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CufIrg IInms.
The slaughter Of the Porkers begins this
north on all well regulated farms. The
hams and shoulders, destined for bacon, are
liable to be spoiled in two ways-by too
much salt and by too little. Not one ham
III ten offered in the market is properly cured
for human food. Many persons put the hams
in with other pork, and spoil it. Many of
the recipes offered are too indefinite to be of
any service. The following cures bacon fit
for king, or his eldest daughter.
For one hundred pounds of ham take salt,
ten pounds-Turks Island is best-six ounces
of saltpetre, and two pounds brown S gar.
Mix the ingredi nts as evenly as possible
and rub them upon the flesh side of the hams
and shoulders. Pack the hams in clean
cask, skin side downward. Put stone
and board on top of the hams and fill up
with clean cold water so as to cover them.
In few days all will be dissolved and form
a pickle just right. But the salt in solution
is continually sinking to the bottom. There
fore, either change the pickle-pouring it
out and pouring back again-or, if the bar.
rel is but partly filled, roll 1t around a few
times SO as to stir the contents thoroughly,
as ten as once a week. The neglect OF
stirring the pickle, after it is made, spoils
many barrel of hams. In six weeks they
will be cured just right. Smoke them ten
days 10 two weeks, in a cool smoke house.
Put them in tight cloth wrappers, whitewash
the wrappers, and they will keep for years.
This is our family recipe, used for foui teen
years, and always makes quarters of ham,
that keeps the better half in constant good
humor at meal time.-AgrieulturisG
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04
THE TOOTH BIRTHDAY OF BURNS

The one-hundredth anniversary Of the
birthday of the poet whom Whittier truly
calls " the truest, and sweetest of all who
have ever sung of home and love and human
ity,' was celebrated with unusual cnthus-
asm and eclat by the Burns Assoc iations in
New York. Boston, Montreal, Albany, Wash
ington. and. in fact in all the principal cities
of the Continent, on the evening of the 25th.
In New York the poet Bryant presided at
the festival, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
delivered an eloquent address,
In Albany the Scotchmen were in ecstasy
over the delightful privilege enjoyed by them
of singing L" Aud Lang Sync" from Burns
original manuscript.
The most interesting celebration, however,
was in Boston. There a genuine haggi,,
sent across the ocean from Ayr, was a part of
the feast; relics from Alloway Kirk and
from Burns Cottage, Burns Stirrup Cup.
and Locket containing some of the Hair of
" Highland Mary" were exhibited ; letters
from Miss Beggs, (the neice of Burns,) and
other Scotch notabilities, were read toasts
were responded to by Gov. Banks, Ralph
aldo Emerson. n. p. Willis, live Irish
lord-Lord Radstock, and others and poems
written for the occasion were read, by James
Russell Lowell, John G. Whittier and Prof.
o. W. Holmes. We copy the spirited lines
of the latter below
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04

CAUTION TO BEE-kEEPER $.

Now is the time to examine your Bees, for some
Of them in n suffering condition; especially
those that out-of-doors. In many part. of the
county, many swarms have been lost already.
There are many things that will cause the destruc-
ton of bees in winter; few ofthe principal
1 will here name.
First, their occupying badly protected hive,
with little or no ventilation.
Second, there not being inmates enough in the
hive 20 keep up that amount of animal heat which
is required for their existence and welfare. This
is caused, not unfrequently, by their standing out
OF doors.
Thirdly, if the bees are allowed TO fly out when
they choose 1t lisa well known fact with experience
ed bee-keepers that if bees allowed to leave the
hive in winter, they seldom, if ever return; thus
reducing the swarm to a mere handful. And before
they increase and fill their hive it will be past
the swarming, if they not destroyed by robbers
before that time.
Bees often lot with plenty of honey in the
hive, owing to the great rregularity with which the
combs constructed there not being communica
tions through the combs there should be- for the
bees to pass through from one comb to another
and thus giving the bees easy all parts of
tho hive providing the cold and frost does not pre-
vent. All prospecting colonies brood more or less
the year round when such is the they will
never leave their young in search OF food unless it
is easily obtained, They will all die in mass,
especially if the weather be cold, as many anxious
bee-keepcrs have found, to their great dlsappoint-
msnt, upon examining their hives in the spring
fnllouina
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04
MIR, sE>yARD.s SPEECH.

We do not regard Mr.. Stewards speech as
meant to give in full the grounds of his OPP
position to the bill for placing S3O,OOO,OOo
at the disposal of President Buchanan to OPP
crate with in his scheme for the acquisition
of Cuba but only as sketch to show up in
outline some of the gross monstrositics OF the
proposition. The impression seems to he
strong in many quarters that there is no in
tcntion Of pressing the passage of the bill:
but that it was brought in for the Republic
cans to make fight against. in the hope
that from their doing so, something would
turn up to help consolidate the shattered
ranks of the democracy. BE that so. or not so,
Mr.. Seward thought it enough at the out
set, we presume, to show that Mr.. Slidell's
scheme was as ridiculous as it was absurd.
Whenever it appears that the attempt is to
be made in earnest to carry the measure, we
shall see its cnormitv exposed in far deeper
colors than those us d by the New ! DIRK Sc
nator on that occasion. The brief hints which
he threw out will be expanded into argu-
ments of breadth and depth proportionate to
the immense Importance of the subject. His
present speech will do to begin with.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04
THE UNoUIET STATE OF EUROPE.

The late foreign arrivals bring abundant
rumors Of impending war in Europe or at
least Of movements which look that way.
The outbreak, if there is to he any, will be-
gin in the Italian States. which are always
uneasy under the hard rule of Austria. We
cannot believe. however, that there will be
any united effort to break off their yoke.
Help from France or Russia in such n move
is limited at; but we think the Italians
would have about as many fears as hopes
from that sort of assistance. That Austria
is on the alert is manifest from the great
movement Of troops towards Italy.
The correspondent of the London Times
at Vienna, says the spirit of the people OF
Austria has been aroused by the hcctoring Of
Sardinia and the domncerlng of France, and
that they are we'll pleased with the spirit
displayed by the Emperor. No fewer than
ten thousand men were sent by railway from
Vienna. ON Saturday, the Sth. and by We'd
nesdav seventeen thousand more, including
cavalry, were on their way to Italy. Eight
battr, with 100 horses to each battery,
were sent off the next Monday.
The celebrity and ease with which the
troops moved from one extremity of the en-
pire to the other had excited general aston
ishment.
The same correspondent says the Austro-
Italian army now amounts to one hundred
and fifty thousand men. Orders had been
given for all the fortresses in Lombardy to be
completely provisicned
The various rumors have depressing in
huence on the foreign money market. This is
caused we presume, as much by the general
feeling of uncertainty about what is to hap
pen, as By any positive and definite appre-
hension of actual war.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04
THE AUTOGRAPH COPY OF "AULD
LANG SYNE."

The Albany Journal adverts TO the Auto
graph copy of Aud Lang Syne, from which
the '' Burns Club" at Albany, sang, at
their late celebration. The Autograph be-
longs to the Hon. j. V. l.. Pruyn, and its
genuineness is undoubted. The following is
the letter from Henry Stevens, Esq, well
known vermontcr, for many years a resident
in London, and largely engaged in the collec-
ton of valuable books, &C., for the British
Museum, and for many institutions and in
divduals in this country.
VERMONT HOUSE, 40 CAMDEN SQUARE,
LONDON, Jan. 7, 1859.
J. v l.. Pruyn, Esq, Albany
My Dear Sir" Light be the
turf on the breast of the heaven inspired poet who
composed this glorious fragment 60 wrote Burns
on the i7,h of Dec. l7Ss, to his friend Mrs Dunlop
whom he would ieign make believe that Aud Lang
SyHe, came Ira anither han. 1t is now acknowl-
edged 10 nave been based 'on an old song" but
il received its fire from Burns
The annexed fragment" containing A.ld Lana
Syne, is part of a letter to Mrs. Dunlop and Is
beyond all question, in the autograph of burns.
have placed it beside characteristics letter Of tho
poot, dated Feb lIss, bearing his signature and
addressed to John Richmond.
This autograph Of Aud Lang Synt was for many
years in the possession Of my late friend William
Pickering, the publisher and after his death it fell
under Sothesbys hammer, in 1855, to me- at a
price which dare not name, but which would have
gladdened the hearts of the poet and his poor Jean
had they in time reaped the benefit. " For .imsrl-
ca were the only words of the auctioneer that &C
companied the fall Of the hammer; and as peck
eted the precious relic, " for America" was many
times repeated by the poets and scholars present,
who had assembled to witness the sale, with tone
of reluctance at the idea of its leaving the country
that told more Of the value Of the relic than the
gold that paid for it,
Since then have often been importuned to part
with it, both in England and Scotland but my reply
has always been, for Americas where Burns is
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04

by the Committee of the Whole, failed of
adoption. Yeas AZ. nays 145. The bill was
then rejected, SO against 90. A motion to
reconsider led to n rambling talk on the con-
dition which the Government was now in on
the subject of appropriations to support its
foreign missions. Mr.. Letcher of Va. want
ed to know what gentlemen were at Mr.
Nichols of Ohio asked "who has tho power
here, and is responsible for carrying out the
Presidents recommendations ?" Mr.. Letch-
er replied that ait would puzzle Philadel-
phia lawyer to tell" ale did not know if
the majority was made up" "The session
was drawing to close. we must now pass
the bills necessary to,keep the government
in operation, or be called together in an e1-
ira session"
Mr.. Lctcher asked Mr.. Jones of Tehnes-
sec, who had voted against the bill, how
many missions he wanted out.
Mr. Jones replied Persia and Japan.
Mr.. Giddings said this was an appropria-
ton bill, and his vote would depend on Mr..
Letcher's answer to the question, whether
the Committee on Ways and Means intend
to report bill for the appropriation of thir-
ty millions Of dollars to Cuba. Ifso, he
would stop the Administration where it is.
Mr.. Lctchcr replied that such a hill had
cmanatcd from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
Mr.. Giddings repeated his previous re-
marks. lie would take no step in that d.
rection.
The Speaker reminded him of the irrelev-
ancy of the Cuban question at this time.
A wordy passage Of arms then took place
between Mr.. Hughes, of Indiana, and the
Speaker, which led to an apology from Mr..
Hughes before adjournment, and courteous
reply from the Speaker
Divers objections to the bill were stated,
but the motion to reconsider prevailed.
The mission to Persia was stricken out.
The House again voted on the BILL and
again rejected it by 81 against "a.
Mr. Washburn moved to reconsider the
vote, and to lay that motion on the table
and an adjournment followed.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04

REMARKABLE FRAuD.-An ingenious and
dangerous fraud on the national coin has been
detected in New York city, A policeman OBJ
served an Italian woman make number Of
small purchases at different shops, giving in
each ease a five dollar gold piece and recciv-
Ing bills and silver in return. His suspicious
being aroused, he carried one of the gold
coins so paid to bankers for examination who
pronounced it good, An exchange broker
did the same; but on the representation of
the policeman, weighed it and found it
much short of weight. A thorough cxami-
nation showed that by thin chisel or file
gold had been cut out between the two faces,
the vacant space filled up with other metal
tho edge galvanized over and re-miled,so that
detection except by weight was impossible.
About one third worth e the precious me-
tai had been thus cut away. The woman
named Clrm 'uil Birsi was arrested but no
discovery was made of the tools with which
the work was done or of any thing to impli-
cat her husband.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04
POEM OF OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMES.
JASUARY 25th, 1859.

JANUARY 10Th, 1893.
His birthday-Nay, We need not speak
The name each heart is beating
Each gli,tening eye and flushing cheek
In light and fame repeating
We come in one tumultuous tide
One surge Of wild cmotion,-
As crowding through the Firth of Clyde
Rolls in the Western Ocean;
As when yon cloudle,s quartered moon
Hangs DER each storicd river,
The swelling breast of Ayr and Doom
With sca-green wavelets culver.
Tho century shrivels like a SCROLL
The past becomes the present.
And face to face, and soul to soul,
We greet the monarch peasant!
While Shcnstone strained in feeble fights
With Corydon and Phillis,-
While Wolf wa. climbing Abraham's hights
To snatch the Bourbon lilies,
Who heard the wailing infants cry
The babe beneath its Smelling,
Whose song tonight in every sky,
Will shake earth's starry ceiling
Whose passion-breathing voice a.cends
And floats like incense DER US,
Whose ringing lay Of friendship blends
With Labors anvil chorus
We love him, not for sweetest song
Though never tone so TENDER
We love him, even in his wrong
His vastciul sef-surrendor.
We praise him, not for gifts divine
His muse was born Of WOMAN
His manhood breathei in every line,
Was ever heart more human
We love him, praise him, just for this
In every form and feature,
Through wealth and want, through wo and bills,
He saw his fellow-creaturc.
No soul could sink beneath his love-
Not even angel blasted -
No mortal power could soar above
The pride shat all outlasted
All Heaven had set one living man
Beyond the pedants tether,-
Iii. virtues, frailties, liz may scan,
Who weigh. them all together !
fling my pebble on the cairn
Of him, though dead, undying,
sweet Natures nursing, bonniest BARN,
Beneath her daisies lying.
The waning suns the wasting globe
Shall spare the MINISTRIES story
The centuries weave his purple robe,
The mountain-nist of glory
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-04

more read, more admired and moro universally
appreciated than elsewhere aye, than even in his
own Scotland, I procured it, and thithcr it must
60"
nm sorry to part with Avid lang syn, in the
handwriting Of Burns; 80 T was with The Books
Of Washington, now'in the Boston Ahcnmum and
tho Sculptures Of Ninevch, now belonging to the
New York Historical Society, presented by Mr..
Lenox; but do not for moment regret the
vsnt,p,, but rejoice that have had tho oprortu-
nifty, and been tho mean. Of securing these things
to nv country. Thcy are all now in good hands,
and in heright places. Pray guard pour treasure,
and let Americans sing Auid Lang Syne from the
autograph of Burns every hundred years on tho
25th Of January, in commcmorntion Of his birth
day, 1859. am, my dear Pruvn,
For Aud Lang Sync,
Yours sincerely
HENRY STEVENS.