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USExANPLED FEcUyDITY-ISHERiTED CHAR
AcrERIsTIc.-On the second instant Mrs
Eunice Bradley, of johnson, Marshall coun-
ty, Ohio, gave birth 10 eight children-three
bows and FIVE girls. They are healthy. and
dOinr we'll The mother was married to
Mr.. Timothy Bradley in 1858, and has
twice already presented her husband with
twins. He is said to be proud of his treas
ures. and although 4 labOrer, refuses t. part
with any Of them. The three boys haze
been christened after men of n0te-JOshua
r. GIddingS, Elijah Champlin, and James
,Johnson-~ho have acknowledged the com
pliment by testimonials: Mr.. GiddIncs with
a gold medal. Mr.. Champlin with a deed of
iftv acres Of land, and Mr.. johnson with a
COW.
The tendency to plural births is heredita-
~ Mrs Bradley herself being one Of trip
lets. her father and mother being twin chill
dren. and a grandmother the parent of five
pa irs Of twins As hereditary predisposi-
tons are apt to become aggravated, the i'm
agination stands aghast at the prospective
increase OF this family.-N. Y. Ere. Post
Mrs. Brockham, whose case we chronicIed
lately, viii have to try-again, or yield the
palm to Mrs. Bradley. Seven children from
one mother within l. months was doing
pretty we'll but what IS that 10 eight at a
birth
An .Numnus writes to the Rutland Herald
an interesting account Of the late Commence
ment Of the University Of Yermont-and r.
marks
The Exercises Of Commencement Day were
quite up to the mark. We have seldom no
ticed better set Of Themes. Perhaps We
shall be pardoned, while reporting for the
Herald if we call attention to two Orati0ns
delivered by Rutland Co., boys. The one on
Rationalisn, irrational, by Alfred c. Bal
lard of Tinmouth, was an earnest and
thoughtful production. and elected the at
tentiOn alike By the boldne,s Of its positions
and the force Of its delivery RatiOnalism
met with no mercy, and while it professad
not u NEEDLE with s'SpirItuaIism. techni-
calv 50 called, IL was one Of the most potent
arguments against that delusiOn which we
have ever heard. The other Grafton on Free
dom in Obedience, by John |. Gilbert, for
merlv OF Pittsford. was finished production,
rigidly vet gracefully sustaining It's position
that perfect freedom is secured only by I'M
plicit Obedience We bespeak for Mr.. Gilbert
that appreciation which his scholarly attain
ments deserve We are glad 70 learn that
though SIX brothers have made the name
familiar as household words, - in w. NJ.
there Is vet another to follow. We doubt
whether Mr. Curtis had any better right TO
say of Humboldt. than we Of Dea. Gilbert.
''We1 done, good and faithful servant
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their value, and the men were arrested on
suspicion. They plead guilty before the
Police court. One of them was from Yer
mont. the other from Massachusetts,. They
were bound over to the. Superior Court IN
October.
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The BIBLE N ARABIc.-This language Is
spoken by not less than eighty millions Of
people, scattered throughout Syria, Northern
Africa, Arabia, Hindostan and China
Through all the regions, barriers TO the cir
culatiOn of the Scriptures have been broken
down so rapidly as to surprise the most san
guine No kingly or priestly power can ever
set up those barriers again, and loud is now
the call to give the Arabic Bible TO these
acces -ible millions.
The lamented Dr. Eli Smith had carried
new and superior translation Of the New
Testament 70 the last Of Acts, when death
took him away from his loved and all-im-
portant lIbors. The work will, however, be
completed under the skill and energy Of Dr..
Van Dyke, of the Syrian Mission, who is
eminently qualified to succeed DR.. Smith N
the work. Each proof is sent, for criticisms
and suggestions, 70 all the members of the
mission, and also subjected to the most rigid
scrutiny of the most learned Arabic gramm-
arian in Syria This Arabic New Testament
will take rank as a classic, wherever pura
Arabic is spoken. and vet not be beyond The
reach of the common people.
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The LATE SOUTHERN ELEcTI0Ns rs REFER
E~cE To- THE NEXT PREsIDE>cV.-In the face
Of the fact that iu the late Kentucky, Teune-
ssee and North Carolina elections the dem
ocracv have substantially maintained their
ground ON the popular vote. there has been
ID remarkable revolution in the Congressional
schedule Of these three States.
In Kentucky. ten members I'm all. the ou-
position have gained two, which increas-s S
their strength u four, and they have a tie
on the fifth. ~ tie in Kentucky Is settled
hv lottery. the chances are even for the ou-
position candidate Should he win the seat.
the Kentucky delegation viii be tied in the
House five democrats and five opposition
members
In Tennessee the opposition have gained no
less than four congressman, which increases
their strength % seven. and gives them of
the delegation a majority of four.
The opposition have gained Two members
I'm North Carolina, which makes the new
delegation "a tie-tour democrats and four
opposition members.
Thus if the Presidential election should
be thrown into the house of Representatives
as it may be, the reader viii perceive that as
each State, biz or little, gives in the House
only one vote for the President, the dcmocra-
cy have lost two, and perhaps three Southern
States. five add Maryland. even as a tie,
as 1t was in the last Congress, and Texas rs
tie, there will be four. and perhaps five
Southern States upon which the democracy
cannot count should the Presidential election
ON the three highest candidates from the peo-
pie, be carried into the House
In view of this contingency the Southern
opposition party have secured the balance Of
power, which may give them the whip hand
in the settlement Of the question. Bat as
the issue in the House viii not be introduced
till some where about the middle Of February
and as the session (lS6D VIII close on the
18th March. the contest, without a decision,
may exhaust the session. In that event. the
person elected as Vice President. by the pe1-
pie or by the Senate, will become the Presi-
dent, and in view Of this contingency let ev-
cry party concerned remember the impor-
lance Of their candidate for Vice President.
and cut their cloth accordingly. V J.
Herald
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How | STAND WITH THE WoRID.-At Two
O'Clock P. NJ. On Tuesday last we cOnyelsad
with MIR Charles PlimptOn, at the Post On
ce here. where he. in common with five 9TH
er mail agents, daily register their names
when on duty. On this occasion Mr.. Pllm-
ton was busily engaged figuring with blaeA
lead pencil, and when inquired of as to Nha;
he was at, he replied, II am seeing ho'
stand ,cith the tooTld. p" Four hours later the
poor fellow left the world forever. with MS
accounts with it, probably unadjusted--
Rutland Courier
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very damaging criticism of Bishop Char
bonnel's statement published in the Leader
newspaper. According to her remarks,
much of it was made up of adroit lodges. 50
written that the reader would be sure to get
an impression directly contrary to what the
writer knew to be the truth. in many partic-
ulars but for that we have no room.
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i KIND AND WISE HIST.-An angry let
ter. especially if the writer be well loved. il
50 much fercer than an angry speech, 50
much more uncomfortable. There the word,
remain scOrching. not TO be explained away.
not 70 be atOned for by a kiss, not to be soft
ened down by the word Of love that NAV fol-
low 50 quickly upon spoken anger. Heaven
defend me from angry letters They should
never be written, unless 10 school bows and
men at college. asd not often 70 them if they
be any way tender-hearted This at least
should be a rule through the letter writing
world, that no angry letter shall be posted
till four and twenty hours shall have elapsed
since it was written. We all know how
absurd is that other rule, that of saving the
alphabet when you are angry. Trash SIT
down and write your letter. Write it with
all the venom in your power; spit out your
spleen at the fullest-it viii do you good.
You think you have been injured. Say all
that you can say with all your poisoned
eloquence, and crafty yourself by reading it
while your temper Is still hot. Then put in
your desk, and as a matter Of course, burn
it before breakfast the next morning. Be
lieve me that you will then have double
qualification The Berfr1ms.
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Some editor says that the destiny Of the
world hangs on the smallest triaas. A little
milf between Charles Bonaparte and his love-
Letitia, might have broken of marriage
which gave birth TO Napoleon and the battle
OF Waterloo, To which the Chicago AdrsT-
ttssr says Yes, that is a fact Suppose a
little milf had taken place between Adam
and Eve What then -
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DEEP GRIEF.-As two gentlemen were
walking up East Nlerrimack street, yester-
day afternoon, they were so much struck
with the deep sobs ola youngster ofsix years,
as to stop and enquire the cause of them.
When we saw the interrogation this morning
he had not recovered from his surprise at
the reply, which was blubbered out. 1--WE
lost my bull frog - The gentleman is ex-
pected to ignore all crying boys after this
Lowell Ch1en
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= was lately describing to The Bishop
a wedding had witnessed in New York, ana
was eulogizing the beauty of the bride, Oh
whom had shonc the light of only eighteen
summers The hardened offender mercy
replied you would express her age more
satisfactorily, according to the present styls
of skirts, by saying that eighteen sPrins'
had passed over her head. The Pash6.
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HAITIAN PROVERBS Mr.. James Redpatt
publishes in the Tribune in his cOrrespln-
dence from Hayti series Of two hundred
native Proverbs collected by himself The
negro would appear to possess an aptitude
for this species of wisdom. We select a few.
A snake that wishes 70 live should not
walk on the highway" 1t is only the
knife that knows what is in the heart of the
yam. A crab has got ten feet but he
can't walk in ten roads" The cock wears
spurs, but he is no horseman for all that.
''When the OK dies be leaves trouble about
his skin" \ monkey is sure of what is IN
his belly but what's only in his mouth he 3
not sure of. '''Al that | want, said the
mulatto, Is sufficient to enjoy myself The
Bible, the good preacher, who neither eats
nor drinks
Mr.. Redpath adds simple and beautiful
stanza which he found in a book of poems By
a Haytian author, written in French
which he thus translates
LAST WISH OF A MOTHER
Oh God she family said. upon her dying bed,
II I have followed thy div inc behest,
As my entire reward grant this request,
Make me the Guardian Angel Of my babes, when
dead.
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Adjourned to 7tP VI.

BURGLARS STILL ARoUND.-The house of
our townsman DR.. Carpenter. was entered
night before last by some scoundrel, who mar
rowly escaped capture. Some one who had
occasion for the Doctors services, calling at
his house at about O'Clock \. NJ, found
the front door open The Doctor WAS rous-
ed and notified Of the circumstance, and a
search being made man was discovered lust
disappearing through one Of the kitchen
windows. The interruption and the necessity
for a hasty retreat, fortunately prevented
him from securing any booty
Tt is evident that we have fresh aces
sion of burglars in town, and our hoUsekeep
ers win DO well to be careful about leaving
keys in the keyholes Of their outer doors. and
in general to be on their guard
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-08-19
LAST WISH OF A MOTHER.

How" said Mr.. NJ TO Mr.. Y, edo you
accom- plsh 20 much IN so short time Have
you any particular plan?' II have" re-
Piled Mr. Y. "When l have anything to
DO, 20 and do it.
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EXPERIMENTS on The OLD ATLANTIC CABLE
The Buffalo Republic says three pieces of
tine Atlantic Gable. which were purchased
by N-ssrs Tiffany 81 Co. ol New York. have
been laid acr9s, the Mississippi at St. Louis.
in order to put the Office in connection with
the eastern lines The first cable worked
very well for about three weeks. the second
about thirteen hours. and the third. which
was laid SATURDAY. evening, gave out on sun
lav night On Thursday the second cable
was underrun by experienced electricians,
hut no flaw was misunderstanding percep-
tibla To account for the cessation of the work
ing capacity Of the cable. The last cable
was put to a good test, having been entirely
submerged for over two hours before being
laid
The first cable was examined from ST..
Louis TO near the Illinois shore, where the
cable. having been imhedded N the sand,
gave way. Up to the place Of parting there
was nothing perceptible that could lead 20
the discovery ofthe existing trouble The 81
cable also furnishes no evidence, whereby
the cause Of difficulty can be detected. Why
don't the St. Louis experimenters send for
De Sautv Post.
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THL SOCIAL GATHERING

IN the evening, was a successful and pleas
ant affair. The spacious rooms Of the Md
die College were thrown open. and were
filed throughout the evening with i rleasan+
and pleased crowd Of members Of the Associ-
alton with moderate sprinkling Of our own
citizens. MIR. Secretary ADAMS and his fair
lady, received the guests, to whom At half
past eight O'Clock Mr. Adams introduced Mr..
GEO F. EDNuyDs, Esq, who elspaptIv and
eloquently welcomed the Association "a Rur.
Hngton. lie paid glowing tribute 70 the
value of the teacher vocation RECALLING
how he had found on recent oecan+ Of
Mansfield, under the shadow of the rrav
cliffs, little log schoolhousa. he remarked
that the influences from that lonely school
house were as enduring as the rocks. as DO
tent and beneficial as the streams which de-
scend from the hills and water the land.
Now,while learning and eloquenee have fed
from their ancient seats in the old world
and rest on our hill tops, from orr affairs
rise the hopes of the progress of mankind.
g You, teachers Of Vermont. true hearted
children Of the progress of the times. repre-
sent the vital forces of the true prosperity of
the State. 60 on in your noble mission and
the fruits of you. labors shall show the glory
and value of your reward -
Mr.. Edmunds' short speech was briefly and
appropriately responded to, in behalf of the |
Association, by Rev. Mr.. Cushing of Albany
after which Mr.. Adams explained that the
object Of thi scattering waste give the teach |
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THE STATE TEACHTBS' A~SOCI-
ALTON.

..--,,, ..-,,,-,.,, .,,...,.,,rpe. Assault
-
A fine assenblage If Intelligent men and
women, from alL parts o. Vermont, has t.-.-
the Town Han FIR the three days past. 1t
is the largest gathering Of the teacher. 90.
the State yet held. and is a most successful.
and useful meeting.
We To accompany the official Re-
port with notes of some of the more rrgmi-
nent features of the occasion.
FIRST DAY.
PRUsrDE>T PrA--. in opening the ,.n-
pa the morning. congratulated his he.rars ON
the favorable circumstances under which
they met, and on the great progress made in
the cause oi Education in this State during
The three years past They were met.
he slId' To awaken more earnest spirit 10
carry on the good "'ik winch has been com
~snced- Iae teachers Oh our common
SCHOOLS would themselves zoe 'he most ell
c'-A' '.s % promote inns fa9ai,' and De
trusted they would unite To give taar
thoughts ana discussions d practical turn
keeping n Vie" u-at AIMS ami sound the
Dries Of Education. We sua'5in o report Of
tae principal feature Of the forenoon. which
was
REV. DR.. cHILD's ADDRESS.
DR.. Child began by developing the true
market value. So to speak. Of Education. The
perfect idea of Elucltin is the production
al perfect Manhood. and its importance is
a.termined by the value OF man IN the uni
verse. The educators work is as much great
or than the procuring Of raiment. the
making Of money, or the winning Of votes,
as Manhood is greater than all it can fashion
rom the things which surround it, Why
should any ezpsns nee s>1ry to the Irosecl-
lon OF SD momeutous process 'e spared
and what place can be found better fitted for
the great work than Nemout.-whera old
usages are not So d9yc-taileI into the s-ruc-
ture of Society that it must all Doe torn down
before the work can begin,-wIere the right
method of proceeding is already marked out
and where the chief difficulty in the Uay lies
in the slfshue,s and ms ia1lr of human
nature.
High rs is the comparative Inte,Ii-e1c. Of
the yelmanry of Vermont, TIE cultivation of
the mass OF our people is narrow and mel-
yre to a painful extent. True. there are few
descendants Of the Pariuu stock who cannot
read, write and cipher, and those accomplish
nents are extending among the immirrants-
5u- reading. writing and arithmetic ara mt
,qrloat,oa. and the average tone Of converse
lion Of the social circle. which. after The
-o,,ics of Marty ,,,1i+ice and rho br,sl;,....r
Merinos and Blackhawks are exhausted.
commonly drops into the merest personal
gossip, shows how much Is still needed.
The speaker went on to group hls remarks
about the two general questions TIh1t IS
the Education 7cEiol should Be almed a.? and.
Ho,e shall II be aitaiaea2
The object Of all education Is to mako
every man the most of a man of which he is
CAPABLE. The process begins in the common
school, and nothing can, for the thoughtful
observer. surpass in interest ~, a.s.mblaqa
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each others acquaintance as speedily and Ell
fectually as possible.
This they proceeded very generally to DO.
Music on the piano, and singing, both OF
single voices and of some ouartette clubs ex-
temporized upon the spot, helped to diver
sify the entertainment Of the evening, and
the time appeared to pass pleasantly with
all, TIL the gathering broke up, in good
season.
Second Day.
Afther some other business was done, the
. discussion on Reading, laid on the table
Tuesday afternoon, was resumed.
Dr.. WHEELER's REMARKS.
Rev Dr. Wheeler said it could not be too
strongly impressed on all that learning to
read was not a thing to be done in a season !;
but was the employment of life.-There
could be no rule Of proceeding alike for all.
Differences of age, sex. degree ofculture and
other peculiarities must be regarded. Single
cases serve for illustrations, but cannot be
taken to represent all. \ necessary clement
Of all good reading Is distinctness OF utter
ance, for letters, sylIableS and words. With
out tins, good rea ing is impossible-yet its
importance is overlooked in schools-the
child is ordered To speak louder, when in
most cases greater distinctness is the thing
wanted. This defect prevails to an I'M
thought-or extent. OF what was said by
some who had spoken here. much was lost to
the hearers from that cause. The conso-
nant sounds are those on which the chief
failure lies. lie had never heard "a child
read really jad'y, whose utterance was tho
roughly distinct. \ clear-speaking scholar
is almost always a clear-thinking scholar on
all subjects. The teacher is often vexed that
the child does not express fully the seuti-
yment of what he reads. Often it is far be-
ond the child- comprehension. 1.-The can
be led to express well what he does under
stand, 1t is all thar can be expected.
In reference to an inquiry made yesterday,
DIR " remarked that written language for
tbo most .,sr- +. ogite different from that of
.,,,,o~s,-io, and different from most Of the
speaking from lAe stump as inc
phrase Is ana from ilUch OIL
that before '.' courts eSi-''l-is III ''.'s
country Inc awkward 5 'yie Oh most o' '-1
d.
t5.b.,-sr sr,al;r, IF tso rnrr;sl par,ia-
,oar+ is OWING to the fact thar our sneaker.
49,. comedians +lo+ rho .I,,. ,tr,s.. and H.
l,z-r.+;.rs 81, ,,.,.b ,,s,5 I,, +ho., IN .4.lras.
,,-. -,,l.i-.l. .r. nm. # nine, F, . son
no.. .-l. .b.,. +r. .l..,,- +bs 1a-..,,-,
h..l. TIA f,-r,,-i,,, NJ , ~,,3 s,,l. or
speaking is the WORK of a life time. The
remarks of DR.. Wheeler were exceedingly
pertinent and instructive
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Among the notable things brought out on
Saturday (before the Scientific Association at
Springfield, last week., was the skeleton oil
whale found on the line of the Rutland and
darlington Railroad, in the Town Of Char
Iotte. in 1919 The Republican says
II was exbumed from one of the deep excava-
tions. and is in good state of preservatlon-but
few bones being wanting. 1t was found many
hundred feet above the sea- Whicn Is eohSIusl1e
thar the ocean once rolled over the Green Noun
tains This skeleton belongs to the State Cabinet
of vermont and is part of the valuable collection
Of +be late Prof Z. Thompson, illustrating more
nerfectlv than any other collection, the Zoology OF
Vermont.
Smoking of whales in Vermont, it would
be a relief to the skeptical to know how far
below the surface Of mother earth these bones
were found. Charlotte is many hundred feet
above the sea 50 is Cancels Hump several
thousand. and its neighbor, Mansfield
Mountain. vet higher, being 1879 feet
elevation above the sea. and the highest
noint in Vermont. Whalebones are certainly
portable, and it is at least supposable that
some cute Yankee may have transported the
bones thither. 1t occurs to US that no very
deep excavations were required for the Rail-
road track through Charlotte-a generally
level township on the lake shore. This Is a
large fish story, anyhow.
The skeleton referred to, was exhumed
from Il clayey stratum underlying a sloping
piece Of ground, and was about eight feet
below the surface and sixty feet above the
level of Lake Champaign, and about hun
dred and fifty feet above the level Of the ocean
\ particular account of its discovery, with
accurate representations of the different parts
Of the skeleton and of 49, r-..u of
the locality. Is given in the Appendix to
thompson History OF Vermont, from the
pen Of Mr.. Thompson himself IL took
many Of the bones from the earth with his
own hands, and investigated the subject with
his usual patience and impartiality. and no
thing has ever appeared to contradict the
facts a. he gave them to the public or to
weaken his conclusions
Il is enough to say here, that the skeleton
was found in the same formation which,
stretching along on both sides of Lake Cham
plain contains fossil marine shells in vast
numbers. of genera and species, whose hr'rg
representatives abound in the Atlantic on
the shores of New England and higher north
ern lati,uias a, the present day. We have
gathered them by thousands in many locali
ties at from 80 to 100 feet above the present
eyel Of the lake Such marine shells were
found with tie skeleton To suppose that
any cute yankee transported the whale bones
aforesaid and buried them where they were
found, is as wild as it would be to suppose
that "a few hundred thousand Irishmen were
employed, atsome unknown time of the past,
to cart shells from Massachusetts, Bay and the
Bay Of Fundy, over the Green Mountains.
and to bury them in the high clay banks Of
Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence.
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ELIZABETH STARR

To the above Miss Starr adds that she did
req rest the Bishop and priests to keep her
secret lest her father should prevent her
from becoming Catholic and a nun-and
oiames herself for so doing, and them for ac-
ceding to her fathers wishes. She adds that
she remains Catholic and has no thoughts
OF being otherwise. There follows from her