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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

AMERICAN REFINED SOCIETY,". Some
Europeans who make hasty visits to the United
States. often write home the most ridiculous
nonsense. Here is the latest instance, furnished
by one who undertakes to enlighten the " old
folks at home, as to the state of society
here
g In the most refined society it is the custom
for the gentlemen to bring a ijacknfe along for
the purpose of exercising his skill upon the
various articles Of furniture, from which they
chip off largo pieces, then whittle them into
smaller ones, strewiug the carpet with shayings.
Ladies who are in the habit Of receiving much
company guard against having their rosewood
furniture abused, by placing basket contain
ing various kinds of wood upon the centre ta-
bic, and the gentlemen with fow exceptions
take the hint and respect 5he furniture" "
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

INSURANCE QuIBnEE. agent of the
Transatlantic Telegraph Company has just re-
turned from England with flee in his ear. 1t
seems the lost cable was insured in England
but when application was made for the pay
ment of insurance, the company declined, on
the ground that the cable was axactly where the
narties wanted it-at the bottom of the ocean
These British insurers must have taken hint
from the story of the negro sailor cook, who
approached the captain one morning with an
anxious face and said, g Massa, be anything
lost when you know where It's ?'' " No, you
fool said the captain, g Berry glad to hear
it, said Cuffy, ' cos our new coffee tea kettle
Just fall overheard. g But tant lost, Massa,
eos we know where tbs. ~. Y. Mirror
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

PRoNPT.-Ex Governor Boutwell, told the
following at recent Educational Convention
in Pittsfeld
" A Yankee schoolmaster went over from
Massachusetts, into York State last fall. and en-
gagged a school. He was told that there was
one family Of unruly boys who had turned the
last teacher out of dooss, and would try the
the same game on him. The master resolved to
begin with firm hand, and establish his au-
thority at the outset On the first day of
school all went on smoothly none of the re-
bellious tamily-the Litchfeds-were there.
The next day the same. On the third day a
stout young fellow of eighteen or nineteen ap-
peared and when the teacher asked his name,
to record it, he learned it was Litchfeld. All,
your name is Litchfeld Just step out here
And bringing him into the middle of the floor
he commenced whaling him with all his might,
till the frightened youth fed for his life.
There, said the triumphant pedagogue, l
understand those Litchfelds threaten to turn
me out of doors. but we'll see who is master
here
The boys laughed and seemed to enjoy it SO
much that the excited hero of the birch de-
manded an explanation, and found to his dis
may that he had hogged the wrong youth--a
very inofensive lad of highly respectable fam
lily, whose name had led to a mistake. The
schoolmaster thought a stitch in TINA would
Save nine," But unfortunately he took it in the
wrong place.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

A FOREST INA LAKE. "A Correspondent OF
the Nav Orleans Delta, writing from Virginia,
speaks of the Great Salt Pond, near White
Sulphur Springs, as follows : 6 1t derives its
name from the fact that some years ago the
inhabitants used to place salt in the valley
where the pond now exists, to attract deer and
cattle. There was spring which rose in this
valley, and after flowing short distance above
ground, descended into mother earth. To this
spring the animals came to drink. From their
trampling or some other cause its passage into
the earth was closed. The valley by degrees
filed with water, which, being unable to escape
on ace )unt of the maintains, submerged the
forest. 1t now covers space from 300 to 40'
wards across and rea ches depth of 80 to 81
feet. This water is SO clear that you can se
the submerged forest II presents most sin
gular appearance. Upon looking down, on I
still day, you might imagine yo" saw city
dead giants before you, so fantastic are th
shapes assumed by the trees,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

Before the time of Pope Innocent Ill. QllS)
there was no solemnization of marriage in the
church, but the bridegroom came to the BRIDES
house and led her home to his own, which was
all the ceremony then used.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

rary DEPRESSION from the course we first inten-
ded to pursue, namely, that of conining our
selves to the fixed stars, we close this article
already too long. ORION.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

An honest Dutchman, on being asked how
often he shaved, replied '' Dree times week
every tay but Soontay; den | shafe efer y
tay.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28
The Use Of Coal, "A Curious Delusion,

The anthracite coal of Pennsylvania has been
used for only thirty-one years, and vet the con-
sumption amounts already to the enormous fg-
nres 3,5o0,00O tuns each year, The Philadel-
phia CORRESPONDENT of the New York Tribune
relates the following most extraordinary fact
respecting the persecution which the person
suffered who brought the first sample of coal to
Philadelphia. 1t is hardly credible:
" Thirty one years ago ths first coal came to
Philadelphia-being ten wagon loads hauled
over the mountains by George Shoemaker of
Potsville. Very few persons could be induced
to purchase it, and most Of these were wholly
unsuccessful in their attempts to make it burn.
Everybody considered it mere stone. Mr.
shoumaker was denounced in all quarters as a
cheat, and measures ,cere being taken to arrest
Inn for sw'ndhng; but he escaped arrest by
leaving the city by circuitous route.
The most remarkable feature in this extraor
dlnary speculation was that Mr.. Shoemaker
did not himself know how to make the coal
burn. lie was therefore unable to convince the
public that it really would ignite. Had he ex-
permented at home, and brought with him
CRATE or stove, in which to kindle successful
fire, the exhibition would have no doubt has.
tened full ten years the Development of the
coal business He reached his home, disguised
at the belligerent temper of our citizens, and
heart sick at the i'll success of his adventure
His reputation as an honest man was rescued,
however, by an iron master in Delaware county,
into whose hands some of the repudiated min
eral fell. He tried the coal, and caused it to
burn freely with an intense heat, and was so
pleased with it that he proclaimed the fact in
the newspapers. This led others to try, and
they also succeeding, this prejudice was re-
moved, and consumption went on from this
beginning, until it last year reached the enor-
nous quantity of 3,47O,S72 tuns."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

A gentleman being asked by lady if the
Partisan ladies were handsome, replied 80" /
thought so, madam, before had the pleasure
Of seeing you
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28
$50 1)ri2e Gale.

Entered according of Congress, in the year 1885,
by y s BovcE in the Clerks Office of the District Court
of the District of Vermont.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

What time governs the movements of a
drunkard? Ans Cidcreal time
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-08-20

EROHATE ORDER.

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-Co County Of Van Buren,
- -SS--At session of the Probate Court for the
County Of Van Buren, holden at the Probate Office
IN the village of Paw Paw, on Monday, the second
day Of August in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and iftv-eight.
PRESENT-A. W. NASH, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Thomas story,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,
Of Henry c. Story next Of kin of said deceased,
praying that letters of Administration may be
granted to him or some suitable person the es-
tate of said deceased.
Thorcupon it is ordered, That Monday, the thr-
tieth day of August at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing of said etiton,
and that the heirs at law of said deceased and all
other persons interested in said estate required
to appear at session of said Court, then to be
holden at the Probate Office, in tho village OF Paw
Paw, and show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer of the petitioner should not be granted And
it is further Ordered, that said petitioner give no.
ice to the persons interested in said estate, of the
tendency of said petition, and the hearing thereof,
by causing copy of this Order 70 lie published in
tho Trus Noltherncr" a newspaper printed and
circulating in said county of Van Bureu three suc-
cessive weeks, previous 10 said day of hearing.
A. W. NASH,
l73-3w. Judge of Probate
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MORTGAGE SALE.
I2w170

WHEREAS, default has been made in the
w payment OF certain sums OF money tho pay
ment of which was secured by a certain indenture
of mortgage bearing date the eleventh day of
December, 1857, executed by George White and
his wife Abigail Ann White, of the county of Van
Buren,, and State of Michigan, to james Cowgirl,
of Kalamazoo county, Michigan, and recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds for the county of
Van Buren, aforesaid on the 3lst day Of Decem-
Der, 1857, at o'clock p. NJ in Liber of mortga-
ges on page SIS, which mortgage there is claim
ed to be due and unpaid at the date of this notice,
the sum Of eighty-fv and fifteen one hundredths
dollars, 1885, 49, and no suit or proceedings at
law or in chanceIy having leen instituted to col
lect the samor any part thereof;
Notice il therefore hereby given that by virtue
Of power of sale contained IN said mortgage and
IN pursuance Of the Statute in such made and
provided, the premises IN said mortgage described,
to-wit: "The west twenty four acres Of the east
half Of the west west half OF the north quarter
of section number eleven, an in town four, 81
south Of Range thirteen, 49, vest in the county
Of Van BureN aforesaid will be sold al public Guc-
ton to the highest bidder at the Court House in
the village Of Paw Paw, tthnt being the p!hcs for
holding the Circuit Court for said county Of Van
Buren, on tho 30th day Of October 1855, at one
o'clock in the afternoon Of said day by the sheriff
Or his deputy.
Dated August Sd, 1859
l73-l2w. JAMES C0WGILL,
Mortgage
NATHAN II. BITsiY, Atty.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

w HEEEAS default has been made in the pay
w ment Of certain suns Of money, the payncar
Of which was secured by indenture Of mortgase
dated the first day OF June, 1855, executed II
William Ihlin6 and Charlotte Ihling, his wife a:
Porter Township, Van Buren, County, Mich:ckr
TO John Smolk of Antwerp TOWNSHIPS, Coanty azc
State aforesaid the land and premises he-e.a
after described, which mortgage wa duly record
ed in tho oft:c0 Of the Register Of Deeds c. Va
Ruren County, Michigan, OF the ninth day o.
August, a. D.; 1885, at one o'clock, P. h. Il
L.Der L " Of Mortgage on pages l56 aid ~ !;
which mortgage snd the debt secured thereby "a
dmy assigned by caid John Smolk to LeYis Il
Welldin, BY assignment dated July %, 1857, 40
recorded ii the Registers Office aforesaid OF tn
18th day OF January, A. D., 1858, st FIVE o'clock
p. NJ. IL Liber g =" OF Mortgages, On page ~
md which mortgage there is claimed 10 10 duo
and unpaid at the date Of this office, for principal
and interest, the sum Of five hundred aHd eighty
TWO dollars and thirty-two cents 1852 ,32) and
proceedings at Law or in chancery having been in
stitUted % recover the amount occurred by sand
mortgage or any part thereof;
Notice is hereby given thst ~ virtue o.: pow
or Of sale contained in said mortgage. which power
has become operative by the default aforesaid aud
in pursuance OF the statute ia such prov iced
the said mortgage will lie forecioaed by sale the.
mortgaged premises therein described, to-wit ::
" The following described premises situated in IT,
County of Van Buren, and State of Michigan ana
being part Of the south east quarter of section,
of section twenty-eight, being ninety acres oil
from the west side of said fractional quarter sec
tons and bounded follows west by the quarter
line running north and south through said sac
tons north by the Lake on said seton twenty
one south by the Lake section twenty-eigh'
and east by line parallel with the cast line Of
said sectons-and nineteen chains and sixty-six
links distant therefrom leaving one hundred acre
the east side of said fractional quarters all in
township number four south of range numbc-
thirteen west, which premises will be sold a pup-
lie vendue to the highest bidder, at the court house
in Paw Paw in said County of Van buren, (tha,
being the place Of holding the circuit court for
said county on the twenty eighth day Of Angus.
next, \. D., 1853, az ten o'clock in the forenoon,
b. the sheriff OF said county his deputy, OF VI
der sheriff, subject one inssluaent Of said NOR;
gage not yet due.
Dated, June Let, A. D., 1853.
LEWIS II. WELLDIN, Assignee
S. II. BIAcKNAS, Attorney. wiz.
lG,e
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made IN the psymsnt q
~ q certain sum Of money secured 10 he PAID "
an indenture Of mortgage bearing date The az
tesnth day Of April, A. d. 1855, executed By ChsA
NJ 0dell and Hannah X. 0dell, his wife, Of Paw
Paw, Van Rursn county, Michigan, 70 Hiram Soy
land, of the same place, on the premises horeln-
after described and which mortgage was duly re-
corded in the Office Of the Register Of Deeds, fos
the county Of Van Buren,, State Of Michigan, OK
the sevsntsenth day of April, A. d. 1865, at
o'clock A. NJ. In Liber OF mortgages, ON pages
$50 and $40, and which mortgage was duly
and assigned by said Hiram Suyland to james
Harris Of said county of Van Buren,, by an assign
mont dated the fourteenth day Of May A. d. 1855,
and recorded In the Registers Office aforesaid on
the l4th Of May, A. d. 1853, at o'clock p. NJ.
in Liber d, Of mortgages, On pages Sal and SAG
aid which mortgage was afterward assigned by
said James Harris to Henry w. Rhodes, of the
county Aforesaid by an assignment dated the tenth
day Of December, A d 1855, and recorded in the
Registers ONCE aforesaid on the tenth day Of De
cember, d 1855, at half past / o'clock P NJ in
Liber OF mortgages on page AT and which
mortgage was aftsrward duly assigned by said Hen
~ Rhodes Jno. Everett Of the county aforesaid
by an assignment dated the seventh day of July,
d 1856, and recorded In the Registers Office.
aforesaid on the eleventh day Of July, A. d. 1856
at 6 o'clock p n in Liber Of mortgages on page
426, and on which mortgage there is claimed to be
due and unpaid at this date, July sth, 1858, the
sum Of one hundred and hfty-thre dollars and
sixty-six cents being for the second and
part Of the third installments and interest to date
and no proceedings at law in chancery having
been instituted TO recover the amount secured ~
said mortgage Or any part thereof;
Notice is therefore hereby given that by virtue
of power of sale contained in said mortgage,
which power has become operative by the default
aforesaid and in pursuance Of the statute in such
case provided the premises encountered by said
gage to wit: Lot number two In block number
twenty four in the village Of Paw Paw in tho
county OF Van Barren, and State Of Michigan, ae-
cording to the recorded plat of said village with
the appurtsnsnces or 30 much thereof will be
essary TO satisfy the amount due on said mortgage
and cost of sale will be sold at public auction or
vendue to the highest bidder, subject to one suhse-
quent installment Of said mortgage yet to become
due of one hundred dollars and interest, a; the
Court House, in the village of Paw Paw, in said
county, that being the place Of holding the crcuie
court for said county the second day of October
A. D. 1858, al o'clock in the afternoon, by Ito
sheriff Of said county his deputy orssNker sheriff
Dated July sth, 1855
JOHN c. EVERETT,
l6s-l2w. Assignee,
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MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAULT having been made in TIE payDen; u
~ q certain sum of money secured 10 be paid by
certain Indenture of mortgage bearing date OIL
the twenty-eight day Of June, one thousand oight
hundred and fifty seven, made and executed by
Charles F. Wilson and Margann, his wife, of De
catur, in the county of Van Buren,, and State OF
Michigan, as mortgagor 10 Aaron Barney, Of Ham
iton, in said county, and State, az mortgage.
which said mortgage is recorded in the Office Of
the Register Cf Deeds In and for said county Of
Van Buren the Sd day o: July, A 1887, at Z
o'clock p NJ in Liber r, of mortgages on page 4s7
upon which said mortgage there is claimed TO be
due and payable at the date Of this notice the sum
Of one hundred and twenty five dollars and TWEEN
tyone cents, (sl25,2l,) and no proceedings at Law
or in equity having been, had or instituted TO re-
cover said sum Of money TO be paid as aforesaid by
said indenture OF mortgage or any part thereof;
Therefore notice is hereby given that by virtue
of power Of sale in said mortgage contained and
of the statute in such made and provided said
mortgage will be foreclossd by sale Of the prem
ses described in said mortgage and the lands and
premises described in and covered by said mort
gage to-wt: All that certain tract or parcel of
land known and described as follows, to-wit: Lot
Humber eighteen in B, c, according to the village
lister of Deeds in Van Buren, county and State Ct
Michigan, on the 18th day Of July, A d 1850 will
be sold at public auction vendas TO q highest
bidder at the Court House In the village of Paw
Paw, in said county of Van Buren,, (thst being the
place of holding the Circuit Court In and for the
county Of Van Buren, on the 9Th day Of October.
ID 1858, ut the hour of ten (l0) o'clock in tic
forenoon Of that day. AARON BARNEY,
Dated July 5th, 1853. Mortgage.
DURKEE 4 BOWEN,
l69-12w. Attys. for Mortgages.
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GUARDIAN SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue and in
~ pursuance OF license granted to me by the Pro-
bate Court for the county of Van Buren, and State
of Michigan, shall sell at public auction TO the
highest bidder at the Court House in the village OF
Paw Paw in said county the eleventh day OF
September next at ten o'clock in the forenoon All
the right title and interest of Elmira Tilford, En-
ma Tilford and Elizabeth Tilford, minors, in and
for the following described real estate, towi The
south half of the northwest quarter and the north
east quarter of the southwest quarter of section
one, in township four, A. south Of Range fifteen,
Is, west all in Van Buren, county, State Of Michi-
gan.
Paw Paw, July 25th 1858.
WILLIAM II. TILFORD,
l70-6w. Special Guardian.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

NOTICE 10 hereby given that by virtue and 10
~ pursuance of license granted to me by II
Probate Court for the county Of Van Bs rem:
shall sell at public auction to the high est bidd a
on the premises to be sold in the town ship Of Ar
lington, in said county Of Van Buren,, the four
teenth day of August, A. d. at ten O'Clock A. ID
The following described real estate belonging 70
the estate of Albert Pulls, deceased to-wit The
west half of the south quarter Of section eight
township two, south Of range fifteen west, in Var
Buren, county, and State Of Michigan.
Paw Paw June 18th, 1859.
EBENEzER l.. TUCKER,
leS-4v. Administrator
The above sale is postponed until the twenty
fifth day Of September, 1858, at the same place
hour above mentioned.
EBENEZFB L. TUCKER.
I76-sixw. Administrstor
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HOWARD ASSOCIATIONS,
Philadel phta.


A benevolent Institution, established by specia
endowment for the relief OF the sick and distressed
afflicted with virulent and Epidemic diseases.
ITO all persons afflicted with sexual Diseases
i as SPERMATORRHEA, SEMINAL WEA <
SYPHILIS, the Vice of 0NANISM, OF SELF
ABUSE, &C., &c.
The HOWARD ASSOCIATION, in view of the
awful destruction Of human life caused by sexual
diseases, and the deceptisns practsed upon the un
fortunate victims Of such diseases by Quacks, seye
raj years ago directed their Consulting Surgeon, Us
q CHARITABLE ACT worthy of their name, to
open a Dispensary for the treatment of this class
OF Diseases in ell their forms, and to give MEDl-
CAL ADVICE GRATIS, to all who apply by let
ter, with description of their condition, (age,
occupation, habits of life &c.,) and in cases of cx
IRENE poverty, 20 FURNISH MEDICINES FREE
OF CHARGE. 1t is needless to add that the AS
ISOLATION commands the highest Medical skill OF
the age and viii furnish tho most approved mod
ern treatment.
The Directors, on q rryiew of The past, feel as
sured that their labors in this sphere Of benevolent
effort, have been Of great benefit TO the afflicted es
peeially to the young, and they have resolved to
devote themselves, with renewed zeal, to this very
important but much despised cause.
just Published by the Association, Report on
Spermatorrhaa, or Seminal Weakness, the Vice Of
Opanism, Naturalization or SSlf-Abuse, and other
Diseases of the Sexual 0rgans, by the Consulting
Surgeon, which will be sent by mail, lin sealed
envelope,) FREE OF CHARGE, on receipt OF
TWO STAMPS for postage.
Address, for Report or treatment, DR.. dEOhdE
r. CALHOUN, Consulting Surgeon, Howard As
ISOLATION, No South Ninth Street, Philadelphla.
Pa. BY order OF the Directors.
EZRA D. HEAkTWELL,
l4s-tf President
GEO. FAIRCHILD, Secretary.
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HIGHWAY COMMIyNERs NOTICE.

THE Commissioners of Highways of the town
i ship of Lafayette in the county of Van Buren,,
and State of Michigan, will meet at the Bridge
across the Paw Paw river, near the Phoenix Mills
in said township, on Monday the twenty fourth
day of August, 1858, at one o'clock in the after
hoon for the purpose of letting the job to the low
est bidder of furnishing the materials and doing
the work Of Planking and putting the Railing to
said Bridge. The specifications and manner oi
doing said work will be made known at the time
and place above mentioned.
Lafayette, Mich, Aug. 10th, 1858.
RAW. s. MURCH, Commissioners.