only 0''
fourth year. It will mol pa! !
circumstances 10 cultivate 'l' Z
any great extent and it be''
sary, if we wish to enjoy The =.
healtbful influence of good ifaa !.
substitute. In many paris o
try, where the apple tree ~
the pear tree does remaIAHOg
ing a good crop almost ''' !.
From an orchard compose
apple and partly Of pear
taken a crop of pears ever
one. for the last thirteen
from the same orchard a'''
same number of years n''i -
three good crops Of app's'' .,.,s
the market price Of pear ? - ;
er than that of apples
pear tree is longer lived ~ !, -
| / find that the blossom >
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e 1t was briefly announced by tel
esraph that six children of Mr.. Dawson
we're burnt in house at West Union, Va,
on the 10Th ult. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Dawson narrowly escaped with their
lives, having been awakened barely in
times TO avoid the fate of their little
ones. Mr.. Dawson seized one of the
smaller children, and made his way TO
the door. when becoming confused, he
rushed back into the house, was stifed
by the smoke, lost the child and was him
self so badly burned that his life is de-
SPARED of-so that Mrs. d. is perhaps
the only survivor Of this terrible calami-
ty. One incident in this cruel drama
was almost awful in character. During
the progress of the flames the upper floor
gave way, and a bed, on which were two
or three persons, fell through to the
lower floor, in plain view of the bystand-
ers. Appalling spectacle The wretched
children were still alive, but were engir
in the fiery element and writing in tht
agonies Of death
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A SLAVE PLoT.-There is great eX-
element in Union county, Arkansas on
account of the discovery of plot among
the negroes to rise in rebellion on the I,
18th Of this month, which was discovered
in time to prevent one OF the moS' o'oouS
,nossocres in the annals of insurreetion
Several white men have been implicated
and notified TO leave the country, or be
hung. The plot seems TO be very exten
s;ve. reaching as far as Texas.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

q The Triennial Convention Of the
freewlil Baptist Church began its ses.
SONS October l, at BIaineyille, Warren
county, Ohio, near Cincinnati. The at.
tendance from all parts Of the Eastern
otate' was large. The FreewiII Baptist.
have in the United States 1873 churches
llo1 ministers, and AZ, 500 church mem.
bers. The frat church was formed II
ssr Hampshire IN 1870.
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NEW JERSEY.

Jersey City probably POO Buchanan
and Hudson county 800 Buchanan
Buchanan dobtless gets New Jersey.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5-3a.m. Dodd
(Rep.) in Pennington's district run:
ahead and may be elected. New jersey
is for Buchanan.
Newell, rep Is elected Governor.
NEwARK-3 a. m. Special Dispatcl
70 the Boston Journal.)
The Democratic majority here is abou
1900. Returns from the State cont
very slowly, but enough to show Buch
anan has doubtless a plurality of 300
10 5000.
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ca The Worcester Spy says that DR.
Allen Potter of Blackstone who has fol
some time exhibited a slight ALTERATION
of mind, wandered from his home or
Tuesday Of last week, and on Friday
night was found at the house of his sor
in Providence. 1t is supposed he walk
ed the whole distance, as he appeared t.
be in an exhausted condition, and wa.
quite deranged.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

Il A package of old love letters re-
Gently brought man $4,000, in Bristol
England. His first fame married an
other man, and he himself also married,
but retained the letter of his first love,
against an occasional -emonstrance Of
his wife. After some years the writer
of the letters died widow, leaving her
old lover $4,000; and her letters to him
were essential to prove his identity. Tie
wife is now glad she was not allowed tc
burn the evidence Of her husbands af-
/ fiction for another.
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BUFFALo.Oct. 81,

The propeller B. N, Spaulding, with a
full cargo of merchandise for Detroit, was
burnt at her dock this morning. The
boat was not worth much. Cargo mostly
insured at New York.
Milwaukee papers state that 10 bodies
from propeller Toledo had been recover
ed, but only that of the I'd mate recog-
nised.
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FARMERS SHOT3

On looking over the award
some Of our county exhibitions
ent season, I find $50, S@E
awarded to young ladies who 2
best appearance on horse5ab
field; and so, So and s. tod
presented the best products Of
prepared by their own hand: Z
ry arose whether those geHta
thus ordered these premiums
suffered their fancy to run 'T
their judgment. No one will
admit that it is an elegant az
ment for a young lady to be a@
handsomely on horseback, at {
time, and in proper places bot :
one presume to say that the iis
agricultural societies were s's
to reward such feats Of ellts
-Ne,o England Farmer, Ocl ]
rive commend the above b
notice of Messrs., the mans:
Orleans County Agricultural's
hope they viii weigh the malta
fore they make up their lisi'. 9,
premiums. Would it not b. r.
verse the order, giving the l.
um TO the dairy-maid who
some purpose ?-ED. STH~
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CO Bishop Onderdonk, whose sentence
OF suspension was recently removed by
the House Of Bishops, performed his first
ministerial acts since his restoration, in
Philadelphia, on Sunday. He was sus-
pended on account Of his incorporate
habits, but has reformed, and is reported
10 have lived blameless life for the past
ten years.
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NEW YORK.

ALBANY, Nov. 5-Halfpast Two a.
m. Especial Dispatch to the Journql)
The total footings of the State, except
New York and Brooklyn, as far as re-
ceived, give the following aggregate =
Fremont 1853, Buchanan 1876 Fill
more 1867.
New YORK, Nov. So am. Coun.
ties which come in continued to show
great Fremont gains. No doubt as to
State having gone for Fremont. Brook:
Is defeated for Governor both by Parker
and King.
New YORK, Nov. 81 a. N. New
York City, (comPlete) -Fremont 1929
Buchanan 1859, Fillmore 2O,947. The
State was for Fremont by $1,000 to 20,
600 over Buchanan; Fillmore no where
MARYLAND.
The Fillmoreites claim the city Of Bal.
tlmore BY 5000 majority.
Terrible riotings have taken place
Seven or eight hare been killed and thir
ty wounded.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 4, 10 P. II. tn,
American majority in this city is owe
5000. Baltimore and Hartford oountie
saor large Fllu,rs gaiss Es ri
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81 A gentleman residing thirty miles
west of San Antonio, Texas, has a live
wolf, eight months old, which attends his
stock of sheep in the same manner as a
shepherds dog, going out with them il
the morning and returning with them al
night. He was captured when young
and has been trained with the sheep.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

"a A lad named Adam GiIley was
kicked by horse at West Farms, N. Y.
some days since; the os fronts was
driven in on the brain an inch deep.
twelve pieces of bone and spoonful Of
brains were taken out, yet the lad re-
tanned his consciousness through it all,
and was about in Eve days, attending the
horses.
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STATE REFORM SC-ooL, OR HOUSE
OF CoRREcTIoN.-We are happy TO
learn, that our Legislature is attempting
to do something for the establishment of
an institution of this kind. We are fully
persuaded, that scarce anything more
important can, at present, engage their
attention. Almost every village, even
in this inland, intelligent, sober and NOR
al state, has its school of vice and crime.
Not established by law indeed, but schools
where these things are taught more eff
fectually than reading, writing, arithne-
tic and geography are taught in our dis
trict schools. And the worst feature about
the whole is, that while this debasing ed
ucation takes effect upon the plant minds
of our youth, we have no place where we
can reform the novitiates. On the con-
trary, if the law is executed against their
Offences, they are thrown into places which
/ prove schools Of still greater proficiency
in the very crimes with which they have
set out in a career of depravity. II We
are not provided with some institution
where the evil can be checked, where the
dellnquents can be brought under the in.
fuence Of reformatory correction and dis
cipline, a generation hence, the state vii
find itself with whole army of crini
mails committing depredations upon soci
ely.
We hear Of no movement to punisl
the seducer. 1t seems to be the policy t,
let him run at large and take his chance
Of being shot. We are confident, tina
the disposition to shoot him viii increas,
more and more the longer he enjoys hi
present exemption from speedy and con
dign punishment by law. Is there moth
ing for the Legislature to do here?-
Temperance Standard.
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A REMARKABLE CAse.-Dr. Jacob
Bigelow of this city Communicates TO the
Medical and Surgical JournaE the par
ticulars Of remarkable case that has
been under his care for the last twenty
years. The patient is a lady seventy
nine years of age, who at the age Of 80
or 40 experienced a severe fever, on re-
covering from which she found herself
unable TO retain either food or liquid up
on her stomach in any considerable guam
ti;y, During the whole forty years she
has never retained Z meal, but has vom-
tied regularly at least three times a day
The vomiting is easy, and without an et.
fort. She takes her food with relish
and in most instances throws it up quick,
ly, being often obliged TO leave the table
abruptly for that purpose. Her daugh
ter thinks she retains about one fourth
Of her food. She has led an active life
in the enjoyment Of a competant degret
Of health, except an occasional attack Q
acute disease. She is still in fair health
and has made journey Of a hundre
/ miles within a few months. Her ap
I Pearance, spirits and bearing are thos
Of a person who has been benefited. ratF
} er than injured, by the smallness of Ii
nutriment left for her support.
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The steamer Lady Franklin, on the
upper Mississippi, snagged and sunk on
the 23d inst, at Warren's Landing, two
hundred miles below St. Pauls. Three
hundred passengers were on board at the
time. It is supposed that six were lost.
The boat and cargo are a total loss.
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e. Sylvester Lynd, of Chicago, has
given 100000 to found a University, in
charge of the Presbyterians- This mu-
nifcent public benefactor arrived in Chi
cago nine years ago, from Scotland, with
just two sovereigns in his pocket.
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@ The first grist mill ever erected in
Pennsylvania is yet in existence. 1t is
a quaint old stone building, and bears the
date about 1850. 1t is located on a small
stream near Germantown, and some of
the original machinery imported from
England is still retained.
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90 A sleep walker named Mrs.
Mary Conner, walked from two story
window in Woonsocket on Monday night
and broke both ankles. She thought
herself assisting to catch flock of sheep.
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@ When Arrison, the internal ma
chine murderer, was shaved and put into
his prison clothes at Columbus, Ohio, he
was exceedingly ugly, and said ten years
would soon go by, and when he got out
he would give hell to somebody.
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81 In Exeter, r. l., on the morning
of the 23d inst, Oliver Nichols was found
dead and most horribly mangled and mu-
tilated. The deceased was about 50 years
of age, kept kind of bachelors hall,
and was in the habit of having drunken
sprees. He had been on one of these
sprees when he met his death.
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@ The clerk of a retired parish in
England, when reading the third chapter
of Daniel, wherein the names of Shad-
rach, Meshech and Abednego are thir-
teen times repeated, after speaking them
once, called them during the remainder
of the chapter, the aforesaid gentle
men,"
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EE A woman named Smith, living in
the house of Dea. Abner Perry, in Dud-
lev, committed suicide last Saturday, the
10Th inst, by drowning. She had been
partially deranged for couple of weeks.
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ew Medad Hurlbut and Mrs. Huri,
h,, Of Monkton we're among those lost
by the burning of the steamer Niagara
making ten persons from Vermont who
lost their lives by that catastrophe.
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DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE.-The
following gentlemen are elected to the
Constitutional Convention -
ELIJAH CLEVELAND,
HORACE PIERCE,
NELSON RAND,
FREDERICK FULLER,
JOHN I. EDWARDS.
They are opposed to the proposed
amendments.
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81 A new machine has been invented
that viii manufacture, out of cold lead,
two hundred bullets of four different
kinds, in one minute.
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CO A young lady by the name Of
Humphrey was fined S. in Albany, Fri,
day, for splitting in another lady's face.