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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16
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From Correspondence Of The Country Gentleman
A FEW WORDS TO YOUNG FARMERS.
There seems to be prevailing sentiment
Of aversion, not to say contempt, for their
calling, among old practical farmers. Their
idea seems to be that farmer can have no
position in society, no influence among men
that their sons who follow in their foot
steps, are doomed to endless blowing and
pig-feeding, with no incentives to mental Gull
ture, for which indeed they conceive there is
no necessity if a man is to be farmer "On-
ly farmer" -"nothing but common farm
err, are expressions constantly in the mouths
of such men when speaking Of themselves or
of their class. No man can be happy who
entertains such feeling towards his business
in life, or harbors contempt for the class of
men among whom his lot is cast. To be sue
cessful in any avocation in life, betokens f.
deity in its pursuit; but to be eminent--to
be celebrated for conducting business better
than others have done or can do it, bespeaks
an enthusiastic study for the sake of the thing
ITSELF. 1t is to "take pride in ones call
ing, be it what it may
There are many farmers who deem their
calling inglorious and humble, who have an
ambition TO see their sons eleuated las they
conceive) to some profession and their daugh-
tiers idle ladies, forsooth Accordingly. moth
ing is more common than to see Young men
thrust by their parents into professions. idling
away month after month in mustv brieHess
law Office with little or no business, making
themselves despised by honest Woodworking
men, by their attempts 10 he aeithout toork.
which has come TO be a synonym for Giving
genteelly." Or perhaps the luclloss wight is
turned into Doctor to peddle drugs and
endanger human life by empiricism. Look at
the swollen ranks of doctors and lawyers for
proof II with the same education they have
been obliged to receive to graduate themselves
as NJ. DIS or lawyers, these same Young men
would 60 back on to the farm and labor ear
nestly and with the enthusiasm necessary TO
eminsnce in any profession, the results would
soon be manifest on the farms and farming
systems throughout the country
When VIC cast about for the reason and
occasion Of so much false philosophy among
our farmers in directing the economy of life
for their children, we find that it is mainly
the ignorance Of that class Of men who decry
"book-farmin, ''larnin'," and dedication
for farmers. Foolish men, do not wonder
that you are overlooked when occasion has
need Of man, and yoa have no position in
society, and (taken as body little influence
among men II IS notorious fact,--one to
which never saw an exception, that when
an industrious, professional man, be he even
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

the long-restrained tears rolling over her
round checks, "plcosc, ma'om. it's new
kind, thought it would be the very best for
it's the scicntiffy-pomoroy --cheeso-pudd' n,
that II read about in the--tho papor--ycs-
to-day she screamed now, fairly sobbing
Historically
No sooner had the words escaped her, than
a solitary individual burst forth amid the sup
pressed tittering, with one of the loudest ca
chinations that ever salutod ears polite the
editor had eaten a spoonful Of his o,rp pudda
little thinking, when he was so wickcdly car
ricatured the sins Of the times, that he was
getting up fancy feast for his own particu-
lar benefit. The story explained. the sequel
may be imagined suffice it to say that Susy
Katury has never from that time TO this, made
"soientfy pudd'n,' without first consult
ing her mistress Boston Olive Brunch.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

As Monsieur La Fargo, a little French
dancing master, was travelling in the State of
Maine in company with several strangers
Kelly the driver Of the stage, stopped at the
door of the house, from which a gentlemen of
large proportions, was seen coming forth
with his carpet bag. Lc Fargo was fond of
distinction we oil - coen cur Senators at
Washington - are fond of notoricty -- we all
love to be popular. No sooner did the little
Frenchman discover the gentleman advancing
toward the vehicle than he rubbed his hands
with delight, and xclaimcd-"Ilah how yer
fortunate ! am, dare is my vor particular
friend, General King La Fargo had taught
some of the Generals children TO dance
The General got into the coach, and soon fell
into conversation with some of the passcn-
gers, whom he happened TO know, but took
not tho slightest notice Of La Fargo. The
little fellow felt it very acutcly: the more so,
as he had boastcd of his intimacy with Gene
raj King The poor fellow now and then enc
counterod the ineligible looks of his fellow
travellers. who were evidently amused by his
irrcpressiblc manifestations of anger and cha
grin. lie whisted hummod the ag ends of
innumcrable tunes. and took am unusual GUAM
tty of snuff. The stage finally arrived 40 the
stopping place for the night. General King.
as he entered the house, said to the waiter, in
that loud tone for which ho was remarkable
-" UoHcr, girc me a bo0G1rf, and pair OF
slippers, and a beef deat and a cup of co9cc."
lie Fargo who was Just behind the General,
and ready TO burst with vcxation, could no
longer restrain himself Though a dancing
master, he was resolved TO play second fiddle
to no man; and he instantly exclaimed
" 1tdre, gre me hro bo0iacis, fir0 udir slip /
pare, i'eo bcc6ieat, tire cup cqic"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16
OUR IDOL.

Close thc door lightly,
Bride the breath,
Our little carth-Augcl
Is talking with Death;
Gently be woes her,
She wishes 20 stay,
His arms arc about her.
He bears her away
Music comes floating
Down from the dome;
Angels are chanting
The sweet welcome home.
Come, stricken wecpcr
Come 10 the bed,
Gaze on the sleeper
Our idol is dead
Smooth out the riuglcts,
Close the blue eye
No wonder such beauty
Was claimed in the sky;
Cross the hands gently
O'er the white breast,
So like a Wild spiiit
Straycd from the blcst.
Bear her ont softly,
This idol of ours
Let her grave slumber
BE mid the flowers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

CURE For CHoLERA.-Among 1913 appli-
cations made during the year past TO The
French Institute for the reward of $40 600
to be paid to the person who shall find
remedy for the Cholera or It's cause. was the
following from the Uuited States Tho ap-
plicant Jared no better than tine other l62-
no one meeting the requirement. of the legacy.
to the imperial institut of france
sea by the papers that
YOU offer one hundred thousand francs to en-
ny body that will discover cure for the col
cry. Now without making emmy mctenshons
to a knowledge of medicine J think l am en-
titled to that money. last fall ! was taking
with colcry in the ashiatic form. and my wife
who had seen several niggers in the disease
declared She had never seen emmy one worse.
allis keep in my house little No. G and
lobcie, and moving full well the power Of
these things in bowel complaints, resolved
TO give them trle took Grsta strong
dost Of No. 6 and lobclic, and then after
waitin Will took strong injection of the
same felt then as if my boldly was on fire
but the cholery got better, that gave me and
my wife encouragement aud repeated several
times the same thing in the same way, and by
that means and the blessing of God am
here to-day TO tell you of this CRATE remedy
cannot tell how No. 6 is made, but no II
has good deal of kyenn pepper in it and you
wli find it in your mcdike buks.
hopn shall hear from you soon submit
my elaine most respectfully, --
Justice of the Peace - township. - Co.,
State Of
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

RE AsONs
why the Grover Baker Sewing Machine IS universally
preferred for Family Sewing.
1st II Is moro simple and easier kept in Order than
amy other machine.
"a. lt makes a uat win not nip or ravol though
every third stitch is cut.
Sd. 10 acws from two ordinary p00s, and thus all the
chine can Dee adapted at pleasure by change Of
spools, 60 an varieties OF work
9TH. Tho same machine runs SILK linen thread and
common spool cotton, with equal facility
oh. Tho scam IS as elastic the most elastic fabric,
that It, irec from all liability to break ia washing,
ironing or otherwise
9th The stitch made by This machine is more beautiful
than amy other madc-cithor by hand or machine. go
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

LOVE- AND PoEruY.-Hong ladies should
not write poetical love letters Its danger
Gus. such an one was written to a Kentucky
beau not long since, which so affected him
that he stole horse to 80 and see the writer
and got into jail to pay for getting in love
with poetess. Here is the verse which did
the damage:
Mary Johnson is my name
And single is any station;
And happy will he thc luc man
Uho a.ates the aierat,oi.t n
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16
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Wholesale by j. NJ HHNRY, Waterbury.
~ r. Pierce and ). p, Redhed, Montpelier Geo.
Niehols, III, d., NJ ). Adams & Co. and 4. o. Smith,
icne everywhere.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

HAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PAIN, In.,r;l,,,
n little animal called tho r,t baro ,'1:ot
habits tho moist and oloor,, - ~.
Al,aio mountains of Siberia M a,.;.'.1 ,'! y.
sometimes SOLITARY nj othors nnr,,' "',.'ol -
eregato in cor,oo,, drolI;,,, A.. III n-
middle or Apcnst ,,oy ho,,i,, r. o,lI0.,;. ''1
their winter stores of foo6 VIA NJ I'''on VI
nose tbcv him to,o,to. al ~" ,'''e P'i-
some sunnv roc nc,r ,ho;r ~, -" UU, WV
several ynrieties Of rn,r;,;ons ''''i1,''o.
" Jus grasses hese
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-07-16

Justice of the Peace - township. - Co.,
State Of
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-10
REMEMBER CAMILLE, ON MONDAY.

BARRE ITEMs.-There was common school
celebration in Barre. July 8, by procession, I'M
der the chief marsha lship of Frank Smith, and a
festival in the Town Hall, at which ]. W. Jen-
kins, Jr, presided and sentiments, speeches, &C.,
were the order of the day. m nf
The Gazette states that on Saturday morning
last, Frederick Rice, a lad of fourteen years, son
Of the late Larkin Rice. was celebrating Inde-
pendence," by firing piece of gun barrel which
he had attached to block Of wood, when the las
tening giving way the weapon few up and struck
him on the head telling him to the ground, and
cutting frightfui cash in his cheek.
) On Thursday of last week, William H. Fields,
recently from the State Of New York, and who
Z has been for few weeks at work for Messrs E.
& E. B. Hastings, in their steam-mill in this vii
lage, while at work with a circuiar-saw. had his
right hand caught and very badly cut. t9
The valuation of Barre Tor 1858 is Real es-
tate 81, lS4 ITO, personal S5l9, 4SOtotal 1868,
800. Total tax Sll,266 81. Tax on $1,000,
Sc 10. Thirty.four persons and firms pay tax
Of over $50. John Smith is the heaviest tax pay
er, he paying $3.50 10 and Edward Denny comes
next, he paying S29S 90.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-10

AN INDIAN LOVER. - Miss Bishop, the wri-
ter of"Floral Home" who went to Minneso-
ia as a teacher, received an offer of marriage
from an Indian. He came to her dwelling
decked in all his finery--scarlet flannel, rings,
feathers, newly secured brass ornaments, and
bears claws-and, through an interpreter,
announced to her that she must be his wife.
II was urged that he had one wife. He re-
piled, GAN the band have as many as they can
keep, and have but one" As an extra in
ducement, he promised that she could have
the best corner Of the lodge, hunt by his side,
and eat with him, while the dark squaw was
to hush the papoosv, cook the food, carry the
game hoe the corn, and provide wood and
water. Miss Bishop, little ia fear of the
'green-eyed monster" even Il the other
claimant did hold an inferior position, de-
clined the distinction. The Indian then beg
ged dollar to buy Shirt and left with a
naughty air. Next day he was drunk. But
Miss Bishops associate almost fared worse.
She had only been a few weeks in the coun-
try, and was ignorant Of Indian customs. A
young warrior, amitten with her, called often,
Hoping to get rid Of him, she gave him ring.
He interpreted il as afoken Of partiality. and
returned to take her 70 his lodge. The next
day he again returned, with six young braves,
to compel her TO 60 with him. Explanations
and interference saved her.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-10

INTERESTING STATISTICS. -Athong other in
teresting facts of DeBow's statistical view of
the United States, VIC may mention that the
foreign vote of the country is one twelfth of
the whole; that the State of New York has
about one eighth Of the population of the
Union; that there is one house to every six
persons in the country; that the number of
persons who live East of the Mississippi ia
twelve times greater than those who live West
thereof; the distance between New York and
New Orleans is more than that between Lon
don and Constantinople, or Paris and St. Pc
tersburg; over two fifths of the national ter
ritory is drained by the Mississippi aud its
tributaries; of the 1897 political newspapers
published in the United States in 1850. $50
were Wing and 742 were Democratic. There
are four hundred thousand Indians in our
territory at the close of the Revolution there
were but thirty-six thousand in the old thir-
teen States, according to an estimate of Gen.
Knox direct and indirect tax paid by each
white person in the country, 81 "a ; number
OF real estate owners, 1900, 900, or one In
about 3.l9 of the free males over twenty one
years Of age number of federal office holders
exclusive of army and navy), 80 ,456--a
ninefold increase since 1900, the population
having increased about tivefold; one fourth
part of the people reside in villages, towns and
cities; the number of people to dwelling
in New York city averages more than 10, in
Boston nearly 8, in New Orleans ga, in
Richmond about 5.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-10

ance left sufficient to purchase several other
slave States.
The writer's comments on physical educa-
ton and training are deserving of universal
attention. Our people set too little value on
physical health. They do not prize strong
body. Men try to live where they are sure
to die. They attend much to money, little
to man, and so, in getting the means Of liv-
ing, they lose life itself.
In schools great stress is laid on training
the mind-always the mind, nothing but the
mind The most excessive stimulants are ap-
piled to make little girls learn the maximum
Of books in the minimum of time. We ior-
get that God also made the body, and if this
"earthen vessel be cracked, that all the spir-
itual "treasure" runs out, and perishes from
the earth. For success in life there is needed
agood brain and a good body. One is worth
little without the other. What God has Join
ed, we are everlastingly putting asunder. But
most Of the eminent men in America have
tough bodies; what power of work is in
them Look at the rich merchants, at our
great lawyers and judges, men of science, pol
tics, letters. They are men of vigorous
health, who can eat dinners. and sleep
o nights, and work also days long they live
to decent and respectable age Boston Trans
crtpt.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-10


STEAM FIRE EEcIEEs.-They have FIVE steam
FIRE engines in ST. Louis, and have engaged two
more. The last one, No. 5. the other day, in
four minutes after the FIRE was kindled, threw wa.
ter through Que hundred feet Of hose, from an
inch and quarter nozzle, two hundred and nine-
teen feet. IS
The Baltimore Patriot furnishes the following
testimony as to the value Of steam engines at
fires: Lu8
awe saw, yesterday, for the FIRST time. the new
steam fire engine alpha, Of the First Baltimore
Hose Company, in practical operation. Its great
usefulness and superiority over the hand engines
were forcibly demonstrated, leaving not even a
doubt regarding the propriety--we might say me-
cessity = Of adopting the steam fire system
throughout ocr city without delay. Though una
BILE to procure a sufficient supply Of water, ade-
q uate to its capacity. from the wantof plugs and
volume in the water pipes, as now arranged, yet
it worked faithfully, throwing two large constant
streams, forcing them probably through two hun
dred yards of hose, into the burning building.
There were present some ten or dozen engines,
worked by men, and, judging from appearances,
though these did their best, it threw more water
and was more efeetual in eztinguishing the
flames than all Of them combined. A half dozen
Of such machines in our city, under proper regu-
lation will not only insure freedom from destruc-
tive fires, but produce moral reform throughout
the entire FIRE department. 1t was truly wonder
full to behold and admire the complete Triumph oil
this engine"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-10

. HUBBARDsToN.-There was a Union Sabbath
School Celebration in this town, July 5. There
was a procession, under the chief marshalship
Of B. D, Phelps, and festival upon the Com
mon, where Mr.. PeteE Richardson presided, and
after the luxuries were disposed Of, speeches,
sentim ents, &C., were had in abundance.
AT the Aexandrian Prize Exhibition, held in
Amherst College Chapel on the evening Of June
22d, the first prize was awarded to Mr.. G. W.
Phillips, a member of the Sophomore class, of
iHubbardston.
During the severe rain storm of June 10Th, Mr.
Addison Bennett of Hubbardston, lost eleven
sheep in consequence of exposure after having
been sheared, and subsequently lost eight lambs.
The whole loss amounts to about sixty dollars.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-10

Mr.. Armstrong. according to the Vermont
papers, is doing great things in that state in the
horse tanning line. His performance on the Bur
1ington nag was certainly quite Rarey-show.
Hear the Times
1.-THE animal experimental upon was young,
very wild and intractable colt, belonging to Mr..
Kimball, of Essex, which was brought to Bur-
lington with the. extremest difficulty, and
which had mot a tame hair upon him--wild
and untamable apparently, as the north
wind. few hours intimacy with Mr..
Armstrong, however. suficed to work wonder
full change and on Saturday this colt was seen
following his schoolmaster about the streets
without the leading Of bride or halter, and as do.
ellie and kind as pet lamb. And this is not all.
On Saturday evening we, and multitudes Of 9th.
ers, saw him following Mr. Armstrong, the very
picture Of fidelity and submission, up Church
street, with double string of bells about his
neck, and bundle Of straw fastened to his tail
and humping his heels at every step"