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PARSNIPS.

We know not the value of parsnips,
for COWS in milk or their value for stock
in general. 1t is sure they can be grown
easy as the carrot, but we doubt of their
giving that coloring to butter which some
so much prefer. The sweetness of but
ter does not 50 much depend upon its
complexion as many would be prone to
believe.
The following article, copied from the
Cyclopedia of Agriculture, is worth look
ing ats
when parsnips are given to mich
COWS with little hay, in the winter sea-
son, the butter is found to be of as fine a
color and excellent favor as when the
animals are feeding in the best pastures.
As parsnips contain six per cent. more
mucilage than carrots, the difference NAV
be sufficient to account for the superior
tattening, as well as butter-making quail
ity OF the parsnip. Don observes, that
in the fattening of cattle the parsnip is
found equal if not superior to the carrot,
performing the business with as much
expedition, and affording meat of exeuis-
lite flavor, and Of highly juicy quality
the animals eat it with much greediness.
The parsnips are given in the proportion
OF about 30 pounds weight, morning,
noon and night; the large ones being
split in three or four pieces, and little
hay supplied in the intervals of these
periods. The result of experiment has
shown, that not only in neat cattle, but
IN the fattening Of hogs and poultry, the
become fat much sooner, and are
more healthy than when fed with any
'ther root or vegetable I; and that, be-
'ides, the meat is more sweet and deli
,ious.
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l1ortiraI 5rlcftlons.
THE BROOK.
BY ALFRED TESxYsoS.

] come from haunts Of coOt and kern,
make sudden sally,
And sparkle ont among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.
BY thirty hills hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges,
By twenty Thorps, little town,
And half hundred bridges.
Til Inst by Phillips farm flow,
To join the brinming river.
For men may come, and men may go,
But 60 on for ever.
chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebIes,
bubble into eddying bays,
babble on the pebbles.
With many a curve my bank fret,
By many field and fallow,
And many fairy foreIand set
With willow-weed and mallow.
chatter, chatter as flow
To join the trimming river;
For men may come and men may 60,
But go on for ever.
] wind about, and in and ont,
With here blossom sailing,
And here and there lively trout,
And here and there graylng.
And here and there a foaming fake
Upon me, as travel;
With many a silyery water-brcak
Above the golden gravel.
And draw them all along, and flow
To join the trimming river;
For men may come, and men may go,
But go on for ever.
] steal by lawns and grassy plots,
] slide by hazel covers;
] move the sweet forget me-nOts
That grow for happy lovers.
! slip, l slide, l gloom, I glance,
Among my Swimming sallows;
make the netted sunbeam dance
Against my sandy shadows.
And out again curve and flow,
To join the trimming river;
For men may come, and men may go,
But / 60 on for ever.
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MY LANCET InVRn

Written by the late Mrs EMILY C. JUDsor
soon after the death of her husband, Rev. Dr. JUG
son, Of Burmah.
The widowed heart of the gifted one, with he
apostolic husband, just gone before her to HEAVIER
thu exquistely te lis the story of their loves"
gazed down life's dim labyrinth,
A wildering maze to see,
Crossed DER by many a tangled Glow,
And wild as wild could be;
And as gazed in doubt and dread,
An angel came to me.
knew him for heavenly guide,
knew him even then,
Though meokly as a child he stood,
Among the SONS of men
By his deep spirit-lovliness,
knew him, even then.
And as l leaned my weary head,
Upon his profTered breast,
And scanned the peril-haunted wild
From out my place of rest,
wondered if the shining ones
OF Eden were more best
For there was light within my soul,
Light on my peaceful way,
And all around the blue above
The clustering starlight lay;
And easterly | saw upreared
The Pearly gates of day.
So, hand in hand, we trod the wild,
My angel-love and I
His lifted wing all quivering
With tokens from the sky;
Strange my dull thoughts could not divine
Twas lined, but to fly!
Again down lfc's dim labyrinth,
grope my way alone,
While wildly, through the midnight sky
Black hurrying clouds are blown,
And thickly. in my tangled path,
The sharp, bare thorns are sown.
Yet firm my foot for well know
The goal cannot be far,
And ever, through the riftod clouds.
Shines ont one steady star,
For, 'ehe" my guide Dent up, he left
The Pearly gate qjar!
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GUM ARABIc.-In Morocco, about
the middle of November, that is, after
the rainy season, which begins in July, a
gummy juice exudes spontaneously from
the trunk and principal branches of the
acacia tree. In about fifteen days it thick
ems in burrows, down which it runs, either
in vernicular or worm shape, or com
monty assuming the form of oval and
round tears, about the size of a pigeons
egg, of different colors, as they belong to
the white or red gum tree. About the
middle Of December the Moors encamp
on the borders of the forest, and the har-
vest lasts six weeks. The gum is packed
In very large sacks of leather, and brought
on the backs of bullocks and camels to
certain ports, where it is sold to French
and English merchants. The gum is
highly nutritious. During the whole
time of harvest, of the journey, and of
the tar, the Moors of the desert live al
most entirely upon it and experience
has proved that six ounces of gum are
for the support of a man twen-
ty-four hours.
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1RUTH.-F there is one thing moro
than another which we would teach .
cnlld' II would be love of truth. All
otner things would be worthless without
'hat growing excellency in the human
character. Without it, the noblest struc-
lure is but whited sepulchre. With all
other qualifications man is to be sbpnnod
when deficient in this. The beholder NAV
admire fabric of general beauty & SYM
metry, but when the seam of falsebood ;s
found running from cap-stone to base ba
WlllIshun the dangerous presence. There
are lew things more painful, experienced
III our intercourse with men, than to feel
'naI they are unworthy of our confidence
-'nat they are not what they seem
tnat they will betray while they smile
'liat we tread upon crater's crust whore
all Is hollow underneath. Teach the
child 10 tell the truth-to venerate and
love 1t; Teach him so that wbatever
wrong ne may commit he will freely and
promptly admit it all. Reward tbe bon
est speech. Washington's father was
never prouder than when he AL 80, -
edged his falsehood. - ''0NnO"i-
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DEBT AND INTEREST

Henry Ward Beecher gives some very
pertinent advice to young men just com
mencing life, which is quite as valuable
to their elders in all classes of societv.-
Many aching hearts can testify to its per-
feet truthfulness:
I" / forgot to ask, in the earnestness of
my congratulations, whether the farm is
yours? Whether it is paid for? I hope
the deeds are recorded, without mortgage
or hen of any kind. hope no notes are
drawing interest. No blister draws sharp
er than interest. OF all industrious
workers none is comparable to that of in
terest. 1t works day and night, in fair
and foul weather. 1t has no sound in its
footsteps, but travels fast. It gnaws at a
mans substance with invisible teeth. II
binds industry with its firm grasp. as a
fly is bound upon a spiders web. Debt
rolls man over and over, binding man
hand and foot, and letting him hang upon
the fatal mesh until the long-legged inter
est devours him. There is but one tbinp
raised on farm like it, and that is the
Canada thistle, which swarms new plants
every time you break its root, whose
blossoms are prolific, and every flower
father Of million seeds. Every leaf is
an awi, every branch spear, and every
plant is like platoon of bayonets, and a
field full of them is like an armed host
Inc whole plant is a torment and yege-
table curse. And yet farmer had bet
ter make his bed of Canada thistles than
attempt to lie at ease upon Interest,"
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Microscopic WONDERS.

Among the most remarkable of those
myriads Of animals which exist in every
drop of water, is the nayicula-a little
creature which has some twenty or thirty
legs, and is endowed by Nature with an
armor of flint. In paper which was
recently laid before one of the scientific
societies of London, some curious facts
concerning this diminutive animal were
stated. Among other things it was men
toned that if an observer watches itnar-
rowly for five or six hours, he viii notea
thin transparent line spreading across it
in some direction. After the line max e.
its first appearance it becomes every mo-
ment more distinct, and rapidly increases
in width. At length the creature begins
wriggling its limbs violently, the body
splits asunder, and two new navicul@ are
made out of one old one. The animal
has something like hundred stomachs,
and its mouth, which is situated near one
extremity, is surrounded by number of
almost invisible tentacula, with which it
grasps its food; but as soon as the trans
parent line appears, which denotes its ap-
preaching division into two, as another
mouth will be wanted, another is seen
sprouting from the other extremity, and
is ready to perform its functions as soon
as the separation is effected. The navi-
cula divides itself in two once in twelve
hours, under ordinary circumstances
But there are some kinds of navicula
which split themselves into sixteen in
stead of two in the same space of time.
Were there no checks to the increase, a
single one of the tribe would become the
producer of many hundred millions of
in month.-Portfoko.
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TEE SONG OF CHIBIARns

1t is stated in Taits Edinburgh Maya
zine that the "Song of Chibiabos'' !
Hlawatha," is the best writing in
poem, that Longfellow has produced: in
deed 1t may be considered the gem of nj
writings:
And the gentle Chibiabos
Sang In accents sweet and tender.
sang IN tones of sweet emotion.
songs OF love and songs of longing:
Looking still ut Hiawatha,
Looking at fair laughing water.
Gang he softly, sang in this wise;
Onaway! Awake beloved
Ihou the wild-fiower of the forestl
Thou the wild-bird of the prarier
lnou with eyes so soft and fawn-likel
II thou only lookest at me.
am happy, am happy,
AS the lilies Of the prariel
When they feel the dew upon Thorn,
Sweet thy breath is as the fr,rroro.
VI the wild-aowers in the morning
AS their fragrance is at evening
All 'he AlOon when leaves are falling
Does not all the blood within ma
Leap to meet thee, leap to meet thee
As the springs to meet the sunshine
Al 'le Moon when nights are brightes,2
onaway my heart sings to thee
oings with Joy when thou art near me
AS the signing, signing branches
In the pleasant Moon of Strawberries,
"hen thou artnot pleased, beloved
i'eu my heart is sad and darkeued
AS the shining river darkens
when the clouds drop sbadov,s -, T.,
When thou smilest, my beloved, II
men my troubled heart is frightened
As IN sunshine CLEAN the rippIes
nat the cold wind makes in rivers
oniles the earth, and smiles the vo.o..
Smiles the clOudless skies above N, Ms ""'''''
But lose the way of smiling
when thou art no longer near met
l myself, myself! behold mel
nioOd OF my beating heart. behold mo,
y awake, awake, beloved ''- lit
onaway! awake, belovedn
Thus the gentle chibiabos
sang song oflove and longing
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The INFLUENCE OF WoRns.-Wor5s
are little things, but they strike hard
we WELD them 50 easily, that we are ant
70 forget their hidden power. Fifty spo-
ken, they fall like the sunshine the da,,
and fertiiizing rain-but when unftlv
tike the frost, the hail, and the desoIating
tempest. ae 81 t57 - -
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"a Examine honestly your course of
NE trace out carefully your faults and
mpertections, and be heartily penitent; ;
lhat Is, regret, confess, and amend vour
defects.
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- Strive to obtain the appreciation of
the good; and if even you cannot serve
al men, show at least, by gentle, kind,
courteous and, so far as duty viii per-
NIT conciliatory bearing, that Won are
not unworthy of the esteem and honor Of
all your fellow creatures.
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IA An honest man is believed without
an oath, for his reputation swears for
him.
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"THE GOOD TIME COMING,

BY T. S. ARTHUR.
FENHOSE who wish to hear something of f5s.
long expected day, should read this booE
1t is having an immense sale-5OO0 comics hgy
ing been ordered in advance of publication.
we send copy by mail, postpaid, on recei..
OF the price, Sl,O0. L. P. GROWN & co.
81 Cornhil, Boston.
N. b. Agents wanted to sell this and otba
popular books, i'll all parts of the United State
oend Tor our terms and List to Agents.
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% The term Standardization has been
reduced IN Canada from seven to three
years residence.
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"a The Pilgrims Progress has beer
translated into Chinese.
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Salisbury II.

ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES OF Car
TLE.-MR. EDIToR,-Ten years ago
next April l had a COW burst so badly
that she grew poor and weak; for seven
or eight days could get no one to relieve
her. when she failed SO rapidly as soon
not to be able to rise alone. With the aid
OF tarrier l then cut through the skin
slit about eight inches long, and put
back the small intestines, which were all
down in the skin in front of her bag
we closed up the skin with a strong
waxed thread, and she gradually recoy-
ered and brought calf the next spring.
and SO on for seven years in succession
when I fattened her.
In reply to some inquiries about the
horn all, would say that I cured several
creatures SO far gone that they could not
rise without help, by taking bag that
would hold quart or more of equal parts
Oh SOFT soap and fine salt, filling it and
tying it on top of the head to each horn
Let 1t remain several days, and apply
another if the cure is not effected
B. MARTIN.
EnSt Gor;atb u
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GLASS. NAILS. THINNING
LOOK HERE

A NJ. DOW takes the earliest opDortnr;.
As through the columns of the Staad7rI n z
the public know that he is m town yet-notvfi
gtanding the heavy bets of Rum and Ovsters Az.
have been made by his opponent, that he var-
leave before The LIST of january.
The subscriber begs leave to inform some IA,
that don't know the fact already, that he viii Z,
ne always has done,) do work from
BETTER MATERIAL.
and do it in better STYLE and mere dursr
than any other harness-maker in the Stat 4.
Vermont; When you get one of his harnesses
a horse it looks as though it was
MADE FOR A HORSE TO WEAR
and that is what you can't say of the harness.
made by these ''Mickeys'' that pretend % wg
at the business in Irasburgh.
lrasburgh, Jan. 8, 1656.-1-Iy.
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Irasburgh Theatre /!

WILL be opened the 1st day of February
w next in which the Lawyers and Sheriff
viii play a conspicuous part, and all persons
without distinction of age or calling who are in
debted to the subscriber will pay portion of the
expense incurred in consequence Of putting the
concern into operation unless they call and settle
before the said list day Of February,
VIM. H. RAND.
Iasburgh, Jan. 4th, 1S56-1w4
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C. c. Kellam.
AND Ap0rHEc,n,

DRUGGIST AND ApOrHEc,p,
IRAsBURGH, VERMONT
II EEPS constantly on hand and ja- s.,.
IN supply of Drugs, Medicines, Chemi,e-es,.a
Dye Stuffs, Trusses, Abdoni,.
Supporters and Shoulder Braces. Fame,
let Articles, Cloth, Hair and Tooth Br 1,I I.
Bogle's Hyperion Fluid, Cold
Gloss, and Lyons Kathairon for the H.
rison's, Lewis and Hutchins' Hair Dro,. d
Stationery of all kinds, Plain a.,
Fancy Colored Note and Letter Panar ?,
sons Celebrated Columbian Perfpn,o.Il' 'u
Fancy Soaps and Flavoring ?,
tracts. Also, agent for all Popular Patent n,
cines of the day. '''' siei,
Irasburgh, January 4, lS56-1tf
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anrifnlturaI iaca0iu9.
From the New EnglaEd Farmer,
EXTRACTS AND REPLIES.
CANADA THISTLES.

CANADA THISTLES.
Mn. EDIToR,-I wish to have YOU
judgment as to the best manure for me
to use upon an orchard which ! propose
to pillow in the spring. There are some
2 1-2 acres, of clayey loan soil, gently
undulating, with a slightly northwestern
inclination.
1t was planted about seven years since,
and has had, judge, about an equal
share of cultivation and neglect since
the owner having gone west four years
since.
1t came into my possession last spring,
and / find that the last summer, though
the trees seem to thrive, and for the sec
ond appearance of fruit, did well, yet the
weeds and grass had strife for posses
sion, in which the grass came out second
best. The weeds most numerous and
troublesome are the white daisy, and a
large, coarse weed, with yellow blossoms,
called by some, John's-wort.
Now the question is, as to using stable
manure, ashes, lime, poudrette, super
phosphate, &c, &c, either singly or
mixed, and if it is best to give heavy
dressing this year, or moderately for two
or three years to come?
Is there any better way to cure Can
ada thistles than to salt them?
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he arin Mind

TNHE subscriber has on hand and for sale
Il large quantity of excellent Ready Made
Clothing, winch they will sell as low as any one
in the county. Also, a first rate assortment of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Plain and Fancy DBess
Goods, &C., &C., for sale low
GEORGE W0RTHINGTON, Jr. s. co.
lrasburgh, Jan. 4, lS56-1tf
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TINE TO CUT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FENcEs.-I wish to inquire the right
time to cut timber and not have it DOW
der post? Is the basket willow good for
fencing? Has any one tried it, so as to
know how it ought to be managed be-
tween pastures, or between pasture and
meadow? What length of time, and
what kind Of willow is the best? What
distance apart, and what kind of land is
the best? How many years before it
VIII make permanent fence, or will
they be always browsed so that they are
not of any value. If you, or any one of
your subscribers, will give light on these
questions, you will do favor to many of
your Subscribers. A. X.
Salisbury, It.
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REMARKs.-Cover your orchard land
well with stable manure, and pillow it in,
but plow with great care, or you will in
jure the roots. After blowing, apply ten
bushels Of ashes to the acre, and harrow
it in, and your trees viii drop fairness, .
after the roots have got fairly hold of
such dressing.
Cut the Caifada thistle when in bios
som, and when dry burn them where
they grew. Apply brush and other rub
Dish, if you have it at hand. But pIow-
ing and cultivating is best.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-02-13
Wisconsin.

We observe by the Madison Argus and Demo
crat that the Legislature of the State is now in
session at that place, but the strange sight Is pre-
sented If two Governors hlving taken the cath
of Office. In no State in the Union was the con-
test between the Democrats and the KnowNoth-
ings more warmly waged, than in Wisconsin at
tie State election in November last and in no
State did the Know-Nothings feel more sure OF
success. The Democrats took bold stand in de-
fence Of the Constitution, and civil and religious
liberty, aad were successful il electiDg their sew
eral State officers by majorites ranging from $500
to 5000 each, except the Governor whose majority
was only 157. This result different from
what Lad been expected, that the bitterness of
the now-Nothing-Nat American-AbOlition
anti ebraska-anG every ism party that was
arrayed against the Democrats, knew no bounds
This fusion party had gained two signal victories
within yesr; they had elected tlDo members of
Congress out of three to which the State is enti-
tied, and Il Judge of the Supreme Court; defeat
Ing the Democratic candidates by an average
8'sos5-NO-aing majority of 5000. Now the Dem
ccrat. nave succeeded in revouti0uizing the State
and achieving a glorious victory. Among those
elected we observe that Gen. VIM. L. Smith, well
kaown to the citizens of this County, was chosen
% iii the important post of Attorney General
Tne lower house of the legislature is also demo
cratic, the democrats having a majority OF nine in
that body. Upon the organization of the legisla-
ture the Governor elect VIM. A. Barstow, was
with the other State officers sworn into Office III
the Senate chamber, and on the same day the op-
posing candidate for Governor, Coles Bash:ord
took IN oath Of Office as Governor of the State
before the Chief Justice of the State. This pre-
senIed an extraordinary state Of things, and it
was attempted in both branches of the legislature
(by the know Nothing members, who have
majority Of one in the Scnate) to prevent the
ception of Gov. Barstow's message, and to refuse
To recognize him as Governor However after
much stormy talk, the two branches subsequently
act II. ioiat convention and received Gov. Bar
Slows message In the meantime Coles Blshiord
we claims to be the Governor de jtDe has made
application to the Attorney General (unCler a spe-
cisl statuts) for ;eaye 70 file an information &c
f-r u wrlt Of QUO Ha1ranto &C., against the Gov
sr5cg de t4cto Wm. A. Barstow. The Suprenle
y ART is now in session at Madison, and the case
&. 3 supposed will be decided sometime duri, s
Ill. ale.,L.
La.n WHIST ground the Know Nothing cendi-
aa-. 2.-Lford claims the Office of Governor, re-
-als . Be seen but the State Cauvassers having
give. the certificate of election to Gov. Barstow,
ne fee. assured he will be sustained by the Court
and that this effort of the Know Nothings g to
lgeat tie election if 1t had not been held, and
90 lost their candidate into the Executive chair,
v.l terminate in as broad farce as on similar
occasion occurred in Pennsylvania.