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Butte record., 1856-05-17
PROBATE COURT.

4. The regular terms of the Probate
Court shall be held on the fourth Monday in
February. and May, third Monday Of August,
and on the second Monday in December OF
each year. and shall continue from term to
term unless ali the business be er'disposed
.y
Butte record., 1856-05-17

A PIcTURE.-A tall ladder leaning
against house, a negro at the top,
and hog scatching himself at the
bottom. G'way-, g'way darl dar
-You'm maxim mischief"
Butte record., 1856-05-17
COURT OF SESSIONS.

S. A term of the Court of Sessions
fhall be held at the county seat in Butte eoun-
~ on the second Monday Of February, May,
August, aad on the first Monday in December
Of each year, and shall continue from term to
term, unless all the business be sooner dis
posed Of
Butte record., 1856-05-17
COUNTY OFFICERS

JosrrA E. n LEWIS, County Judge.
p FREEE, Sheriff. Butte County.
MILES CHAPLIN, County Auditor.
VM LArrIMoRE. County Treasurer
! W. ScorT. County Surveyor.
K. S, MAYNARD, Assessor.
J. J. kLINE. Public Attorney.
RANDALL HOBART, Public Administrator.
Butte record., 1856-05-17

SMART BoY.-The Sturgis (Mich)
Tribune, says: eve have a boy in
our Office Is years old who never worked
at setting type until months ago.
He recently set up within 9 hours
nearly 1000 ems"
Butte record., 1856-05-17

OK THE ROUTE AGAIN.-The pio
neer steamer Senator, has been placed
on the route between Sacramento and
San Francisco.
Butte record., 1856-05-17
THE CABINET.
STATE GOVERNMENT.

. a = = = ' = - = w - ~ :
J NELLY JoHNsoN, Governor.
r. NJ ANDERSON, Lieutenant Governor.
hUGH Z. MURRAY. Justice Of Supreme Court.
SOLOMON HEYDENFELr, aud
DAVID :. TERRY, Associates.
HEo W WHITMAN, Controller
HENRY BATES, state Treasurer
". :. WALLACE, Atty General
JOHN H. BREwsrzR, Surveyor General
JANIS ALLEN, State Printer.
\ WlLsoN,
y s. MckENzIr, ard
fLEX. BELL, State Prison Directors.
Butte record., 1856-05-17

How should husband speak to a
scolding wife? Ny dear, l love you
still.
Butte record., 1856-05-17
RMMR%N SMNNe

AER. D. BROOKS, having purchased the
IVA interest of ~. Learned, has removed
tie establishment to the Union Building
where customers will I'm; everything arrang-
ed with artistic taste. aad nay stiu depend
upon enjaying the Injury Of s9ea shave.
Give hin > cali
Butte record., 1856-05-17
JUDICIARY.

Solomon HEYDENFELT, Chief Justice.
llUGh & MURRAY, Associate Justice.
CKAs. II. BRYAN, do do
EIt. T. DAINGERFIELD, Juge 9th District.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07

A member Of Congress once made re-
ques, of Secretary Marcy for the appoint
ment OF a certain learned gentleman to
post in some home or foreign ohcc. One
after another the gcntl,man's credentials
were opened; one setting forth his knowI'
eign of Hebrew, another Of Greek third
of Latin. and - on. a. letter after letter was
examined, down to perfect knowleds" OF
the modern languages. "a most eH'ra'oT'
dinary man :" said the Secretary looking
up from under his great shaggy, bcetlinS
eyebrows, and showing up his 'PcctaeIe'
upon his high, broad forehead: "Why sir
that man must haze graduated al The fO'So
Of Ba5,ir'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07

Dut suppose that this county was COM
posed Of the very elements We have enumer.
atcd. except carbon. IL would not be possi-
bic, Cor long time, to raise vegetable mat
ter sufficient 10 sustain animal lie. Butlct
us see. \ sod planted in such soil would
absorb little carbon from the atmosphere,
attain a stintcd growth, and die. The car.
hon Of this plant forms black coating on
the surlac, Of the new earth which serves tn
form vegetable mould, or humus, (humic
aciiD. The next year another plant springs
up ON this same spot, and It 10, only ac-
ouirc, carbon FROM the atmosphere, but IL
obtains IL from IL, remains or the plant Of
the last year, by means Of it, roots. l; ac.
quirrs stronger growth, IN turn di'', an.
IN. arcr a ,,ric. Of years, a dcsp coating Of
dark ,rrsuhl, mould i. uraI. Under
a,or,bl, cirtum,lnccs land. in a state %
nature. incr1asr. in fertility. Severe crop.
ping Ut our land, t,ka- from the soil lIs hu-
mus. You will NV understand why pillow.
ing In a crop Of cover, or even ihc ordinary
rracc.. uC breaking up land, inrroa-ss the
fertility Ut toe sui. iou have an increase
of humus ly retaining ths carbon ia ,hcs'iI
which 10 has 50 Lr.,ly derived from thc at.
ma.ph,rr. % yu remember lhair.shsro,
oi ground. c,n,lmrn, whore yu1 cut two
and a half tom. ,r c'1y-s 90 th, a,rr' u,
YOU rrr.llr-t hoy black ,br very .arla-, of
o.. suil looked underneath ,h1 m0k stalk.
orclurr' We'll thlivas humus. and land
that abound, in /. may d. rr.,ty .grr 60 hr
productive. Yos can nov ,,a 10, reason
WY muck anil ah5r vegetable matter ar.
necessary 90 Torn a coating of humu' o.
supply tie loss lalc hy severely cropping
your hu1..
There i,an5,hr clcmsn, OF which would
lisc 20 uyaarta' deal, dil time allow.
and TIA, 6, uitrosn. Iti.a constituent Of
th, atmosphere. Itisaurr1ory element
iu animal matter. u Sou bury a dead ami.
NAL iu YOUR manug lup, thruifro-,n '1n-
hin-. with hvIn.ru. winch &, found in
water. ana form, that pupsrn, oilr raylrI
ammonia or bartsaru. You r--,.nreNhc
aw, ulrr in burn hair anil hoa', of cattle.
Now rIi, 6. one of,ic most important come
pound, lur tbc -ri,,h or vr..nN, matter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07

The ,cscLhi" ug,ter probably contained
IS or 10 pr cent. Of potash and magncsn,
which were not cnmincl.
What have .u.t enumerated requires, !
am aware, 70 b, studied. rather than listen.
cl to in an addn.,; but am also awaT'
from my intercturs, among farmers, that
thcy aro always willing to learn wherever
they can comprehend what is nil or writ
ton. am sensible, too, that these terms
are yearly becoming more aud moro inmil.
lar to tho intelligent anl thriving farmer.
/, Is true that almost any farmer can form
d pretty corrcc, opinion Of the value Of a
soil simply by impression. In hct he is
really 50 far practical chemist AMI mine.
ralosis,, although be may not know the
name of a single element; but his judgment
will be- much strengthened it be would but
render himself familiar with everything
which composss his soils.
lcJNCLUsloN NEXT WEEK.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07
speeial Notice

Agricultural Exchange. auI commuuica-
ton, f'r tbi, department, should lo direct.
el q" ux.ggi Democrat. south Paris, Nc.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07
PARIS, ME- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1856. OIL

one element can support pant ~ y 'm-
p'oycd in the manufacture Of glass; yet It
Is not 80 good as ihi. Tor a soil, for glass is
. composed Of sand aud coda. potash or limc'
, either OF which i valuable addition to the
. sol. \ soil or pure sand would allow wa.
: ter TO pass through i, like a sieve. This Is
ESSENTIALLY the soil u the Great Desert VI
Sahan an ocean of dust. Snrh soil i
utterly barren. and yet this single element
composcs more than sixty Per cent. Of c'cry
q good soil. Books on chemistry call IL silica,
or S,,cz, which is a compound Of nearly
equal parts Of oxygen and silicon. Here,
then, i. one element.
1t us take another element, Alumina, or
Clay. n You find il perfectly pure, which
rarcly occurs. It will D, white as the hnd.
Bot instead NJ feeling harsh and gritty, it is
smooth, oily lul p''y. Unlike sand. VA.
Ter will not pas, through il. \ ha'in made
It il would hold water. You have an ap.
rra1ima,, example ofi, in tough blue clay.
W vegetable can live in It any better than
In the ,and. But l,t us nix this pure sani
aui elias together in ,hcTrnp'r;inn of twelve
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.n r, application % agriculture, Your
stocks og vf.at ana ..ra contain anl d..
solved. anil rlrnh.nrl ~ 100 potash. Allmi.
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hungry boxing sal. such would '' ihc
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07
Nj | s G. T. Ii A y Y
A RAINY EVENING.

round Uncle Ncd's domestic hearth. IL
at on one side Of the fireplace. opposite
Aunt Mary. who. with. her book in hand,
watched the children seated at tho table,
some reading. Others sewing, all occupied
bat ono. a child Of larger growth. a young
lady. who, Lcine a guest Of the family, wa,
suffered to indulge in the pleasure Of idle.
ness without rcProoG
"Ob' love a rainy evening, said little
Ann' looking up from her hook, and meet.
ing her mothers smiling glance, d" it is %
nice 70 'it by a good lre and hear the rain
pa,tcrins against the windows. Only |
patty 'ho poor roor'e who have no house 70
cover them, t' Keep on the rain and the
cold
" Aui love rainy evening i'',' eriNI
George a boy of about twelve, 81 can
study 50 much better. Ny thoughts stay
at home aui don'' keep rambling oat after
The Might moon ani stars. Ny heart i'''
b,lvL,,,rr tl.nIJ, when ,,, v,,,b,r i.
lair
Uncle Sci ,ma-I. ani rlya ,hr bay an
approving ni on - shoulder. Every on.
,mdcl, bai th' young Lady, who. with Ian.
Gud, disconirui7I air, now played With q
pair of scissors, now turned over the leaves
of book. then. with an ~ surprr,srI
aur. leaned rIly m her elbow. AMI l1lkol
into thr Gr.
"Arl what j, Won think Of, r,irv even.
in,. Elyabsth7" a,L-I Uncle N,i. IL
should liAe 1 hear your opinion"
81 think it cS.r dull aui uuintcr,stin-.
inlreI ." answered. she. "I alwiv. f,ol On
.sriI. ,,n hardly kr.p m,..lf AWAKE
ono cannot %, abroad. mp hon, n 81, clm.
r,rv NJ lsns. asl o7, .,,.'s, tir.l,r..,.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07
AQritultural.
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DARIUS FORBES. Editor.

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-11-07
AGRICULTURAL ADDRESS
Oxford County Agricultural Society
AT SOUTH PARIS, OCT. l,,, 1856.
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Av,trsis or SOILS

'BaskaOs' POsm On cr.a,iOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-02

PARTISAN GOSSIP The Paris correspon
dent of the New York Evening Post relates
tie following:
They tell a strange story of M lie Rachel,
recent visitor-appropos of her son-there
is no indiscretion in speaking of her chill
dren, as she has proclaimed their existence
in recent letter, instituting us into the
mysteries of her family. This son is the &C
knowledged son of the great Napoleon -
Count Walewski, man of letters by vocation
and profession, author of the comedy {" Ecoke
do Monde" Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
and President of. the Congress for his new
amusement Mr.. Felix, the father of NJ lie
Rachel, is no ultra plebian, but lately, in
speaking of his grandchild, he, he said, sthat
boy has two great men for his grandfsthers-
Napoleon and l."
This boy has lately made his frst commun-
ion at the parish church. The Archbishop OF
Paris called NJ lie Rachel to congratulate her
on having brought up her children in the prin-
ciples Of Catholicism. She replied that she
was not fattered by the archepiscopai visit,
and added, Although am a Jewess, all the
fathers of my children happen TO have been
Christisns."r "r.-.lgsL Ts-ss sid - .ucsiiW
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-02

"PITcH Is."-This is q Young American
motto " Pitch in" The hopeful juvenile
can never see anything which promises to be
good, whether it is devoted 10 the grati6ca-
uon OF the palate or to some other pleasure,
without obeyipg .his national instinct and
pitching In. At home, as soon as be escapes
from his mothers arms, he pitches into all
kinds of amusement and mischief. At school
be pitches into everything but his studies.
AT college be pitches into cards, yellow-coy
cred literature, and fast horses and, although
When he graduates he may pretend to study a
profession, the first thing he does he pitches
into politics or matrimony, or both. If the
latter is his proclivity, he does not wait TO in
quire whether the maiden Of his choice is q
suitable companion for him, nor even whether
be can maintain her in decency and comfort.
He only knows that he Is in love, and because
he Is SO afflicted he pitches into wedlock with
out much regard to consequences. Though
generally making a shift TO get along in the
world and to spend q happy life, he seldom
wholly recovers from the bad effects of being
little too fast in the beginning II fne
speculation, offering to pay one, two, or three
hundred per cent is proposed, our national
juvenile is sure to neglect bis ciphering and
pitch into il blindfold. He scorns to feel his
way anywhere, and, right or wrong, be must
needs follow his instincts. This dashing,
devil-may-care disposition is shown oftene- in
young men political movements and aberra-
tions than elsewhere. He chooses his party
sometimes after due deliberation, and some
times from the example of his parents, but
much oftener from mere caprice. He will
generally be found on the side of the party
which makes the greatest uproar and is loud.
est In its pretensions to superior patriotism.
His own stupidity often leads him to suppose
tn at all men whose heads are grey, and who
are on the wintry side Of fifty, are necessarily
old fogies and not abreast with the progress Of
modern affairs. Hence he seizes with avidity
upon any new political dogmas, and inconti-
nently pitches into the ranks Of any new party
waich may arise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-02

GRACE IN FEMALE DREss-Somebody has
said that Partisan grisette, with little
tulle and ribbon, will conquer the world, while
an English woman, with all her shawls, dam
asks and diamonds, looks only like an ami
mated clothes horse. THERE'S some exagge-
ration in this statement, but more wit, and
still more truth. The women of France un-
queshOnably have better taste in dress than
those of Great Britain or America. In both
our mother country and this, there is zoo
much of what we may call ''snobism,' in fe-
male attire. The ladies of Anglo-Saxondom
seems to fancy that the more they spend on
dress, the prettier tney look. Accordingly
lace, or buried in the middle of stiff brocade
or almost lost to sight under putting velvet
cloak with capes that extend on either side
like gigantic wings Or enc beholds a tall
woman, if such be the fashion, tricked out in
tight sleeves and striped silks, the costliness
of the material being regarded by the wearer
as sufficient compensation for the incongruity
of the styles. A French servant girl has
better taste. She knows il is not so much the
richness Of the material as the way it is made
up, and the manner it is worn, that gives il
the desired elegance. A neat fit, a graceful
bearing, and proper harmony between the
complexion and the colors, has more to do in
Frightening female attractions than even
American ladies pertain to comprehend. Many
d Wlle LOOKS prettler, III sue WOulu out know
1t, in her neat morning frock Of calico, than in
the incongruous pile of finery which dignifes
the name of full dress. Many an unmarried
female first wins the heart of her future hus-
band in some simple unpretending attire,
which if consulted about, she would pronounce
too cheap except for ordinary wear, but which
by its accidental suitability to her figure,
face and carriage, idolized her youth wonder
fully. If the sex would study taste in dress
nm los 10 fhAx,
have no reason to regret. At present the ex-
travagances Of American females are proven
bial. We wish we could say as much for their
elegance in the same line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-02

THs New DIsPENsArIoN.-The table tip
ping, spiritual" dispensation with which the
world is threatened is a singular one When
itshall have fairly been indoctrinated through
out society" Mormonism will be nowhere
The New York Express, which has given the
subject no little attention, says:
Under the new table-tipping dispensation
1T is intimated the condition of women is, or is
to be, greatly changed. Husbands, fathers,
and noble-souled sons, il seems, have stepped
over the prescribed limits Of the Church and
State, and boldly enlisted in the cause Of
free love and spiritual wifery, The caprice
Of husbands, under the new dispensation,
are to be blown to the winds, while freedom
Liberty, emsncipation-fOr woman kind the
world Over-are to be the watch words Of
prog;ess'men and progress females, every
where.
The next hint towards reform, it may be
consistently inferred, will be such revision
of the Ten Commandments as will better adapt
them to the wants of the time. Thus, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, is to be amended
by striking out the mot while the same lu-
minous idea is TO be carried out in the Tenth
Commandant, 'Thou shalt not covet thy
nelghbor's wife The fourth commandant,
Thou shalt keep holy the sabbath day. we
happen to know, is practically expunged al
ready, while the third, Thou shalt not take
the name of tho Lord thy God in vain may
be said 10 be outraged just as often as il is
expressed to call spirits through the medium of
some human imposter, from the heavens above
and the earth beneath, snd the water under
the earth. In fact, now that husbands, and
wives, and sisters have stepped over the
prescribed limits Of Church and State with
such progress as has already been made,
there is every reason to anticipate a thorough
abrogation Of the moral law entire The Ten
Commandments have had their day They
were well enough for the Jews and early
Christians; but are wholly inapplicable to
the present condition of spiritual progres. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-02

s The following cOlloquy took place be-
tween the Census Marshal and q native Of
Germany: "Who lives here?" "Yaw"
What's your name ?' "Sharmany, ON the
Rhine " What's your fathers name ?"
" Nix for Staw" "When did you arrive in
Albany ?" omit a steamboats," "Got any
children?" "Yaw-two barrels NIT krout
"How long have you resided in this house 3'
''TwO rooms and der Easements " "who
owns the building?" 81 pays n'thing. Hanse
pays the same twice month" where did
you live last year'' Across der red store
as you came up NIT der market in your right
hand, perhind der pump vat berlongs to der
blacksmid shops"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-02

E Dewey, the 4" town agent" fOr the dis
tribution of the " ardent" in Burlington, VT,
formerly kept clerk who will make a good
treasurer by-and-by. Having grown quite
old tipplers would offer as a reason for "medi.
cine" he grew as sharp in his examinations
as quarantine doctor. One day an old s'hard
head" asked for a pint of brandy. "What
is your difficulty" enquired the boy. "Why,"
said the man, laying bis hand psthetically on
his abdomen, "the fact is, / am rather loose"
"Well," replied the clerk, this is no place to
get tiphf -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-02

FIGURE OF SPEEcH.-SewaIl, the mad
poet, who fourished in New Hampshire a
half century ago, once had wordy alterca-
tol with disputant almost as mad as him
self AT length Sewalrs patience became ex-
hsusted-something was said which raised his
ire-he arose and grasping his alarmed oppo-
nent by the collar, exclaimed with the voice
OF Stentor: You contemplate wretch
Say another word, and L will crush you to
atoms, and hurl you into the immensity Of
space; yea, even into the womb of chaos
where it would puzsle omniscience 70 find
you, or Omnipotence TO put you together
again 20
This ended the argument, Tor his opponent,
shaking off the madman's grasp, vanished
like fash Of lightning