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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-10-13
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Or LIFE IN THE COUNTRY, BY the Editor OF a
Boston Daily Paper.
"Truth is stranger than fiction, and more prof
liable to the reader
The above is tho title oil book Just published
by Albert Colby & Co No 20 Washington Street,
Boston. The author says in his preface that the
paint those dear old pictures of Home Life at the
thought Of which every healthy heart beats fast
or with delight"
Retail Price. 81, as; a liberal discount TO the
trade. Book Agents wanted. All letters should
be n tdrsssed to The publishers.
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BLANK BOOKS.
STATION cry

Ledeers, Day Books, Journas, CASH Books
Records, Pass Books, luck Mems, Composition
and Writing Books.
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CABlNET WAREHOUSE

A NJ MANUFACToRY.--T subscriber
N wuull give notice, that in addition to his
business Of Chair making he has employed sew
eral approved Cabinet makers who are low man
utaeturing elegant
UREAUS, ia BLFS.
OF various patterns,
STA NDS. BEDSTEADS, all kinds. &c
Those wishing 10 set up housekeeping will do well
to call Il. my shop and purchase, AS they win save
,ounni., soon aud freight that have to be paid to
,-cuud and dealers.
CA4i,- f,s sale at Wholesale and retail. Faeto-
y one Aui-a-h.lf miles from Middsbury village.
CALVIN WHEELER.
Nddlebury, June 8, lsss.
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CONTEMPORARIES NOTICE


WE Tie subscribers, bcirg appointed by
W thu Probate Court for the District u
! 81 '"I, Commissioner 5, to receive, exam
inc ard adjust AL claims AM demands Of all
pursvus against he estate Of
JOHN NJ WEEKS
lat. OF Salisbury in said District, deceased,
ana also all claims and demands exhibited
in offset thereto; and six months from the
4th day Of October, 1858, being allowed by
said Court for hat purpose, we do therefore
hereby give notice that ", will attend to the
business Of cur said appointment, Al the
late dwelling house Of the deceased in said
Salisbury on the first Mondays of November
and April next from nine o'clock, A. N., uu-
I'll four O'Clock 7 NJ on each .; said days
NJ VIC WRIGHT J
b STEWART,
Dated at Middlcbuly this Ash day Of 0cto-
ter,A b. 1858. 26i3w
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE..
w j., the subscribers. being aIpointe ty
w the Probate Court for the BIZ rict OF
Addison, Commissioners, to receive ,exsmino
atd a just all claims and demands Of AL
persons against the estate of
SUBMIT WEAVER.
late Ut Salisbury, in said district, d, ccased,
and also all claims aud den aidS cal iht,d
IN offset thereto; and SIX months hom tie
Ia day of sept. 1858, being allowed by
aid Court ioI that pun Sc, We do liel,i'fe
heat! give notice that We viii attend to lie
business Of our said apl oinlu,ht, Mt II"
dazzling housc offs William Pierce in said
Salisbury on the hind Wednesday in De-
tohrr and March hext one O'Clock J, NJ, un-
IL four O'Clock. P. NJ on each OF said days.
J. NJ. rYAR. Comr.
l.. WOOD, ! 'o'"''
hurd At Salisbury this 9Th day OF Sep
trAh.r ~. b. 1885. 25,3w
COMM SSIONERS' NOTICE
w the subscribers, being appoiat,d u
w the Probate Court Tor thu District OF
." Haven Commissioners. to yec'',r,':
anime aud adjust all clains AMI .ieE,ai.ds ~
all person against the estate OF
EBENEZEh LAMB.
lAt" ct hiistol, in said Disti.ct dc, xs,d
and aloo All claims and demands cxhi,iitd
il "lF.et thereto; and six molrls ilom
he fourteenth day Of SEPTEMBER 1858,
h"Irg allowed by said court for HAT ltI Sc
We 10 therefore hereby give notice thh; we
val attend to the husints, % Gus said APP
| p"nimc!t, at the dwelling house Of John c.
| Lamb "a -ai1 Bristol on tic second Tuesday
| -, Aovemb,r, and March u,Xt, from nine
| O'Clock, \, NJ until o'clock z. " m each
| ,1 said days
| JAMES II. NICHOLS, lc.r.
NJ BlE l. JOHNS
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Poetical Works in Blue g. Gold.

Lougfeow's Prose and Poem,, Bryant's, en-
nvson's, llooi., Shollcy's, Campbelrs, Words
worths, Hemans', Boiley's, Moores and Shak-
speare's complete Works
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Bibles, hymn and Prayer Books

Particular attention S iuv cd to a large stock
Of Family, Pew, roll got and Tuck Bib.es, in q
variety o. styles, sizes, ard prices. to suit every
body. Methodist Hymns, Church PsalInist, Church
Psalmody, and Watts and Select Hymns, all
sizes tyles and prices. Prayer Books, in plain
and a,ill
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY

The subscriber would inform his friends and
patrons that he has just returned from 'rket
with large stock Of
SCHOOL, CLASSICAL n MISCELLANEOUS
BOOKS,
BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, Of all kinds,
ARTISTS MATERIALS,
AND FANCY GOODS.
Towns series Of Readers, Towns and Webster's
Spoilers, X. .ssel's Elocutionafy Renders, Green
leafs, Thompson's, Columns, Holbrook's Finer.
sons and Adams Arithmetics, Robiusops and
Davies Algebras, Mitchell's, Cornel's, Co!ton's
and Smiths Biographies, Olmsled's and Com
stocks Philosophy, Gray's Chemistry, Yields
and Wells Grnmmars, Goodrich's, Wizards,
Williams and ebers History, and all the Eng
lish aud Classical Text Books used in our Col.
leges, Academies, seminaries and Common
Schools.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
How Coffee cam. to be Used.

II is Somewhat singular to trace the
manner in which arose the use of the
common beverage, coffee, without which
few persons, in any half or wholly civil
lied country in the world, would seem
hardly able to exist. At the time Colum-
bus discovered America, it had never been
known or used. It only grew In Arabia
and upper Ethiopia. The discovery of its
use. as beverage, is ascribed TO the supe-
rior of monastery, in Arabia, who, de-
sirous Of preventing the monks from
sleeping at their nocturnal services, made
thsm drink the infusion of coffee, upon
the report of some shepherds, who OBJ
served that their focks were more lively
after browsing on the fruit of that plant.
Its reputation spread through the adjacent
country, and in about 200 years if reached
Paris. A single plant brought there in
IVA, became the parent stock Of all the
coffee plantations in the West Indies
The extent of the consumption can now
hardly be realized. The United States
alone annually consume it, at the cost Of
its landing, of from fifteen to sixteen mil
lions of dollars. You may know the
Arabia or Mocha, the best coffee, BY its
small bean Of dark yellow color. The
Java and East India, the next in quality.
are larger and of a paler yellow. The
West India Rio has blush greenish gray
tint $50 - :
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
Editing a Paper.

We copy from the Olpelousas Gazette,
of January 13, 1880, the following, which
shows that twenty eight years ago the
difficulties of an editor of a newspaper
were the same as they are now, and the
same as,will always exist - JsGi-n
"The truth is, an editor cannot step
without treading on somebody's toes. If
he states facts without comments, he dares
not to express his sentiments. If he con-
scientiously refuses to advocate the claims
of an individual to Office, he is accused of
hostility. A jackanspe, who. measures
off words into verse as clerk does tape
by the yard-hands him a parcel of stuff
that jingles like handful of rusty nails
and gimlets, and if the editor is not fool
enough to print the nonsense, Stop my
paper-I wont patronize man that's no
better judge of poetry as if it were pat
ronage to buy paper at about one-half
more than so much waste paper would
cost. One murmurs because his paper is
not hterary-another because it is litera-
ry-another because it is not literary
enough. One grumbles because the ad-
vettisements engross too much room
another complains that the paper is too
largs-we can't find time to read it ALL
One wants type so small that microscope
would be indispensable in every family
another threatens to discontinue the paper
unless the letters arc half an inch long
one old lady actually offered an additional
price for paper that should be printed in
type as large as is used for handbills.
: : "Every subscriber has a plan of his own
for conducting a journal, and the labor
of Sisyphus was recreation when COM
pared with that of an editor who under.
takes to please all" 12 i-@' ia 4
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
Tho La,es, from ,hs rlIuss.

Mr.. William Parsons and three. others,
arrived at Lawrence on Sunday last, and
at this city yesterday. We have their
report: '' ~c.. seeo'ia7ai s10as
They give a plain unyarnished report
of their operations. They state that they
had but one pan in their party, and that
they worked but a short time each day
never more than four or five hours, and
that they made easily S. per day to the
man. They were very short OF provi-
sions, and having 70 tools to build shell
ter for the winter, q portion had concluded
TO 60 to Bent's Fort TO winter, and those
now here, to return for tools and outfit.
They exhibit some OF the finest speci-
mems vet seen. They represent the coon-
try IS magnificent in the summer, and
have selected town site on one Of the
tributaries of the Arkansas, in the imme-
diate vicinity Of their mining locality.
They were Joined, short time before
their departure, by Californian, whom
thsy left at werk, he refusing to leave
He had tools, and was making, on an av-
erage, SIS per day. He stated to our in
formanss that the mines where they were
then working. yielded better than the
same description of diggings in Califor-
MIA. He stated that he intended to re-
main a. long as it was possible, digging
when he could, aud Supplying himself
with game. ~
The above men are well known in Law i.
renee, and their report has crsatel per-
feet furor in that town. They viii return
ct the earliest possible day in the spring.
They report that the Indians were nu-
nerous IN the mines, bat had offered no
interuption.--KasAss Gtg Saasnxi, 1oa.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
"Fhat are friends indeed,
Because friends in need.
Tn. Gold Mines Of Kansas.

The accounts which reach Us from
Cherry River and Pixies Peak are so nu-
merous and we'll authenticated, that there
cannot longer be any doubt that the east
en slope of the mountains in western
Kansas, are as rich in mineral wealth a.
Feather river or any part Of California
Persons formerly residing among us, and
In whom we have confidence, send favor
able reports, and advise their friends and
relatives to come forthwith, as there is
abundance Of gold to be found. More
ever, persons daily arriving bring with
them ample specimens, and corroborats
their statements. The effect has been 70
direct TO Western Kansas an immense
emigration. Trains are constantly leav-
ing from our river towns, and "Piks's
Peak" is upon the lips Of ell. Many are
coming up the river en- route for the mines,
and ere the SHOWS Of winter cover the
ground, more than Ave thousand people
will be at work In the auhferous sands st
the sources Of the Kansas, Platte and Ar
kansas rivers.
The season is now far advanced, snd
few will pass to the mines after this
month but another spring viii witness .
rush to Kansas, and growth and settle
ment equalled only by California.
Pixies Peak is nearly due west from
this place, distance 900 miles, in lat. 80,
degrees. lon. los. The country is well
adapted to agriculture, well watered and
timbered, abounding in game, and with .
scenery varied and eminently picturesque.
There is good wagon road almost the
entire distance. The best and shortest
route is via the Kansas river and the
Smoky Hill Fork Topeka Tribune,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
Ohip.


What should we think of a man who
would attempt to tell US what was in the
parlor of house from having seen what
was in the cellar or kitchen? From
knowing that there were mahogany So
fas and chairs and tables in the parlor, how
could he tell what volumes graced the
shelves of the library
Every mans soul, rs has been more
than once said, is full of rooms. You,
in your intercourse with any given man,
are admitted to his kitchen-I see what
he has in his parlor-another person is
shown into his library-and the fourth
may be admitted into his private chamber |;
shall either of us define the mans po-
sition in the mental, moral or social scale? ?
All of us together, may not do it; for
though we have seen the kitchen, parlor,
library and chamber, these are not all
the rooms in his house. Only he who
has seen the whole, may speak truly Of
him-only he who has seen the winter
stores of the cellar, the every day wear of
the kitchen, the peace makers of the sit
ting-rooni, the rich stiffness of the par
lor, the quisting surroundings of the
chamber, the tones Of stern thought
and blissful dream of the library, the
sanetities of the town room," the rubbish
of the garret. -s5 oas 80
Let US have more faith in our race
more charity for each other. Perchance
your neighb0r is not really the cold, stern
man you think him to be. You have
found the parlors gorgeous, prim and
cherries but you have not therefore a
warrant for saying that no bland sum-
mer airs make melody in the shuttered
chamber.
Around yonder corner is an unsightly,
repulsive house. but inside its uncouth
stone walls Christian Virtue orders all ths
rooms and to more than one eye, the
house which you pronounce so unarchi-
tectural, glows with beauty rarer than hu.
man taste could mould. t-lt 1.t
So, here is man whom you do moi
loye-whom yen say you cannot respect
man clothed with unattraetiveness, and
walking ever with shadows yet thi.
same man is known to the ragged ones o.
the alley; many of whom sit at will in
the rooms of his soul house, that you
| never dreamed existed--to these outcastI
he is the bearer of everything that make.
life plsasant-the companion Of cheer and
| sunshine-the messenger of peace and
good will.-Alton Courier. l5..
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
rb,y upd.r,t,and Il.

The citizens Of Council Bluffs, Iowa, in
order to aid In securing emigration 70
their portion Of country, have subscribed
for tsoo thousand copies Of their city pa
pers for distribution in the Eastern States.
They are 10 be sent gratis TO hotels, resd-
ing rooms, &e.-Nsbraskd City Nescs.
That is the most sensible move In the
right direction We have heard Of lately.
The people Of Council Bluffs well under
stand the power Of the press In directing
the tide Of emigration, and wishing 70
secure their share Of It's benefits they have
astruck upon the right cord" People
desiring to look out new homes are een.
stantly looking over the papers, and Q
thousand copies Of paper distributed -
above, will come in contact with many
thousands desiring to locate somswhsre In
the expansive and undefnable West
RarkGlge Courier.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
From he E,npOrta Ns,as.
OUs " 11"'PVF
News from the Upper Neosho.


RAILROAD MEETING.-By reference to
another column it will be seen that q
Railroad meeting will be held in Emporia
on Saturday, October 23d, at 2 o'clock P.
NJ. W. F. NJ Army, President, and Jno.
O. Wattles, Treasurer of the Jefferson
City & Neosho Valley Railroad Company.
will be present soitsOt fail, to address the
meeting. We hope to see good turn
out on that day to express the interest the
people of this section feel in the speedy
construction of the Jefferson City and
Neosho Valley Railroad, the western ter
minus Of which is Emporia.
. Through the indefatigable exertions Of
the. President of the road, Mr. Army, the
survey of the road has been. made, the
right Of way through all the lands through
which it would necessarily pass, secured;
so that as soon as q grant of land shall
have been obtained from Congress, (Which
will probably be next winter,) work will
be commenced. If a general grant is
made to Kansas for Railroad purposes,
there is no doubt that this road will re-
ceivs its due proportion, it being in .
greater state of forwsrdness in the matter
of organization than any other in the
Territory. 90 a.
81 This is an age of wonders. What once
took years to accomplish is now done in q
day. Railroads are built in the time our
fathers spent in talking about. them
And we ask our readers not to be sur
prised if they should hear '.5--E .'e
"Ths engines pant along its quiverins rails"
in the Neosho Valley in three years from
this time. Old fogies may laugh and
shake their heads, but true and progress
i've '"Young America" is the ."manifest
destiny" of this age which is to lead it on
to newer and grander achievements than
the world has ever yet seen, and they must
shake the dust of ages from their gar
ments and awaken. to the new response
bilities and demands of the hour, or con-
sent forever to remain as laggards in the
race. % '-'" -.-' IA
OF Trade in Emporia appears to be
quite brisk just now, considering the prev
alent "hard times.p Our merchants and
mechanics are all doing thriving busi-
ness-and we are satisfied that if any set
of men deserve it, they are the ones. The
stocks of goods in Emporia now, are large
and very complete-suited to the wants
of the community, and are sold at such
prices as will justify no man in this com
munity in going to the river to purchase
his supplies. "Trade at home' is the
motto for our farmers aud all having in.
terests at stake here. Build up your OWN
wealth.
OF Agreeable to announcement the
free school opened in this. rplace on
Wednesday last, and will be kept regu'
larly, without intermission. FIVE days il
each week during the ensuing winter. Il
will be such school, too, as any parent
will be glad to send his children to. Mis-:
Watson is an experienced teacher, vel
qualified for her post, and will doubles:
give entire satisfaction. Recollect thai
the school is free to all. -@--
@ Immigrants still continue to ar.
rive, making their way to the South
Southwest and West. The last company
of six families, went up the Cottonwood
to the neighborhood of Cottonwood Falls
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
R.-orsauizatiou Of the Free sa,s Party.

We see by our Kansas exchanges, that
is, those of the Republican faith, are all
in favor Of Reorganization of the Free
State party. They say that the old Free
State party has served its purpose and
needs remodelliDg. o.is tJs so1sss l4s.,e
With all due respect for our cotempo-
raries, we beg leave to differ with them |;
we are of the opinion that the old Free
State party has not served its purpose, if
we understand that purpose correctly
As we understand it, the "Big Springs
Platform" was the one on which they
would stand and abide by until Kansas
was made free State; Kansas is not a
State, and If the people are to be consult
ed in the matter. she will not be for some
time to come. This call for the re-organ-
ization of Free State party is all '4eath-
er and pruneila,'' they will do no such
thing; the powers that made the call,
and those who respond to that call, can
not re-organize it. ..,.s,..
The call was made with the view of
reviving the Leavenworth Constitution,
and with it making immediate application
for admission into the Union, and to form
the Republican party. This is what the
fanatics and conservative fanatics desire
to do, as the proceedings of the Conven-
ton will show. -'.-t
We, think the proper plan for them to
pursue would be to pass resolution re-
questing our next Legislature to submit
the question of State government to the
people let them take the responsibility
and decide the matter. They will have
to bear the burden of taxation for the
support of a State government, and they
should be consulted in the premises.
If few unscrupulous politicians at
tempt to take snap-judgmsnt on the
people, we hope they will rise in their
majesty and power, and make them bite
the dust. = -l -4
We care not whether that Convention
be composed of "nigger lovers,p Lane
lovers. McLane-loyers, or McLane-hsters,
they cannot coax, drive or purchase US to
take position that will PROSTATE the in
terests of the people; we are for the peo-
pie FIRST last and forever, in preference to
the politicians of Kansas, who are, to say
the least Of them, the most infamous and
unscrupulous get of beings that ever trod
Gods green earth. The history of the
past warrants the assertion !; and, from
present appearances. they will not repen;
in future. A reorganization of the Free
State party is not needed; the "Big
Springs Platform" is broad enough and
strong enough to hold every man who is
in favor of making Kansas Free State,
True, it is not of the right shape to suit
the views of few eminent gentlemen
who desire to be in the company of the
colored population in preference to the
white, aud who are worshippers at the
shrine of all the run-mad-isms of the day
but then their peculiar abstract notions
should not be consulted at present; the
great object to be obtained is to make
Kansas Free State, and all other issues
should be abandoned until that object is
accomplished. .-Kansas Ledger.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
From HrrnAr,a K1Azu.
By 4. N. M'cARrY, OF KENTUCKY.

Vain is the world and all its cares,
Its transports, sorroWs. smiles and tears.
Like bubbles on the murm'r ring stream,
Dancing beneath the moons pale beam,
They rise moment on the heart,
Trouble or please and then depart.
The warriors deeds on battlefield,
His conquests won By sword and shield,
viii only earn transient name
trifinR bauble men call FAME
Which will not, in declining years,
Yield peace or pleasure to his breast,
For oh, how true that blood and tears
Have ever stained the Victor's crest!
The boasted charms Of beauty, too
The rounded form, the cheeks fair hue,
The parting lip, the glossy hair,
Are but the wings which insects wear
When skies are clear and summer lasts,
But which the frosts Of aga will blast.
And in vain the words Of love that's breatheG
At human shrines-trAnsporting vows
Like vapory mists at morning wreathed
Around the forests leafy boughs-
The first rude blast Of misery,
Tho chilling winds Of poverty,
viii sweep them out Of memory.
Oh, vain is earth and all its cares,
Its transports, sorr0ws. smiles and tears,
Like bubbles on tho floating stream,
Dancing beneath the moon pale beam, .
Thoy rise moment on the heart,
Trouble or please, and then depart.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30
Hor.s 7hisv.s again Al worL.

: Several horses were stolen on last Sat-
urday night in the vicinity of this city,
The visits of these bands of thieves seem
TO be periodical, their forays in this quar-
ter being at intervals of about three weeks.
Il is supposed that they have q depot for
the stock in the southern part Of the
StaIe, where it is received by their part
ners, and sent of to market To deliver
the stock at the depot, takes some tins,
hence the regular intervals Of their visits.
An organised vigilance COMMITTEES, we
have reason to believe, could be. put in
possession Of such facts as would enable
them to capture and break up the gang.
Until this is dene, they viii. no doubt,
continue their dspsedatiOna - -IndPead~cs
Ak2s0lqT. ssTsgA - &C sass e lgcl q /.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-30

NUMBER l4.---VOLUME A.

seeks to make known aths Truth, ths,
whole truth, aud nothing but the truth
at whatever cost or hazard. Hew such q
paper-advocasing the noblest cause shat
can engage the attention Of man, and Civ
ing auxiliary support to other great re.
formatory movements appreciated and
sustained, is seen in its petty subscription
list, in its limited circulation, in the covert
and open effort everywhere made for its
suppression; and how other papers, which
espouse the side of the oppressor, make
falsehood and jesuitism their stock IN
trade, and resist every attempt 70 reform
society BY removing old abuses, are en-
eouraged and upheld, may be seen in the
wide circulation and richly remunsrative
income of Bennett's Herald, the New
York Observer, the Journal Of Commerce,
and many others Of Q similar stamp--
What does all this indicate o. to the state
of the country ?-Boston H5ratos