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Fire Proof Safes in the World

aHE Il Z ANO r n II ~
oEKTIEIcATEs OF APPROVAL, IN COMPARISON
WITH OTHER sAFKs.
Grafton December SO, ls5s-
liessTs. Sheuvin ond Burgess, Agents for Mar
lands Patent II ire Proof Safe-GsatLeneR IL
have examined the MGrlsnd's Patent Safe in
your store, and so far as am able to Judge oil its
Fire Proof Qualities, believe the principles up
on which 1t Is built, the most redaile In resisting
heat, Of any Fire Proof Safe, that has come nm
der my observation, and particularly recommend
1t " the attention Of our Probate Districts that
are now supplying themselves. for the preserva-
tion of tssir Records. BENZ. W. DEAN,
SEQ. Of State.
Brattlebsro, December 3D., 1855.
This may certify that we have exam med the
Narland's Patsut Fire Proof Safe, exhibited 10 n
By Mr. Arson Hardy, and that in our opinion,
MGTland's Safe would be q reliable one 10 2uT-
chase COR tbs use OF the Probate Courts
A. SToDDARD. Probate
Middlsbury, April f7th, 1855.
Ehs Legislature Of Vermont Ut its lsst session,
passed law making Il the duty Of the County
Judges 10 procure Fire Proof Safes, in which 10
deposit Probate Records In discharge of that
duty we have spent some time n examining
number Of Ssfes-We have come 10 the conclu-
sion that the Marlanis Safe manufactured by NJ
B. Bigelow and Arson Hardy Of Boston, Masa, is
superior 10 my other we have examined, for It's
Fire Proof qualities. We have bought q safe of
that description for the New haven Probate Dis.
tiet, and are well satisfied With the workman
ship, apparent strength and durability.
". W. @. WRloAT, Ass't. Judges OF AID
n. o. SMITH disou County Court.
M. b. BIGEL0W & ANSON HARDY,
Manufacturers and Propristors,
s2 School street, opposite City Hall, Boston, Mass
IA SHELDON, Of Middleburv, 49,,
Comfy Treasury. Assn'
~. DUEKLzE, Burlington, A,.u,.
LIZ A. LAEDos, Rutland AeeA's'
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WRAPPING PAPERS.

Over 1000 lbs Wrapping Paper, just received
including Manila. Hemp, Rag and Straw, all
sizes and weights, to which the attention of mer-
chants and consumers is invited. We intend to
make this prominent branch Of our business,
and Merchants may depend upon finding large
stock, all of which wilt be sold at Los Prices,
Please call and examine.
A. H. COPELAND.
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PIANOS AND MELODEONS.

Also Pianos uneu.
The undersigned can and win sell Pianos from
any all tbs principal makers 10 2oston, New
York and Albany, Tor less than can be found any
where else north Of the city of Troy, They in
vite any one about to purchase to call and exam
inc for themselves. Every instrument fully
warranted and kept in tune one year free OF
charge. Mr.. A. W. Powers will continue 70 tune
Pianos in Middlebury, Cornwall ano Bridport,
three times year until further notice 10 given.
Next regular time OF tuning at Middlebury, frat
week in August. PARTRIpsE 4 PowEEs-
Burlington, July s, 1859. laiy
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TO MILL CIV NEli ;

w \ f. j. IL go N !. a..
tut subsrlhei. NutLl cui 90, attention Il
those interested "a e.Nt tuc, A" iUe taii-
ch1dN' EAcelfiOi Vice. fcrrf.i.t q, tnf..t
hey have beou severely it,,.. tIti he most
approved non and WOOL wiccs. .lo iu ii cases
when properly pui in, have p'o.'' ii'r, -uper'-
GRITTY.
The following ore sunIr ot Il, a..an,.ees we
claim Tor the wheel
list, They will give as greet pr, 'rni % power
of the water n any other Nhtel, o. moco '-
cost.
I'd, hey are placed inside tie hune near the
surface of the water, consequently uey Jccupy
nc space outside the hums, aud sle easily Access
sibls.
Sd, Tbey TIE never affected b. irost u.r tin
dered by ice
4th They are hot liable " OGsu4euon ty
leaves sticks, saw-dnst, &c, nor 10 b. orokenby
anything getting into them.
9th, They can be run without geanns, getting
the power entirely with bet-, and ais equally ap.
phcabe to horizontal or 10 uprigh hats.
9Th They cnn be 20 constructed as TO perform
any number Of revolutions up 10 5000 per minute
and hence are peculiarly adapted 10 work re-
quirng high spesc at the same time being eqslly
APP icuble to all other uses
The wheels When sold are complies with shalt
frame and driving pulley, ready To belt onto, ana
can be afforded at less price than any 0 her
wheels now in use We should be happy hear
from parties in want Uf wheels aud for the sake
Of introducing them We will personally examine
privileges and put ia the wheels II 0ui own risk,
and if they do not perform as W say We viii
;ake them o,t, ana no gu. s;ions asked. For fur
ther particulars address
GROVER 4 HAKRISoToS, sole Agents
Eagle Iron Foundry and Machine shop
Bennington. VI
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4 FEW COPIES

OF Prof G. NJ. Boardman's Baccalaureate Ad-
dresses, be ore the Glass OF 1868, of Middleoury
College, can be obtained, II apphed Tor soon,
Sing copies sent by mail on RECEIPT o. 10 SeD''
by A. H. WI hLAH1
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Leather setting.

This community has long been in need OF place
where this article could be procured. We would
now inform all in want of Betting that it can be
obtained in any quantity and width desired al
ION Mav ISIS J. DAYENP oRT'S.
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CALL AT BECKWITH's

Ii you want PAPER HANGINGS. 1000 Iols
various qualities at low prices, Just received.
March, 1853.
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1900 lbs. Northern Glover Seed
Received at YALLETTE'S.
March %.

CATERS FOR rs CENTS.
Pat Foxsd Cloth Caters for the very low
',ios Of rs cents pair, at
wiLcox's Shoe Store,
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w H E A r

900 bushels Wheat wanted Immediately on
poor accounts and good accounts, old accounts
and new accounts, and in exchange for Goodsby
Nov. 20, 1858. ii. 4. SHELDON.
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PAPER HANGINGc

Another addition 10 my stock of
WALL PAPERS,
this day received z. BECKWITH.
April 9, 1869.
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" A PHYSICIANS LEGACY n
TO YOUNG MEN

\ lew ration
aland ClisinteT
ested remarks g.,
III pamphlet
form, Of go
pages,on Sem
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Nocturnal l.
mi sions Loss
Of Memory,lu-
capaeit! for
study Of bus
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BAYLER's CARRIAGE BAZAAR,

VI FEDERAL S1REET, BOSTONI
DUDLEY n. BAILEY has on hand, and j. CON
stantly receivi from the most celebrated man
uidetures in the country, the largest and best as
sortment OF Carriages, consisting Of COACHES.
Barouches, Caryalls, Top and Open Bugsies'
Concord Express, and Covered Wagons, not 70
be found at any Establishment in the state. Auc-
ton Sales OF Horses, Carriage, &c &c, every
saturday, AZ IL O'Clock, in the spacious area Of
the Bazaar. DUDLEY II. BALL
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TO Newspaper Book, and Job Printers.
CUERNSEY'S PATENT POWER CYLN
DER PRIN ING PRESSES are considered to be
the best ever brought into the msIket--eost,
smpli, ty, durability, and xualty Of work con-
sidered. Newspaper size, prints a form &c by Il
inches jobting size, ls by 20 inehes. For press
or particulars apply TO.
JOHN STILES. Is State Street, Bostou.
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TEAS, COFFEE AND SPICES.
10 County superintendent
Town Agents in Vermont
Pure Wines and Liquors.

The well established Importing House OF
CHARLES BAcKMAN, So Front Street,Nsw fork,
hes made large and extensive sales of the best
descriptions Of Pure Wines and Liquors to Town
Agents in this S ate, and will continue to furnish
the same, on reasonable terms. on application as
shc7e, to CaARLts oAOhnA"'
or W. ". DREW, Travelling
THOMAS ELLIS, Agents.
WI. Erwin,
Reference may be made, in regard to the char
acter and standing Of the House, and to the SUI
perior quality OF the Liquors, to
Edward 'Iungeriord, Prof. Of Chemistry in
the University of Vermont 9,
5. ". Thayer, NJ. D., Dean OF the Medical
Faculty, U. v NJ.
W. Carpenter, NJ. D., Prof. &c. in same
J. 5. Pierce, Commissioner, Chttendsn Go.
Dea. james Mitchell, Agent. Burlington.
Chas DAVIS, Commissioner, Caledonia GO,
4 Ri nhnrn q IRmoille "
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AGENTS WANTED

Young Men from the country wanted, 10 sell
valuable Books and Patent Rights, First rate
wage. eau be made by enterprising men. APP
ply TO } I. FAkWELL & CO.,
Spring Lane, Boston
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the offensc shall have been committed:
provided, that on complaint before JUS
ticc of the peace of the county where
any offense shall have been COM
mitted, if the offender elect to plead guilty
the justice may, at his discretion, enter
his plea, ard proceed to pass sentence,
and cause the same to be carried into ex-
ecution.
See. ). That the act entitled "an net
to punish trespasscs on the public lands, v
passed March 3lst, 1887, be and the same
is hereby repealed: provided, that this
repeal shall not affect any offense hereto.
fore perpetrated contrary to the provisions
of said act, but the same may be prosecu-
ted as if this act had not been passed:
WILLIAM b. WOODS,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives,
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 26, 1859.
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Woodsfield, Feb. 10th, 1859.

DARK of business for sometime
to come, has induced me to announce to my
friends and everybody else that have Il
beautiful stock of cloths, casimeres, satinets,
vestings. tailors trimmings and ready made
clothing, which can, and will sell lower than
they have ever been sold since the change of
Dispensation--broad cloth full six quarters
wide and fine for one dollar, extra line 81. %,
extra english double heft and width 2,5u-sat-
inett, lambskin, and nigSerhead coats from 3
to dollars a piece, black satinett pants ] 80,
double milled all wool cashmere pants 90, fan
cy silk side stripe cashmere pants $50, fine
white shirts IS cents linen and marsailles shirt
bosOmS nicely stitched, as low as the goods
can be bought by the yard aYy where and ev-
cry thing else i'll proportion, and are prepared
to make up to order, any thing in our line, at
the shortest notice, and in the most fashiona-
bic and NOrkmanlike manner-young mcn
about to embark on the ocean of double bles-
sedness can get an out fit that will make him
shine so bright as to illuminate Venus on fire
on frosty morning rice rersd. 'Shine like
pewter dollar in mudhole.
N. B. we are not selling goods as low ON
credit as we will for cash. Respectfully.
J.R. SMITH.
p. S; And those that know themselves behind
Continue still to bear in mind,
That still feel someway inclined,
But not my customers to grind,
But make them all pay up.
The times are hard, know it we'll,
How long they'll last, cannot tell,
But clothing l must surely sell,
To keep from going plum to Pot,
Where don't wish to go.
Jan. 12.--6m. Supfish. o.
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discreet and suitable person, appointed
by said court to act in the proceedings as
the next friend to such child.
Sec. 2. That if the petition shall be
fled by husband and wife, the court shall
examine the wife separate and apart from
her husband, and shall refuse leave for
such adoption, unless the court shall be
satisfied, from such examination that the
wife, of her own free will and accord, desire
such adoption.
Sec. 5: That upon the compliance with
the foregoing provisions, if the court shall
be satisfied of the ability Of petitioners to
bring up and educate the child properly:
having reference to the degree and condi-
tion of the childs parents, and shall be
satisfied of the fitness and propricty of
such adoption, the court shall make an
order setting forth the facts, and declaring
that, from that date, such child, to all le-
gal intents and purposes, is the child, of
the petitioner and that the name OF such
child is thereby changed
Sec. 4. That by such order the natural
parents shall be Invested of all legal rights
and obligations in respect to such child,
and the child shall be free from all legal
obligations and obedience and mainte nance
in respect to them, and shall be, to oil
intents and purposes, the child and legal
heir of his or her adopter or adopters, en-
titled to all the rights anu privileges and
subject to all the obligations of child of
the adopter or adopters begotten in law
full wedlock: Provided, that on the de-
cease of parents who have adopted a
child or children under this act and the
subsequent decease of such child or chill
dren without issue, the property of such
adopting parents shall descend to the next
of kin, and not to tho next kin of such
adopted child or children.
Sec. 5. This act shall be in force from
and after its passage.
WILLIAM B. WOODS.
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March %, 1859.
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Spirit Of gemotratn.
BLUE-EYED JANE.
HI CLARA LOUD.

The sea may own its treasures rare,
The earth her jewels bright;
The garden boast its blossoms fair,
The sun his glorious light. ..
OF all the treasures of the deep,
Or aow'rets of the plain,
There's none more fair, more beautiful,
Than pretty. blue-eyed Jane.
NY pretty, art!ess Jane! i .
"a Ny own. my blue-eyed janet
There's none'more fair, more beautiful
Than pretty. blue eyed Jane!
The lofty hall may boast its pride
OF beauty rich and rare;
Aad many a lovely high-born bride,
Yet not more bright and fair.
rorweaittr or rank r ne'er would sigh,
Nor honors wish to gain;
I'll leave them all to share the smile
Of pretty, blue.eyed Jane.
My pretty, artless janet
My own. my blue-eyed janet
I'll leave them all to share the smile
Ofpretty blue-eyed Jane! Ea-F
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No. 1907 AN ACT

mo. l3O.] AN ACT
To amend section 374 of an Act entitled
"an Act to establish a Code of Civil
Procedure" passed March IL, 1858.
Section l. BE 1t enacted by tile Gener.
al assembly Of the State of Ohio, Tha,
section three hundred and seventy-four of
an act entitled can act to establish code
Of civil procedure" passed March IL,
1858, be SO amended as to read as fol-
lows: Sec 374. In the foreclosng of
mortgage, sale of the mortgaged prop.
erty shall in all cases be ordered; and
when the same mortgage embraces sepa-
rate tracts of land, situated in two or more
counties, the sheriff of each county in
which such separate tracts are situated
shall be ordered to make sale of the land
situated in the county of which he is sher-
iff.
Sec. 9. That section three hundred and
seventy-four Of the act entitled "an act to
establish Il code Of civil procedure" pas
sed March i, 1858, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on
its p ,ssage. .-. ..
WILLIAM B. WOODS. #
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
- MARTIN WELKER,
President of the Senate.
March 20, 1859.
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TIE LAW OF NEwsP

/. Subscribers who do not give express no
tice to the contrary, are considered wishing
to continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the dscontinuancs of
their newspapers, the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
8. If subscribers neglect refuse to take
tllei- papers from the Offices to which they are
directed, they held responsible till they
have settled the bill, and ordered them disconl
tinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places
without informing the publishers, and the pa
pers are sent to the former direction, they are
held responsible.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to-
take periodicals from the Office, or removineH
and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facie
evidence of intentional fraud.
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ROAD LEVY FOR 1850.

NOTICE is hereby given that the County
lNCommissioner's of Monroe county, Ohio,
at their March session, 1859, levied tax for
road purposes of ten cents on each hundred
dollars valuation, of all taxable property in
each of the several townships in said county,
which tax may be discharged by laber on the
roads, at the rate Of one dollar per day; on or
before the fast day of October. ..
M. l.. BOWSER, Auditor, NJ, c. o.
April 18th, SO.
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T No. 1l6. AN ACT
March 26, 1859.

{ No. 1l6. AN ACT
TO prevent the running at large Of swine.
Section |. BE 1t enacted By the Gsncr-
al assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That
1t shall be unlawful for the owners of any
swine in the State of Ohio, said swine be-
ing of the the ago of sixty days or more
to suffer the same to go at large off of the
lands Of said owner, urless the noses OF
such swine shall have been so cut, or
rings shall have been so inserted therein,
as to effectually prevent their roofing.
Sec, 2. Any owner of swine suffering
the same to go at large, contrary to the
first section of this act, shall be liable to u
penalty of one dollar for everys wine so
found going at large.
Sec. 3. All suits to recover the penalty
provided fo- in the second section of this
act, shall be brought in the name of the
State of Ohio, OH complaint of any person
feeling aggrieved, and may be brought be-
fore any justice of the peace or other court
having competent jurisdiction where the
offense is committed; and the party offen-
ding shall, on conviction, pay the amount
of penalties adjudged, with costs; and
shall further be liable to any person. or
persons for all damage he or they may
have suffered by the running at large OF
such animals. All moneys collected as
penalties by virtue of this act, shall be
paid into the treasury of the township
where the ollepse was committed, for the
use of common school therein.
Sec. 4. This act to take effect and
be in force from and after the first day OF
May, 1859.
WILLIAM b. WOODS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
MARTIN WELKER,
s-r President of the Senate.
March %, 1859.
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FARM FOR SALE.

T'HE undersigned offers for sale, his farm in
i Adams township, about half way between
Woodstield and Beallsville, c"nSistingof 134
acres, more or less, about 80 acres cleared and
in good state Of cultivation. The farm is
well Satered and has a
Good bearing Orchard, Of choice grated
fruit. Aiso, t,eo good d,reNing houses,
taco stables, one barn, one ragon-
house and other out-bmildings
ca If not sold by the first of March the
same will ba for rent. ..-
TERMS:-One third cash, and the balance
in three annual payments, with interest from
date of possession, which will he given on the
first of March.
For particulars apply to the undersigned,
St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio. Mr..
Hopton who resides on the place will give such
information as persons may desire.
THOMAS S. EVANS.
January 26th, 1s59.-tf.
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mo. 1861 AN ACT

I
To authorize the Adoption of Children.
Section /. BE it enacted by the Gener-
al assembly of the State Of Ohio, That any
husband and wife jointly, may petition the
probate court of their proper county for
leave to adopt minor child not theirs by
birth, and for change of the name of such
child; but written consent must be given to
such adoption by the child, if of he age of
fourteen years, and by each of his or her
living parents who is not hopelessly insane
or Incorporate; if there be no such parents
or if the parents shall be unknown, or have
abandoned such child, or if such parents
or either of them are hopelessly insane or
intemperate. then by the legal guardian,
if there be no such guardian, then by a
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AN ACT

mo. 95.] 5e AN ACT .f..
Supplementary to an act entitled "an act
--qifs defining the duties of Justices of the
~oh Peace end Coustables in criminal cases,
passed March 27, 1887.
20 -, Section /. Be 1t enacted by the GEN
b. srel sAssem6ly Of the State Of Ohio, That
in the prosecution Of all offences whereof
;iJustices Of the Peace have Jurisdiction to
e try and punish by 6ne or otherwise, after the
r -kYappeararce of the defendant, and before
the Court shall proceed to inquire into
the merits of the cause, the defendant may
demand to be tried by o jury, in which
case the Justice shall proceed to inquire
5s into the complsint, and commit, discharge
or recognize the accused aud the same
proceedings in all other respects be had by
and before the Justice, and in the Courts
% OF Common Pleas or Probate Courts res.
pectively. as is or may be providd by law
in other cases for the prosecution OF
crimes aud offences, the punishment
a. whereof is less than Imprisonment in the
penitentiary. sge trfHa A,
SIC. 8 This act to take effect from
-, and after its passage. ,ol
d. .s.s -. WILLIAM Il. WOODS
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
MARTIN WELKEE,s7
-------------'----- President of the Senate
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The WHEAT CRop.-The editor of the
Grcenviile Democrat who has just returned
from visit through several of the counties
Of Upper East Tennessee, says that the
wheat crop is looking quite promising. =
Newspaper accounts from other sections
bring the same welcome Intelligence. Gin
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.-zs-a March 26. 1859.
, lNo. io.l ANAcT

..s.se.- "a
~ mo. lo4.] 2 AN ACT .ts
TO Punish Trespasses on Public and 9th.
Eas" er Lands H
Section l.. Be II enacted By the Gener.
o'5z al 4AssemJiy Of the State Of Ohio, That
any person who shall wrongtully and with
cut lawful authority cut down, fell, box.
bore, or otherwise injnre or destroy any
W.T. living tree or trees standing or growing
aoa on any lands the property Of the State Of
Ohio, or Of any public or private incorpo-
rated company, or any other person or
persons, or shall otherwise trespass there
on, shall, ON conviction thereof he fined
cid in any sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars nor less than one dollar, or be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail not exceeding
e twenty doys, or both, an the discretion OF
the court.
I. ~ Sec 2. All prosecutions under this act
shall be by Indictment before the Court
ggbH Of Common Pleas in the county where
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PoTAroEs. Potatoes should never be
used for seed in the soil in which they
grew. The same seed confued in the
same soil, would deteriorate. Farmers
will always do better tc dispose of their
whole crop, aud buy new seed each year.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING:
EETwelve lines, or less, will be char

BTwelve lines, or less, will be charged as
one square.
EsAll legal advertisements will be charged
by the line.
ES Notices of the appointment of Ad- "a
Esy' ministrator's and Executors: also ssa
ca Attachment Notices, must be paid in ~
Gss advance.
CT Twenty five per cent additional will be
charged on the price of job work if not paid
in advance, and on advertising if not paid be-
fore taken out.