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Lady in Vermont, sends the following
Song OF the Hoops.

Sailing down the crowded street, o
Scraping every one they meet,
With a rushing whirlwind sound,
Muffled bellies around about.
e Hoop Hoop Hoopl
W hat vast expansive swoop
Hoops of whalebone, short and crisp,
Hoops of wire, thin as a wisp;
Hoops of brass, thirteen yards long,
Hoops of steel, confrm'd and strong;
Hoops of rubber, soft and slick,
Hoops of roping bungling thick
Hoops of lampwick, cord and leather,
Hoops that languish in wet weather;
Hoops that spread out silken skirts,
Hanging Of from silky flirts.
Sweeping of the public lands,
Turning over apple-stands
Telling children to the ground,
AS they "a mt and whirl around,
Hoop Hoop Hoop!
What a vast expansive swoopl
Jolly hoops, that wriggle round.
Sober hoops, that sway profound;
Springy hoops, that shake and wag,
Broken hoops. that droop and drag
Monster hoops, all overgrown,
Junior hoops, of smaller bone;
Hoops that ravish lovers eyes,
HOOPS that rend their breasts with size.
Hoops that shock their feebls legs,
Like crowd Of giant kegs.
What gallant ships what swelling sails
How they resist opposing gales
With what full, relentless wait,
They overwhelm each smaller craft.
Hoop Hoop Hoop!
What vast, expansive swoopl
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GREENWOOD HOUSE
W. n. WINCHESTER, Proprietor.

w. n. WINCHESTER, Proprietor.
THE GREEN HOUSE is well fur.
Il nished and kept in the best style. The
proprietor fiatters himself that by strict atten-
ton to the wants of his guests, he can make
their abode with him pleasant and agreeable.
Pleasure Parties
will find this House an agreeable resort. The
Natural Scenery of the Kinnickinnic Riv@
in the vicinity, is as fine as any in the ORTIZ
West. The streams abound with Speckled
Trout, and afford the best amusement TO tue
lovers of the angling art. Fishing tacklins
always on hand,
The proprietor respectfully invites ms ffienas
seeking either pleasure or profit to give him q
call.
Cemmodioua Stables are connected With
the House.
BoARp.-one Dollar Per Day. Four
Dollars per Week.
River Fails, Piepee Co., Wis., june 10 1861
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Chicago Tri bune for 1857.

THNHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE is a bold, earn
Il est and straightforward Republican paper,
devoted tothe cause of Freedom, Progress. and
Reform. Believing that Liberty. and not
Bondage, is the saving principle ofthe Repub-
lie. it is enlisted into the Republican ranks,
not for campaign, but during the struggle
between Freedom and Slavery. 1t contends
for the principles declared by the unanimous
vote Of the Fathers of the Republic in the Con-
gress of 1897, that "Slavery or involuntary SER
vitude shall never exist in territory now Free"
and it therefore insists that Kansas shall be free
that Slavery shall be excluded ftom all Ma
tional Territory, and that the influence of the
General Government shall be exercised oa, the
side of Freedom
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N of the United States. to sell by subscrip-
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Portrait of Gen. George Washington |!
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This surprising picture has been produced at
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Pictures ON other subjects far inferior to this
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no American cltlZen neeQ De deprived OF nav
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EgA poor, emaciated Irishman, hay-
ing called physician, in a forlorn hope
the latter spread a huge mustard-plaster
and set it on the poor fellows breast. Pat
with a fearful eye. looking down upon it
said, eDocther, docthor, dear, it strikes
me it's a dale of mustard for so little
mate.
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,a In the World for Ladies'. u
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THE TRIBUNE Az kRwsrAPRa.

The City of Chicago has become the sews-
centre, as well as the Commercial emporium,
of the great Northwest. The vast system OF
railroads terminating in it, afford facilities for
gathering Intelligence from all directions with
great dispatch, and tho Tribune is unrivalscd
in the West for its enterprise in this department
It's long and spacious columns are filed with
fresh and entertaining matter, embracing essays.
tales, letters, narratives. poetry, politics. and
miscellaneous articles. The Tribune is elevated
in moral tone, and einncntly adapted to the
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gent, freedom-loving families.
TrE TRIBUNE As A COMMERCIAL PAPER.
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&c How small our knowledge is -
How narrow our minds We float about
n sea Of ergor, and catch here and there
pearl of truth: and each knows moth
ing Of that which another finds.
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BURT & BARLOW
WE'LL DEEGGCCEERS AND DRILLERS!

WE would respectfully inform the public
w that we IRE prepared to do all kinds of
digging and drilling We have machinery for
drilling wells in the rock to any depth required.
With our long experience in the business we
feel certain We can give satisfaction to all whe
may employ US.
River Fails, June 18th 1857
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HOOPS.

We'll, we are compelled to return to the
Hoop Question again. We have never objea-
ted to a moderate use of the article, and do
not now, but being more interested at present
in-politics than fashion, we merely stop to ex-
press the charitable hope, that the ladies'
skirts may not be 80 broad IS to debar them
from walking in 'the straight and aarro'g way.
A lady in q neighboring state sends us the
foil owing letter. as
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-07

And all kinds of MILL FEED, which lie
is ready to dispose of, on terms to suit custom
ers.
He fatters himself, that after an experience
Of forty years in the Milling business, and
with all the facilities which are now in his pos
session, he is enabled to prosecute his branch OF
business with success, and in every instance
with justice to his patrons.
Persons coming from a distance with grists
will be served promptly and not detained long
in waiting.
Custom Work done according to order,
in satisfactory manner.
The best brands of Flour manufactured at
his Mills, put up in half, quarter, and eighth
barrel sacks, and sent to various parts of the
country.
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AMERICAN AND
OR IGIN A L.
KNICkE RBOCk Err
MAdA2 INE
FOR 1851.

TNHE Forty-ninth Volume Of the KniekeY.
i booker Magazine will commence with the
number for January, sad it is the intention OF
the Publisher to mahs great additions to the
literary merits of the work.
We take it for granted there are but few mag
azine readers in the country who are not famil-
lar with the authors of ST. Ledger, and tbs
Sparrow Grass, both old contributors to tbs
Kickerbocker We arc pleased to be able to
announce that they will both write for our
magazine the coming year. Mr.. Coxzens will
contribute new and really original Story.
which will appear in every number; and Mr.
Kimball will furnish a Sketch or Story as or
en- as his other duties willpermit.
We have now two contributors not excelled
by any writers in the country, namely, Rev. F.
W. Shelton and Charles G. Leland. The fims
known as our "Up-River Correspondent" has
written series of Letters, a part of which have
been issued and extensively sold in beautiful
illustrated volume. and the latter is now writ
ing series of Observations of Mace Sloper,
which delight all who read them These will
be continued regularly, and Mr.. Shelton viii
give Sketch or Letter each month.
We have also ,eral highly accomplished
Lady Contri butors, whose fayors will grace our
pages regularly, and whose names we would
be glad to publish, if we were permitted TO
do so.
With these and other contributors, aud the
Table of Mr.. Clark, whose long experience has
made him az fat in his department, we shall
be able TO present monthly literary treat 10
varied that no refined taste can fail to be graft
fed. Weonly ask to bejudged on our msris
2 tor fair trial
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er than any other store in the country; We shall
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let live All we ask is for the people to give
Us call, and ascertain for themselves. We
shall endeavor to keep an assortment of the
above goods at all times, when they can be pro-
cured in the market. We also have small
stock of
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eB Specimen copies sent to any person de-
siring them. Money letters if registered, may
be sent at our risk, Address,
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-07-24

the IIIsToRlcAL AND GENEALOGICAL Re
SEARCHES, and Records of Passing Events
Of Merrimack Valley is work published
by Alfred Poor, at lllverhill Mass, tlis a
work likely to interest the curious-espec
tally those who have ever lived in the val
ey Of the Merrimack or who have family
connexions there. 1t is meant to be a Re
pository Of Antiquities relating to the His
tory, Biography, Genealogy, Heraldry,
Archaeology, Chronology, Chorography,
Topography and Natural History, together
with the statistics of the Merrmack Valley
in New England" Vol. l, No |, contains
IS pages in foolscap iolio clearly printed on
good paper. and is chiefly filled with very
brief notices of individuals and families,
particularly of the hoinhabitants Of GroveIand
formerly part of Haverhilll Mass. Such a
work must cost a great deal of labor.
BloGRAPmCAL SKETCH or Gen. JOSEPH
WARREN. Boston. Shepard, Clark =
Brown, 1857.
This is neat pamphlet Of - pages, con
tanning brief account of the career of Gen
Warren two of his orations on ami
versar les of the Boston Massacre in l770,
and the grafton delivered by Perex Morton
before members of the Masonic Fraternity,
at the re-interment of the remains of Gen
eral Warren, after the British troops had
left Boston. For sale by Nichols.
PurNAs's MoNrulv. New York, Miller
| & Curtis.
Putnam's Monthly is. on hand very early
The first article, Lake George, is live
| ly one, the numerous cuts are well devised
| TO illustrate it. Those too of the next ar
ticle. Another glimpse at my hotel, are
expressive enough. Wltching Times is con
tinued through the Goth Chapter, and there
is an unusual variety Of matter interesting
in the number.
! opEy's MAGAZINE for August is on hand
with its usual promptitude 1t shows the
characteristics of this popular magazine.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-07-24

GREAT BRITAlN-By the Steamship Ameri-
ca which arrived at Halifax July 18th
European news is brought from July 4th,
but there is nothing of special interest in it
In Great Britain Parliamentary proceed
ings are very dull and uninteresting The
bill for redemption of the Danish Sound
dues has been passed to second reading
by the House Of Lords.
The screw steamer Fox Capt. McChn.
tock, fitted out by Lady franklin, sailed
from Aberdeen on the lst for the Arctic
regions, in search of the remains Of Sir
John Franklin and his crew.
The Duke of Marlborough is dead
At meeting at the Company owning the
mammoth steamship Great Eastern, it was
announced that the vessel may be launched
in September, but the trial trip to Portland
is deferred to next April. Her total cost Is
to be E597 900
The King of Belgians i. on a visit to Vic
tOrla
FRANCE. .-Cavaignac is officially announced
as one0f the opposition candidates for Paris.
The Government candidates are the same.
In Algeria the French army is stated to
have suffered much during the late cam
paign, from heat and fatigue, and there is
still much hard work for the men.
4 Telegraphic dispatch from Kibylia re
ports more victories for the French troops,
and says they were masters Of the entire
country
The Courier de Paris throws doubt on the
rumor that England, in consequence OF tho
rebellion in India, had asked France to senl
more troops to China.
IrALY.---The Giobe Paris correspondent
telegraphs Adyices have been re
ceived of further insurrections in Italy, or
ganized, it is said, by Mazzini; 200 arrests
have been made in Genoa thousands Of
muskets have been seized. and large guam
titles Of ammunition
NArLEs.-The Globes correspondent tel
egraphs Turin, Thursday
The steamer Cagliari, bound from
Genoa for Tunis, was. seized by
and of armed Italian insurgents, who
landed on the Neapoitan island of
of Ponzea, and liberated some prisoners.-
The Lapril, Neapolitan frigate, captured
the steamer. and royal troops were pursu-
ing the insurgents.
The revolutionary attempt at Leghorn
was suppressed. A later dispatch says -
The political prisoners liberated on the
island Of POnzea numbered about 200. and,
in INJUNCTION with insurgents, attacked
the Neapolitan gend armes, but were re
pulsed. Several were arrested, and the re
mainder led.
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hands were tied behind her and keeper
was on each side With teeth sunk madly
INTO her neither lip, with features working
convnlslvely, she stood and looked about
upon the crowd. Her eye met mine it,
hghted up with yet wilder frenzy a
scream rung from her lips, and she made
spring towards me. But her keepers re-.
strained her. Then she raved God what
ooaths, what Billingsgate, what filth rolled
from those boatcd lips
Near her stood wOmln with fpl1,1
newspaper over her eyes, engaged in fer
vent and unceasing prayer for deliveranca
from the impending flames. She was pray
ing when first entered the grove, and 4he
was in the same position when left
Standing alone by herself, apparently
neglected by her keepers. woman wa, en-
gagged in hastily arraying herself in
ascension robes, Of white.
The vigilance which Was maintained
over the unfortunate creatures thus sud
denly thrust into liberty, whie under the
influence of unusual and overpowering ex-
cltement, prevented | am happy to say,
the reception Of injury by any.
Yours
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Pcol Or Woman's Uerosism.
AN INCIDENT OF TIE WAR OF 1872.

In the last war with England was, as
you know, very little girl. was old
enough, however, to remember distinctly
the preparations made at our house for Il
substantial baking.
The supper things were removed, and on
the table stood brown loaves their tops
smoking pot of pork and beans; the little
white loaves raised as fast as they could,
cake of ginger bread and turnoyers for the
children
1t was dark, for the brown bread and beans
were destined 20 remain in their hot quar-
ters all night and serve US with a stcaming
breakfast on the morrow.
The logs in the large kitchen fireplace
burned merrily, the great oven was all Il
glow; and mother, who was experimenting,
said it only needed to burn the embers,
which it was fast approaching, to he ready
| for the first instalment of our baking,
Just then the door at the left OF the fire
place opened, and Peol entered lie was
! an Indian of VIGOROUSLY bad character, but
had always behaved himself with propricty
in his frequent visits to our house. IL WAS
so much u matter of course for an Indian
to come in without ceremony, that by the
time he was fairly approprlatinS the sup
| per Peggy placed before HIM, we had almost
forgotten his presence.
Peol finished his rcpast, and then came
anu e'oou win Hls pacA " 'Io nIr, "l,l
o'ily NC was nopie SPeci"'eh ~ i.uun''''y
Linoio . u,an H'A ieoI ",5"' anu III ,iSulu "o,
oN''' ""N NPO''''
oi'ch sannups cap, r,m t1rneu up an Inc" VIZ
% ~ "a 'ion', " nap IVA upon MS n.oA De'
ninu on t'iI W wv iouhu lcIAS Ia" W
ao''os"'"s ~ ;., t''o n',io VI a n,s'rIP ~
"a1 eo,oiIu "''n "o''y VI
sany Iyou pGi ullne luiiin ""u l'oS'.ll nan
,EtI "', sttG1 rId, 'M', "'I & ","'"'oa
hra;Jora5 ;n, hordor ",, ;,,,.h lo ,,;,i
Lito hoaL" ~ J c,i.od "' '"O,. WV.
m"irU roTeI % hannI or a;she% 'T .r T'' "'a
paranas tn hrdot last atn r., tis ,", ~,
hrnos arnoorod chinir, r"ti ,ir+ 81 I,r,o H.,
nre Ian and gay coIor,, the Lnr, r,Gl w"T, T
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FATAL ACCIDENT At CmCAGO.-During the
display of fireworks on the 4th, rocket
entered a third story window on Clark
street, and struck Mrs. Sarah A. Smith in
the centre OF the forehead ent ering about
six inches, and from appearances exploding
within the cavity of the skull, scattering
her brains in all directions, and of course
killing her instantly. The unfortunate
woman had just entered the room to meet her
husband, who was to 60 to walk with her
Seeing him looking out of the window with
two other persons, she stepped softly up to
the gIoup, just when the explosion took
place. The first knowledge that Mr.. Smith
had that his wife was in the room, wa,
seeing her when he turned, lying CHASTITY
aud bleeding corpse upon the floor. The
deceased was twenty-six years Of age ant
leaves two little boys,
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The DEATH OF NouNG STowE.-Iho Man
chester American has the particulars OF the
death of young Stowe, son Of Professor and
Harriet leccher stowe, by drowning, at
Hanover, y. II ON the 9th instant lie
went into the water with several classmates
to bathc, and after being in a few minutes
became exhausted and cried out for help
His room mate and another young man
went to his relief, but their efforts were
unayailing. Stowe sunk but once, and re
maincd under water about twenty minutes
b,iJro he was taken out. Life was not
then extinct, but he was SO far gone that
he expired in few moments. lie WAS
drowned only about four rods from the
shore, and his body could be seen when ly'
ing at the bottom. His remains were car
rca to Andoyer in charge of committee
of students, consisting of one from eacl
class The deceased was 10 years OF age,
lino scholar, and youth OF much prom
| Use.
The funeral was attended at Andoycr OF
Saturday the 10Th inst. Rlv. IL. W. Beech
or and has brother, Rev. Charles Bcccher
conducted the exercises.
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Az ALLIGAToRIN THE HUpsoS.-A cor
respondent of the Albany Transcript says
that live alligator escaped from oost IN
the River the other day, and has since os'
repeatedly seen near Albany len d,ls :
reward is offered for his recapture' put ol'
offer is without takers
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There is a girl in Troy whose lips are so
sweet that they stick together every morn
ing, bv the honey they dis,il, and she can,
not open her mouth until she has Psrteu
her her lips with silver knife, She will be a
treasure TO her husband, not only on ac'
count of her sweetness, but because she can
occasionally keep her mouth shut