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Losr,-A young rat dog, cropped ears, and
long tail, (black,) answering to the name Of
Jack. will be thankful to any person for
him. E. 0BRIES.
| na.toqtl
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WANTED.-Two male or female boarders,
10 private family. Terms moderate and acs
commodstions ample. Apply at No. 10, Wal.
nut street.
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Decl93td.

Last Night.-Tho Fair for the benefit Of the
"sisters of Charity" at Huston Hall will close to
night, with the best fthe whole week to top of
with. Don't fail TO be present to night,
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W Christopher sold an almost incredible
amount Of toys last week. he has plenty
more for Now Years
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~ Paynes have large supply Of choice and
elegant books for Holiday presents.
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MARRIED.

on the evening OF the 2eth by Rev. ID. Winters, at
his residence, Mr.. Ferdinand Ceve Of Franklin to
Miss Horentine Nester, of this city,
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Attachment.

Christopher Grebsdinksl, before Gsroge osen
against J. =. OF Dayton tp
ON the 18th day Of November, 1859, said
" Justiee isauod An order Of attaehment In the
above action for the aum OF $4,000, and per cent
interest from September "a, 1897 claimed Oh note,
CHRISTOPHER GhABkDlNkELs
noyas-swW tI n
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ar Paynes have the Atlantic Monthly for
january. II is "chuck full" Of good things,
the Professor at the Breakfast Table" furnish
ing a lot Of splee and nio.naes. Get copy.
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L0CALAND OTHER ITEMS,
READING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE
Weekly Advcrtisements.

Those who desire TO have advertisements
inserted in the Weekly Empire should hand
them in by Saturday morning. at the latest.
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Very Important 90 the city and
Citizens OF Dayton.
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FARMERs, ATTENTION. Wanted, 81, 900 bu. Of
corn, in the ear, for which the highest msr-
ket price will be paid, at
CHRIsToPHER's A uction Room,
IT, Jefferson and Market.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
OFFICE FIRENsHs Iss. Co., |

TNHE Stockholders of the Firemen's In
Il suranee 90, VIII neet at the comPany'a office
On MONDAY, JANUARY I'd,
Between Oo,olook A. M. apds O'Clock p. NJ for the
purpose or eleoting a board of nine Directors for
the ensuing year.
decQO-tt 3. q. EMLEf, Seoiy.
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ar Trade is steady 10 day. II twasS little
more steady Il would not move at all.
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NJ A RK ETS
Dayton Market.

TUESDAY, p. m, Dec. 90, '59.
There is no grain coming in to-day
Buyers are not willing to offer more than 81 ~
for wheat
Corn in good demand at so cts.
Rye 80 cts.
Barley 4" &" 6S cts.
Oats 10 cts.
Whisky 221z cts.
Flaxseed $1,12.
Cloverseed $3.50.
Timothy seed $2,00,
Buckwheat 40o.
Hungarian Grass SOC.
Dayton Tobacco Market.
Buyers are offering for new tobacco Round
from 4@6; Wrappers 5@6; Billies 2@3.
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usss4lh PAGE lor TeIegraph Reporls.
president's MeasaEe.

A dispatch from Washington says the Press
ident's Message will be sent in TO the Senate
to-day at noon. II 80. we will probably get il
to morrow, and win present it to the public
as soon thereafter as we can put II into type
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THE DAILY EMPIRE

OFFICE or FUaLloATlohii
Rnpir, Building fhiris, South side bel, Haip& Isf,nO
TgRkdoi
~ Maiits, ,oQper yeerinadvanoe.
10 centnper Woeh, payable 20 tho carrier.
elooopton ,putup In Wrappers, scents.
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CHRISTMAS HAMS!
FOR THE HOLIDAYS

FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
TT'Hk Subscriber has received a lot Of FRENCH
i CLAhBr and WHITE WINE, which he offers
at reduced price-one dollar per gallon-25 cents
per quart. The best Of
French Brandy, Port Madeira, Bourbon,
Old Rye, &c., &c.
Also general assortment Of GOOD GROCERIES,.
at No. 90 corner OF High street and Xenia Avenue.
N. VIOT,
deea9-lwd No. 6s cor High st., a Xenia Av.
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. .sCoEioAL.-A curve line formed by the intersee.
ton OF and plane, the comic sections a.e ne
parAbola, the hyperbola and eehpse.--[ W nnsrrn,
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ARTISAN WELLS. Columbus. Ohio.
Gazette gives the following account of the bor-
ing of an artesiln well in the State Canitol
grounds of that city:
AT the depth of l23 feet below the surface
the auger first struck a hard limestone rock and
at 40 foot Limestone water nI,I,raIrtl n, i9o
feet sulphur, and at GO feet salt water veins
were struck. At GSl feet slate or shale rock
was reached, through which the auger penetrat-
ed to the depth of 1914 feet. At the depth of
I'D feet, iron tubing was inserted for 2j5 feet
in length, which prevents the brittle, soft, shell
ly rock from filling up the cavity.
On Monday morning last, the borings indi-
Gated the presence of sand rock, giving the
most hattering prospects Of near approach to
wafer. On Wednesday last, the auger reached
depth of 1890 feet, sinking from four to five
feet every n hours. The workmen are more
encouraged at this time than they have ever
been heretofore, and we shall not be at all sur
prised to hear of the entire success of the eX-
pertinent
The strata perforated by the auger may be
set down follows: Loan, sand and gravel.
l2j feet; limestone rock, j6l feet; slate or
shale, 1890 feet and sand rock, II feet. The
bore of the well to the depth of 100 feet is
IL inches in diameter, below that l-2 inch
es. The cost Of the work thus far is about 50,
900.
There is an artesian well at Louisville. Kv.,
of three inch bore, and 20sG feet deep. The
water rises by its own pressure when confined
in tubes, 40 feet above the surface, and it is
said discharges 2G0 gallons per minute. The
st. Louis artesian well, at Belcher's Sugar Re-
iinery, is 2l99 feet deep, and the water rises IS
feet above the surface of the ground. Some OF
the salt wells near the Ohio and Musllingum
and IInpl i,tr r,iX rr.,,,, - q
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ENCELADUs.
ny II. W. LnNGFEILow.
Under Mount Etna he lies,
1t is slumber, it is not death
For he struggles at times to arise,
Aud above him the lurid skies
Are hot with his fiery breath.
The crags are piled on his breast,
The earth is heapcd on his head;
But the gronns Of his wild unrest,
Though .mothered and half suppressed,
Are heard, aud he is hot dead.
And the nations far away
Are watching with eager eyes,
They talk together and say,
"ro-morrow, pcrhap, to-day,
Encciadus will arisc!"
And the old gods, the austerc
Oppressors in their strength,
Stand aghast and white with fear,
AT the dininous sounds they har,
And tlemblc, and muttcr AT length
AL mel for the land that is sown
With the harvest Of dcspairl
Where the burning oindcrs, blown
From the lips Of the oycrrIruwn
EnceRdus till the air.
Where ashes are heaped in drifts
Over vineyard and field and town,
Whenever he starts and lifts
His head through the blackcncd riits
of the crags that keep hini down.
See, seel the red light shines
''ris the glare Of his awful eyes.
And the storm-wnd shouts through the pines
OF Alps and Of Apcnnncs,
'.l.urpllII2. uiae -
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A SPLENDID GlFr,-Ihe Chicago Historical
Society has just received, through the liberaty
Of one of It's members, IL. &. LOOMS, Esq, re-
Gently returned from Europe, Il copy of mag
nicent work, "Lord Kingsborough's Antiqui-
ties of Mexico" which is probably unsurpassed,
if eqnaled in this country, where but few copies
of it exist. The work was published in 1881,
in seven volumes, imperial folio, with the finest
paper and lctterpress, and in the best style of
the typographical art, and containing about one
thousand colored engravmgs. The original
price Of a single copy was $500. The copy
now received by the Historical Society was a
presentation copy from Lord Kingsborough to
Rev. DR.. Bliss, (who rendered important SER
vice i'll the preparation of the work, y and is ac-
companied by AN autograph letter. The mas
siye volumes are richly bound in rcd Turkey
morocco, and tastefully ornamentcd, the bind
ing alone having cost nearly $3.50.
When great man stoops, or trips, the small
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What WY Beautifui head Of Hair Because it is
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although the may bloom brightly in the glow
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CALPoRNA.-We learn by late California
papers that a recent census of the city of San
Francisco. made by parties engaged in compil-
ing directory, shows that city to contain
population of 5000, of whom IS, 500 are white
males over twenty-one years of age, and 1896
white females over eighteen years of age. The
Chinese population of the city is $3.50, and the
colored population ,605. Ten years ago it was
comparatively a village, and although it has six
times, in its brief but eventful history, been nj
most entirely destroyed by fire, scarcely oiiy
other city in any other age or country has grown
with such remarkable rapidity.
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no CONSUMPTIYIHS
\ CLERGYMAN

ITO CONSUMPTIVES. A CLERGYMAN
Il having cured his Of Consumption in It's worst stages,
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cessfu in every case to those afflicted with Coughs, Colds
md Consumption, and he will send the any address,
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$. TIIALBERG.
"Dryeh ar Gnyhodct."
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April II, 1855.
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received bottle of your Hair Restorative and
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At hotel-table one day, one boarder reniar
ked to his neighbor:
This must be very healthy place for chick
ons."
"Why?" asked the other
"Because, never see any dead ones about
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Two HARD THINGs.--The one to talk of
Yourself without being vain; the other, to talk
of others without SANDER
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PAINTING,
DIR ESS MAKING.
ELECTRICiTY in DENTISTRY.
,NIIE SlIRSCRInER Is HAPPY 10 II

Il form those wishing fnr u utal operations that he has
procured Electric Battery, made expressly for the pur
pose current electricity is applied directly to the
Tooth 10 b extracted ami tn operation is performed with
little or no pain. Please call and see.
A. D. PUTIN An, Olice opposite the Post Oncc
DIR. r. continues perform ul operations in Dental Sur
gerry in the mist sln Teeth inserted from
entire s an Teeth plugged with nc gold making them
serviccablc for life.
Brateboro, May 90 1Sj9-lu-21
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LIST OF NTS.
T.
To whom payments for THE VERMONT pHGNIX, for

II whom payments Tor THE VERMONT pIlHNIX, Tor
1889, may he madei
West Brattlcboro A. DUNkLEE Brooklne, c. W STEB-
Rms; Dover, LYMAN BURR; West Dover, ,WM Il.JONES;
Dummcrston, II. A. KNlGUrj West Dunmcrston, S. w.
WILSON, Graitnn, BENZ W. DEAN; Guilford, ELMER
MASONi uuliorl Centre, 5. l.. SGBLEY, Green River,
JOHN u. WALkERj Jamacia, ORIN KNOW LTONi Hall
fax, STEPHEN MILES, West Halifax, A. II. TtCkERi
South Londonderry, H. PIERCE Marlboro, w.
LiNDEi Fayetteville, J. DUNKLEE, Jk.i Wilamsville,
SAMUEL BROWNi r.tncy, WM HOuGllrONi saNtons
River, c. W. FAIRBRJrllER; Cambrdgcport A. A. wy
MAN; Somerset, q. X. MORSE, stratton, MELVIN A..
KNowLTON; Townshcnd, .. BUTTERFIELD West
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HE'D; Wardsboro, HOLLAND PL1MpTON; West Wards
b1ro, LIBERTY WILDER; South Warlsboro, II. W. KID
DER Westminster, H. C. LANE Westminster West, B. W.
HAMBLtN Nottingham, II. N. nix; Jacksonville,
Il. =. HITCHCOCK; Wilmington, ORIGE SMITH; Wind
ham, wM. HARRIS Jr; South Windham, EZRA PIERCE,
JR Chesterfield, N. H., H. o. COOLIDGE; IInstlae N
H., c. j. AMGDON Winchester N. H., +. NJ. FORBES;
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sp 0 + T R Y.

The following fine tribute under classic cliisc, to
30 revolutionary spirit Of Italy, is taken from the
August .iHdntic:
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When great man stoops, or trips, the small
men around him suddenly become greater.
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TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

fon ono square u lines ess or,l TYP he smni
is a' us'd) hr' iu1rrNus 81 f,r each sui sc, nj
srtion 20 ccn4 The number on ,srlos must Lc mart
M embellishments or they vii be continued ntilorlrrd
out Natrlc,s will ba N de with advertisers by thu cot.
uun or fractional paris thereof bcrairatos Transient
advertising 10 be paid IN advance.
FOR an Pote advertisements, excepting notices OF npplica
IONS 70 se real estate, and for Commissioner notices.
sl.5O each for three insertions
For notc of Lbaralns Estray the formation and dsso.
lu'loa o toparincrps, sc s10O each for three insrr-
uons. II sent hy mall thc money must accompany the
order.
Fr Cusi1'7 Cards in the first column from s3 90 10 $500
p'rye'r acc'rims to tho space they occupy.
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G S. JOY, Homeopathic Veterinary
~ Surgeon will attend all of Diseases of Horses
House on Walnut Street, Drattleboro, VI.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

IA Phillips Patent Lever Farm and City Gate and Cloth
boards and Boxes for Packngand dealer in Lumber Bs
of Timber, Capboars Shingles, &c, manufactured and
furnished to order 100 600 feet OF Clapboars ON hand
Address West WarlsbOro, VT.
The hydraulic press., 1859-08-27

MIGNIoNETTE-This deliciously fragrant
plant is very appropriately named; mignion-
ette meaning, in French, 1.-The little darling"
1t should be grown in hight sandy soil, if
possible, rs it soon loses its fragrance (its
greatest attraction) if grown in a rich loan.
1t is considered an annual, but if carefully
preserved through winter, in two or three
yearsits stem will become quite woody, which
gains it the name of the tree mignonette.
and is supposed by many to be Il different
species When it is wished to obtain this
variety healthy, vigorous plant, sown in
April, should be placed at the proper time
for transplanting, in a pot by itself and the
blossom buds should be taken off us soon
as they appear. In autumn all the lower
side shoots should be cut off to shape it like
tree and removed to larger pot with
fresh soil formed of turfy loan broken small,
and sand. 1t will grow rapidly all winter,
If kept properly warm, and watererd regular
ly every day. Treat it in the same manner the
following year and by the third spring it will
have bark on its trunk, and be perfect little
tree. 1t may now be allowed to blossom
and will produce flowers fer great many
years in succession.
The hydraulic press., 1859-08-27
ITALIAN GIRLs-The idea of girl in Italy

ITALIAN GIRLS The idea of girl in Italy
Is indissolubly connected with that of Il be-
ing devoid OF all moral sense e,invariably pre-,
ftrring wrong to right. and who can only be
kept from harm and evil by the most inces-
SAINT watchfulness. a mothers whole pa
rental duty towards her daughter seems con-
sidered in Italy to be comprehended in the
one act of vigilance. ..My daughter has
never been, since she was nine years old for
more than twenty minutes at time out of
my sight," said Italian countess, boast
fully and by this declaration she appeared
TO think that she merited to take rank in
the worlds esteem with the mother of the
Gracch. A girl belonging to the upper ranks
of life in Italy is practically a prisoner until
she marries Into society she must not en- :.
ter; neither in the morning .fete, nor in the
evening dance, is she permitted to display
her charms and graces. An occasional walk
with father, or brother or mother, is per-
mitted; but she must not go outside the
house unless accompanied by her nearest
kindred. To be seen alone. even but a few
yards from her fathers door, would entail
upon her the deepest disgrace and heaviest
censnre. Kept undera perpetual surveillance,
every line she writes, and every line she re-
ceivcs, are subjected to rigid scrutiny.
Life IN Tuscany.
The hydraulic press., 1859-08-27
Che Hydraulic 2rrss.


New MoDE OF SAVING GoLD.-Thomas 5.
: Billings, who has mined in California since
! ls49 and is now working at Victoria
Bar, Fraser River, writes long communica-
TO the Golden Era, in which he announces a
new plan for saving fine or rusty gold that
will not amalgamate with quicksilver. He
stretches gunny sacks in the bottoms of his
sluices at intervals, and finds that they re.
tain gold which has passed the whole range
of boxes, over every style of rifle, and which
would otherwise have been lost. He says
the manner in which a sack saves gold, is by
its coarse, peculiar fibre arresting the par
ticles which the water deposits under the
sack, whence no amount of water can wash
them away until the sack is raised. His
plan is simple, inexpensive, reasonable and
worth trying by the skillful miners of Neva-
d., county, who now have to lament the loss
of so much of the precious metal. They
should wet the sacks thoroughly before
stretching them. and be very careful to fasten
them in such manner that they will not
form hills and hollowS.
The hydraulic press., 1859-08-27

CANARD. OR HoAx.-M. Quetelet in the An
nuaire de rAcademie Froncdise, attributes the
first application of this term to Nobert Cor
neilssen, who, to give sly hit at the ridcu-
aous pieces of intelligence in the public jour-
mails. stated that an Interesting experiment
had just been made calculated to prove the
svoracity of ducks. Twenty were placed TO-
gether. and one of them having been killed
and cut up into the smallest possible pieces,
feathers and all, was thrown to the other
nineteen, AMI n)st gitte louSly gobbled up.
Another was then taken from the nineteen,
and being chopped small like its prederes-
sor, was served up to the eighteen, and at
once devoured like the other, and so on to
the last, who thus WAS placed in the position
of having eaten his nineteen companions.
This story most pleasantly narrated, ran the
the round of all the journals of Europe. 1t
then became almost forgotten for about a
score of years, when it came back from
America with amplihcations, but the whole
remained in its novel signifcation.