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DEATH FROM OLD AGE.-A very
large number of deaths is attributed to
age and debility yet few even of the old
est die purely from exhaustion or grad
uaI decay some positive disease usullay
comes on. and overw helms the small
remains Of vitality. Yet this event,
though rare, is by 10 means impossible.
Such a death is what the poets called a
sleep: or, as DR.. Wilson Philip describes
it: In the only death which can strictly
be called natural, the state Of the sensitive
system which Immediately precedes death
differs from. its state in sleep in no respect
but in degree. At what age may this
be expected: We give as our answer the
axiom of the Hebrew poet The days Of
our age are threescore years and ten :and
though men be 50 strong that they come
to fourscOre years, yet is their strength
then but labor and sorrow ; So soon pass
eth it away, and we are gone. (Psaln
&c. In this part of the world We may
add five or six to the fourscore years til,
i wear and tear ofife being smaller in thest
II temperate climates than under the glow
ing sun of Palestine and accordingly W,
find Blumenbach, in his Physiology,
fixing eighty-six as the limit of human
life. On looking over European bills c
: mortality, he found, he says, that con
: siderable number attained this age bu
few indeed went beyond it.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-23

BIOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES OF A
QUARTER OF A CENTURY.-Withinl he
last twenty-five years all the principrl
features of the geography Of our vast
interior regions have been accurately de-
termined the great fields Of Central
Asia have been traversed in various d.
rections from Bokhara and the Oxus to
the Chinese Wall the half-known river
systems Of South America have been ex-
plored and surveyed; the icy continent
around the Southern Pole has been dis
covered; the Northwestern Passage, the
ignus-tatuus of nearly two centuries, is
at last found; the Dead Sea is stripped
Of its fabulous terrors the course of
the Niger is no longer a myth and the
sublime secret Of the Nile is almost wres-
ted from It's keeping. The Mountains
of the Moon, sought for through 1900
years, have been beheld by Caucasian
eye, an English steamer has assembled
the Chadda to the frontiers of the gaeai
kingdom of Bornou Leichardt and Staut
have penetrated the wilderness of Aus
/ tralia the Russians have descended from
Irtoutsk 10 the mouth Of the Amoor the
antiqutated walls of Chinese prejudice
have been cracked and are fast tumbling
down and the canvas screens which
surround Japan have been cut by the
sharp edge Of American enterprise. Suct
are the principal results of modern ex
ploratiOn. What quarter of a century
since the form of the earth and the boun
deries ofits land and water were known
can exhibit such list of achievements
Near York Tribune.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-23

NATURE OF SLEEP.-H is not IN
common to hear persons attribute the
sleeping of guilty creatures to hard
ness Of heart, or recklessness. This is
an error, referable to ignorance of the
of the nature Of sleep, and of the fact -
that all degrees of excitement in parts of
the brain and spinal marrow, associated
With the nerves Of sensitive system, are
followed by proportional exhaustation.-
The only limit to this law is the capabili-
ty of bearing in those parts. Exhausted
by mental excitement, the criminal is Of
ten awakened for his execution; and the
soldier, both by mental and bodily excite
ment; sleeps by the roaring cannon"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-23

"a The Water Telescope, for seeing
under water, consists of tube to enable
a person looking over the gunwale Of
boat 10 rest the head on one end, while
the other is below the surface Of the wa
ter the upper end being so formed that
the head may rest on it, both eyes seeing
freely into the tube. Into the lower end
is fixed (water-tighD a plate of glass,
which, when used, is to be kept under
the surface Of the water; SO that the
spectator, looking down the tube, sees
all objects at the bottom whose reflective
powers are able to send of rays of suffi-
cient intensity to be impressed on the re-
tina,atter suffering the loss of light caus-
ed by the absorbing power Of the water.
Light, in passing through pure sea-water
loses half its intensity for each Is feet
through which It passes. In clear water
the bottom may thus be seen at the depth
ofI2 fathoms. This continuance is much
used in seal shooting along our northern
and western islands, where, sometimes il
the form of an ordinary washing-tub with
a piece Of glass fixed in its bottom, til,
shot SEALS looked for, and the graphing
hook let down to Bring him to the sur
face. The Norwegian fisherman ais
/ often use this telescope when their an
chOrs get into foul ground, or their cable
warped on a roanstead.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-23

PoLIrESEss ALWAYS The SANE
PoLteness itselfis always the same. The
rules of etiquette, which are merely the
forms in which it finds expression,
vary with time and place. A sincere
regard for the rights Of others, in small
matters as well as the largest, genuine
kindness Of heart, good taste, and self
command, which are the foundations Of
good manners, are never out Of fashion ;
and a person who possesses them can
be rude or discourteous, however far
he may transgress conventional usages
lacking these qualities, the most perfect
knowledge of the rules of etiquette and
the strictest observance of them will not
suffice to make one truly polite.
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FUN FUN
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Adevoted to Fun and Hamor; illustrated with
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the only cheap Comic Paper in the Union. Sam
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To any one sending Us two subscribers and 50
cents, we will present a fine Lithographic Engra-
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To any one sending US 10 subscribers, and
s. so, We will present a fine Gold Pen, worth
one dollar.
To any one seu3.Hgus 20 subscribers and s., 90
we will present a fine Silver Extension Pencil
Case and cold Pen all complete. valued at So co.
PUNCH, although devoted to Humorous Litera-
ture, will also contain sufficient Instructive and
solid matter to please the most tastidious. Try
it one year. Only 25 cents, single copy.
Address the Proprietors
KIMBALL & BARNARD,
39w3 East Canaan, n. q.
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@The Dead Sea is so named from
no Ering object being in it. The north
ern bottom is almost fat the greatest
depth is 1,128 feet near the shore the
bottom is generally saline incrustation +;
intermediate are mud and cubes of pure
salt. Its shores are covered with in
crustations Of salt, and footmarks in an
hours time become covered with crys-
affiliations. Captain Lynch feels conf
dent that the result of his expedition
confirms to the very letter the History of
the Holy Land, as regards the sunken
cities.
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CARE OF THE PERsoN.-The prop
er care and adornment of the person is a
social as well as an individual duty. You
have right to 60 about with unwashed
hands and face, and to wear soiled and
untidy garments, perhaps, you have no
right to offend the senses of others by
such hands, face, and garments
in society. Other people have rights as
well as yourself, and no right of yours
can extend so far as to infringe theirs -
- Hoe 10 behave"
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THE SECRET INFIRMETKES
Of
I 0 I 7 H AN D NJ ATURITY

Just Published. Gratis, the 25th TAousaad
A FEW words on the rational treatment. with
a out Medicine, Of SpernatorThea or Local
weakness, Nocturnal Emissions, Genital and Ner-
yous Debility, Premature Decay OF the System,
impoteney, and lmpediElents to Marriage gener-
ally, by B. De LANEY, NJ. d.
The important fact that many alarming com
plants, originating in the imprudenee and soil
rade OF youth, may be be easily removed WITH
OUT MEDICINE, is in this small tract clearly
demonstrated; and the entirely new and highly
successful treatment as adopted by the Author,
fully explained, by means of which every one i
enabled 10 cure HlmSELF perfectly and at the
least possible cost, thereby avoiding all the ad.
ysrtised nosirums Of the day
Sent to any address, gratis and post free in a
sealed envelope, By RENTING two postage stamps
70 Dr. DE LANEY, II Lispsaard Street. New
York. a.,
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JERRE MANSFIELD'S ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT.
ORLEANS DISTRICT, SIS.

EN Probate Court, holden At Ir0sbureh, within
! aud for said district, on the 9th day OF October
AID. 1657.
Solomon Dwinuel, Executor Of the last VIII
and Testament of Jerre Mansfield late of Barton
in said district deceased and Trustee of the estate
of Lucretia Mansfield of Barton, presents his ad-
minIstraton and Trustee accounts for settlement
and requesting TO be discharged from said trusts
Whereupou, it is ordered that the same be re-
ferred to the 2Sh day of Oct next at the Probate
Office in said lrasburgh for hearing examination
and allowance; and that all concerned be notified
hereof, BY the publication of this order in the
Orleans independent STANDARD, a news paper
printed at Irasburgh three weeks successfully,
a. soon as may be, that they NAV appear, and at
said time and place, if they see cause, object
thereto.
4Iw3 n. CARPENTER. ,JIJ1e.
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To Elinor no other spot could be haH
so dear as the quiet village among the
mountains, where, for her, the star had
arisen which rises but once--the star OF
love, whose light was to bless all her hap
py life on earth, and sparkle still in the
golden crown the angels were keeping
for her in the Beyond.
And so, after all its pride, and pain, and
passion. rest came at last to Moses Grants
life. The old man and his old wife live
quietly still in the shadow of the noun
tains, in whose shadow they were born ;
and, by-and-by, when their willing feet
have drawn nigh to the fathomless river,
kind hands will lay them gently down to
their last sleep, beside Margarett's grave
in the little church-yard on the hilltop.
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DANCER FROM CoMETs.-Newton

DANGER FROM COMETS.-NeWtOn
coniectured that comets are the aliment
by which suns are sustained :; wherefore
he concluded that these bodies were in
in a state of progressive decline upon
the suns round, which they respectful
ly swept; and that in these they from
time to time fell. By way of illustration
he added, whenever the comet of 1850 /
shall fall into the sun, its cheat will be
raised to such a point that our globe
will be burned, and all the animals upon
| it will perish" Mr.. Philip, in his Worlds
Beyond the Earth" however, maintains
In the first place, no comet, out OF
the hundreds which have appeared, has
shown any tendency to fall into the sun
they all regularly continue in their orbits,
as the planets do. Again, the appear
ances which present themselves when a
comet Is in the close neighborhood of the
sun, rather manifest repulsion between
the matter of the comet and the sun
Again, if, as is most likely, the atomic
constitution of a comet differs from that
of the sun, II would not reach the surface.
Were a comet to fall into the body of the
sun, its mass is so trifing in comparison
; with that stupendous globe, that it would
scarcely produce any appreciate effect ;
and, unless it consisted of gaseous matter,
which could unite chemically with that of
the sun, no combustion would take place.
The reverse might happen. No comet
. ever yet recorded, perhaps, contained
: the same amount of matter as the earth.
! Now, were the earth to fall into the sun,
supposing it would burnt would at most
, produce a small spark-a minute scin-
tillation, and all would be over. Besides
the earth consists of substances which
= hare already been burned; they would not
q burn again. The mass of a comet is SC
a small that were it to come into collision
with the earth 1t would suffer the most it
% self from the shock. The comets seen
y to take very good care Of themselves
, When we find that one comet has actu
# ally passed through the group of Jupiter
moons without deranging them in the leas
-. we need not fear for our EARTH
How strangely imagination will assis
beliefin the widest absurdities, is prove
10 by the ideas of the Epicureans, that tn
L. starsand the sun were extiuguished ever
. day in the west, and rekindled in til
/. east which notions, according TO Cleo
= mends, have for their foundation tn
St tale of an old woman, according to whic
10 the Iberians heard every evening tn
"A kissing noise made by the incandescer
sun. as it was extinguished ike a rec
or hot iron in the waters of the ocean,
no We remember to have been assure
a. when a child, by our nurse, native
70 Sussex, that she had seen from the eli
f. at Eastbourne the great comet of lie
- descend and dip its tail into the sea vii
- a Kissing noise ~
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Ct. & Pas. E. R.---Notice.

TENHE following assessments have been hid a,
n ali subscriptions for the purpose of extend
ing the road, VIZ 10 per cent on each share paw
able Sept. !, 1857. Also, 10 per cent. on each
snare payable every succeeding sixty DAYS there
amer unit the whole amount Of one hundred dol
'aT3 On each share shall have been paid.
Passumpsic Bank, Bank Of Lyndon. Bsnk ~ or
leans, Peoples Bank, Z. Cleveland, Trustee, Cor
entry. VI, or Al the Treasurerss Office. IA. 7
Merchants Exchange, Boston.
Per order,
June, IssT-z7.H
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JOHN PATTEN'S ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT.
ORLEANS DISTRICT, SIS.

~ Probate Court holden at Irasburgh within
n and for said district, on the LIST day of 0c-
tober, A. D. 1857.
ASA PATTEN, Administrator on the estate Of
JOHN PATTEN late of Barton in said dis
trict deceased, makes application to said court
to extend the time heretofore allowed him to pay
the debts due from said estate and TO render his
administration account until some future day:
Whereupor. It is ordered by said eonrt. that
said application be heard at the Probate Office in
Lrasburgh, on the 2lst day of October; and it is
further ordered, that notice ne given 70 all per-
sons concerned. by the publication Ct this order
in the Orleans independent Standard, printed at
Irasburgh three weeks successfully, before sasd
hearing.
By the Court--Attest,
40w3 NJ. CARPENTER, Judge.
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NOTICE.

H1HE LAWS OF BUSINESS for Business D a,
by TheOpilus Parsons, Ii. D. F9f. 4. =.
should be in every mans hands, coHtaIaa. =. !.
Law, and almost every subject that IS o. -,
to business men or farmers; also arg -
complete set of forms for deeds, bonds coaI -
leases, wills, etc.-just the book needed ID ~
mont by every man that don't WISH 2 N ~.
heavy lawyers fee when he wishes hil ~. -
ness done. An Agent will visit Orleans Io-~'
soon, to obtain subscribers.
]. A. GRAVES,
SO agent for 0rlsaa' I0a"'
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COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE.
GEORGE FRENCH'S ESTATE

GEORGE FRENCH'S ESTATE.
TNHE subscribers, having been appointed BY
Il the Hon Probate Court for the District Of
Orleans, Commissioners 10 receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate of George French late Of Glover
in said District, deceased, represented insovent.
and the term Of six months from the 18th dav of
August 1857, being al owed by said Court to the
creditors Of said deceased, TO exhibit and prove
their respective claims before US:
Give Notice, that we will attend TO the duties
ofour appointment at the dwelliug-house OF wild
ow Sylvia French in Glover, in said district, on
the first Wednesday of February next, at nine
O'Clock in the forenoon.
CYRUS BEMIS, c,u.-.;..:.-.-.
Fl. S. RICKF0RD commandments
Glover, August the 18Th, a. D. 1857. Al
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NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that have this da-
" reiinquished 70 my son, Alvin n. Stewar
his time during the remainder Of his minority
and shall claim none OF lis earnings nor pay an
debts Of his contracting after this date
JOHN C. STEWART.
Witness. \. DAVIS.
Barton, Vt, Sept. 2s, 1857. 449-s
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-23

TIVE Lotteries OF Samuel Swan & Go. are char
= terei by the State Of Georgia, and have sworn
CONN ssioners appointed to superintend their
drawings, and certify that everything connected
with the same is done 10 strictly honorable main
ner. They offer 10 the public :. LAZY opportunity
for investment, the interests of parties at a DIS,
lance being as well protected as though they were
present. The managers would respectfully call
attention to the fact that all persons have legal
right to send orders for tickets TO Georgia. as the
lotteries of Samuel Swan & Co. are authorized
by the Legislature Of that State. A lottery will
be drawn every Saturday throughout the wear. III
orders received being filed in the drawing next
TO take place after the same comes to hand. Ac-
cording TO the scheme one ticket in every ten
must draw a prize. Tickets SO; halves, SIS
quarters, s., 40. No tickets sent unless the mon
ey accompanies the order. The drawings are
upon the principle of one number on each ticket
and are so simple that none can fail 20 understand
them. There is no combination Of numbers to
mysrty the buyer. Prizes vary from $40 to $50
900; every prize being drawn, and result of draw
ing forwarded to all purchasers.
q "A list of the numbers that are drawn from
the wheel, with the amount that each prize is en-
titled to- Will be published after every drawing;
in the following papers New Orleans DeHa
Mobile Register, Charleston Standard, Nashviile
Gazette, Atlanta hteUgeReer, Savannah Near.
and New York Weekly Dug Book Write you
address plainly, and direct to S. SWAN B. Co.
atlanta, Georgia.
Prizes paid in full no percentage deducted
from prizes as IN other lotteries.
All communications strictly confidential. I4v,
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BOOTS G SHOES.

ITO the people of Irasburgh and vicinity W
Il wish to say, that inasmuch as Boots gri
Shoes are cash article, and any amount Of then
wanted, we hold ourselves in readiness to funia
on short notice, any thing in our line that msy
called Tor. All orders shall be panctually sli
promptly answered; and all work done In Oh
usual good style and warranted perfect. On af-
count ofthe high prices of leather our profits ar
necessarily very small, consequently we ar
obliged to DO all business on the ready pay system,
N. @. SARGENT & Go.
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SCIENTIFIC FARMER.-The Albany
Knickerbocker says that there is a man
in Greenbush who believes in rotation
of crops. One year he raises nothing
the next year weeds.
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Musical NOTICE.

& W. PARKER & CO., are now prepared %
- furnish superior Musical instruments iEz
the best makers in this country, such as PAls
Melodeons of Carhart's Patent. Quick sales &c
small profits is the motto, and we viii sell cssl-
er than the SAME kind can be bought elseFiaa
We keep a good assortment on hand; eau ~
see. Tuning and Repairing done to order, n
further particulars address S. VI. Parker Co.
Coventry, vt
N. B. Every instrument sold by Us EaiEaa'S'
to give satisfaction.
August l, 1657-52m6$
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listen TO WORDS Oh TRUTH.
6 SrANFORD SPEAKETH.

DERMIT me, Mr. Editor, through yonr columns
70 saw a word for the benefit of the public
generally. As / have been resident OF tins city
for the last five wears and am pretty well &C
ousinted with the wants of this people, let me
call their attention TO my shop on Mechanic ST.,
where they can find general assortment u
Groceries
such as Plows, Cultivators, Rakes, Stove and
Pipe, Tinware. Shaker Pals, Tubs, hopS, Llne
and Wood Washboards, Spice Boxes, Boilers,
Whips End Flour. All OF which Will De sold
cheaper than the cheapest for
CASH IN HAND.
And in addition to the above we would call stten-
ton to our stock of
HARNESSES,
Ready Made, or made to order, anything IN tnat
line, Of a superior quality and style TO anything
ever vet offered IN this market. As We have en-
gagged the services of a gentleman who has had q
good share of experience, having worked IN vars
Gus cities in the Usited States, at the harness
business.
w e
feel confident with his skill and abilities as a
workman. with steady, industrious habits, and
social manners, together with our own persona
attendance and experience in business, we shall
render our shop worthy the respect and patronage
of all eivilsed Christian people. Therefore, lei
me say
Come and we will do you Good.
If hungry we will feed, if destitute we will sup
DIV your wants, if cold we viii warm you as we
have Just received good supply of stoves of the
latest patterns and superior quality to anything
| ever before offered in this county.
As particular attention will be paid to thi
branch of business for the future, we will pledg
ourself TO satisfy the mind, please the eve, an,
make the heart happy in cold weather.
Yours excruciatingiy,
SAMUEL STANFORD.
I V,,l,-
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HEAT FASTER THAN CoLD.-~Which
can travel fastest, heat or coldg"-"Why,
heat, you dunes Can't anybody catch
cold ?"
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Flour. POrkz

HAHs, SALT, NAILS, COD ZEE ZEE I r
Camphene' Lamp Of, Broom, Paii, s',. Co.
Cast Steel and Steel Plated saa'es. RI
Hoes. Glass Ware, together win 800 q.
Of West India Goods and Hard aaI,5 r5gE
be sold cheap at the
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COFEEI-S!

EOFFINS constantly kept On hand y ' ~ ~
- designed, at his residence u i5 eso6 m
of Albany. h. + C0D'
August 7, l857-32f
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