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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-12-24
kSaVid GOUid's Estate,

TiiE subscribers having cen appointed by the Honorable
Probate Court Tor the District of Washington commits.
soners to ectiv ,exdune, and adjust all claims and de.
mauds of all persons against the estate of David Could
ae o H. iOnlpeicr in said district deceased represented
ihStven', and the Term Of six months from the 10 day OF
December 1861 being allowed by said TO the cred
''r' IT said deceased 10 exhibit and prove their re-
-pectvr laims before Give notice that we will al
uhi 70 the duties Of appointment ut the dwelling
E"lse Of widow Polly Gould H. Montpelier In said ,,.
mt on The first Friday Of February and June next at
r'e O'CLOCK III the afternoon, on each of said days.
HOMER w. lIEATON,
WILLIAM w. CALDWELL, JOINTS
Dee. II. 4 u. 1861. 3l3
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samuel Crai",s Estate.

RANDOLPH DsrRicr SIS. : Brroiied, wi hin and for
sad District ON the l2lh day Of December, A. D. 1861.
y & T. Craig, administrator The estate of Samuel
~ Craig, lae If Brinrec said district deceased,
presents his admlnisI rat ion account Tor settlemen
Wher-upon il is ordered that the he referred to the
81 day OF January next, t'nadwick's Hotel in RAN
eolpr, for examination and allowance and that all
rerned he notified hereof by the publication Of this order
IN lie Green Mountain freeman, printed at Montpelier,
,hrce weeks succeSsvey a. may be, that they
may appear said time and place, and if they cause,
object thereto. by or Ter of Court,
3t;lfw3 Attest; J. r. CLEAV ELAND. REGISTER
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iaa1blcs IN. Nye'S Estate.

TUE subscribers, havn been appointed by the lionora-
bic Probate Court for the District of Washington COM
niSsoncrS, receive, examine and adjust all claims and
demands 81 all persons against the Estate Of Asshe H.
Nyc, tate OF Beilir said district, deceased, repre-
sened nsuvent and the of siX months from tie Sd
dayof tcember 1861, being aowedb said Cou the
ciedtors of said deceased TO exhibit and prove
I've claims before Give notice. that will attend to
the duties of appointment he late dwelling house of
the said Asahel H. Nye in Berlin in said district the
lt TUESDAY of February and June next at 10 O'Clock the
forenoon. each Of said days
E.Il. COVELL,
O.C. HOUSE, }Com'ts.
AUSTIN PRAFT,)
Berlin, Dec. 18th, A. ID. 1861. 3l3
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Notice.

WHEREAS, my wife, Sarah NJ Chatcrton, has left m y
" bed AMI board without just cause provocation
this is to notify all persons that shall pas G,bs
her contracting after this date.
FIFlELD s. CHAT rERTON.
Hancock, Dec. 1, 1861. 8l3rw3+
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Abncr Towns Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT, In Probate Court, holden at
WARRINGTON DISTRICT Montpelier within and for
said District the Ilth day of December, A. u. 1861.
III Rs. !" =. TOWN ant ELISHA TOWN. Admnisra
III tors on the estate of Abner Town, late of odbGfy.
IN said district, deceased, present their administration
account setI ement and make application for de
rec dlsthu,n and partition of the estate of said de
ceased.
Whereupon 1t is ordered that the said and the
next at the Probate Office in said Montpelier, for hear
ing and decision thereon and that all interested in said
estate be notified hereof by the publication of this order
in the Green Mountain Freeman printed at Montpelier,
three weeks successfully may be, that they
may appear and said time and placrf they cause,
object thereto.
By the court
$40 Attest, \. r. MERRILL, Judge.
STATE OF VERMONT, | The Hon. the Probate Cour
IsrR1cT OF RANDOLPH, for the District of Randolph
70 all persons concerned in the estate of Samuel Craig,
late of Braintree, in said District GREETING.
NTHEREAS, S. G. P. Craig, Administrator of the es-
" tate of said deceased, has made application to
this for License to sell all fhe Real Estate of said
deceased, and represents that the is necessary
for the payment of the debts and charges against said
estate.
Therefore, you hereby notified appear at session
said Court, to be held at Uhadwick's Hote in w. Ran
dolph in said District, the Sd day of January, A. ID.
1862 at 10 O'Clock A. Nj and show cause If any you
avc why License should not be granted as aforesaid
And this Order shall be published three weeks successive
~ in the Green Mountain Freeman printed at Montpe
Her in this State, the last of which publication shall be
before the day assigned for hearing as aforesaid.
Dated at Brook6ed, this 18th day Of December, A. D.
1861. BY order of Court.
3l2f3w J. R. CLEAVELAND Register.
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DEC. "a, 1861
Vermont Central and Sulll-
van Railroads.
Ia W @ a

WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Monday, November IL, 1o6
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Jane Challicld. Insane.

STA OF VERMONT, In Probate Court, held at
RANDOLPH DIsrRIcr, IS. Chelsea, within AMI for said
District, IN the 10Th day Of December A. D. 1861.
u ELISHA l. TRACY, Guardian unto Jane Chatfeld,
IL an insane person residing in Randolph in said District,
makes application to said Court for license sell all of
the real estate of his said ward together with her right
OF dover in the real estate Of Lewis Chatfeld late said
Randolph, deceased and represents that such is
the best interest of his said ward that the proceeds there
of may be put at interest," invested in stocks other
real estate Whereupon, it is ordered that hearing
the Probate Office in Chelsea, the 10th day of Janua-
ry A. D. 1865 and that notice be given all concerned,
by publishing tits order in the Green Mountain Freeman,
printed at Montpelier in this State, three weeks
sirely before the time appointed aforesaid. hear
ing that they may appear at said time and place, and
show care If any they may have why such license should
not be granted. BY order Of Court,
3!3 Attest, j. Il. CLEAVELAND, Register
STATE OF VERMONT In Probate Court, held at
NNHiNGIoN DisrRlcT. S. M0ntpe within aud tor said
District IN the 18th day of December A. ID. 1861:
Instrument purporting to he The last viii and Trs-
y lament ot Thaddeus d. Laid, late of Worcester in
SAID Sct, deceased being presented to the Court by
MIS- Harriet Ladd the eAeCutrx therein named for Pro-
bate:
Il Is ordered by said Court that all persuns concerned
ihern be notified 10 appear session of said Court to
be holden nj the Probate Office, Montpelier the lhh
day Of January, A. ID. 1862 aud slow cause If any they
Ey have against the Probate Of said viii for which pur-
pose, II further ordered that copy of the record 81 This
order re published three weeks sucessively In The Green
Mountain Freeman, printed Montpelier, previous to
said time appointed for herring.
true copy of Iecord,
3l3rw3t Attest, r. r. MERRILL. Judge.
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E.iNcvtv r. T7parDcr'S Estate,

THE subscribers having bee nappoinedbythe Honorable
L Probate Court for the District Of Randolph, Corr
nj sioners,o receive examine and adjust al claims and
demands of all against he Estate of Liberty +.
Thurher late of Washing in said District, deceased,
represented nsolyen, and the term of six months from
the M day of October 1861 being allowed by said Count
creditors of said deceased exhibit prove their
respect, claims before give notice tha will attend
Il" he duties If appoint ment the Office of H. A.
White in Washington, in said District, on the second
Tuesday of February and April next at 10 O'Clock IN the
tientun each of said days.
BURNAM MARTIN,l COINS
E.B. STANLEY, WV"
y. A. WHITE, Admir-.
Me-, emher %. A ID. 1861. 3l2fW3
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Probate Courts.

WAsnlsa1os DIs1R1oT and for the District afore
said will be holden at the Probate Office in Montpelier in
said District Tuesday of each week, during the
ensuing Persons having business with said Court
1uested to attend to the same said court days.
T. R. MERRILL, Judge.
December L 1850
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22
An Extraordinary People in Africa

G0mbcrS's Journal, discussing a recent
book of missionary travels in Africa, thus
alludes to one of the tribes which are found
in that terra ineognitd;
But the ~strangest of all are the stories
told of the Dokos, who live among the
moist, bamboo woods to the south of Kaffra
and Susa. Only four feet high, of a dark,
olive color, savag and naked, they have
neither houses nor temples, neither FIRE nor
human food. They live only on ants, mice
and serpents, diversified by a few roots and
fruits; they let their nails grow long, like
%talODs, the better to dig for ants, and the
more easily to tear in pieces their favorite
snakes.
They do not marry, but live indiscrimi-
nate lives of animals, multiplying very rap
idly, and with very little maternal instinct.
The mother nurses her child for only a short
time, accustoming it to eat ants aud s~erpents
as soon as possible and when it can help
itself, it wanders away where it will, and
the mother think NO more about it.
The Dokos are invaluable as slaves, and
are taken in large numbers. The slave
hunters hold up bright colored clothes as
soon as they come to the moist, warm bam-
boo woods, where these human monkeys
live, and the Door Dokos can not resist the
attraction offered by such superior people.
They crowd round them, and are taken in
thousands.
In slavery, they are docile, attached, ODE.
dent, with few wants and excellent health.
They have only one fault-a love of ants,
mice and serpents, and a habit of speaking
to Yer with their heads on the ground, and
their heels in the air. Yer is their idea of a
superior power, to whom they talk in this
comical nature when they are dispirited or
angry, or tired of ants and snakes, and long
ing fer unknown food. The Dokos seem to
come nearest of all people yet discovered to
that terrible cousin of humanity-the ape.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22
Cincinnati Produce Market.

THURSDAY EVENING, March 81.
FL0UR-The demand continues quite
limited, and the market was rather dull, but
prices are not lower. Small parcels of su-
perfne sold at 81 50@4 55, and of extra new
standard at 81 rs; old standard extra sold at
$4 80.
WHISKY-The demand is fair but the
market is not firm; 1000 brls. sold at 1916,
including that from wagon.
PROVISIONS The market has not
changed essentially; the demand is quite
moderate, but holders remain firm. The
sales was confined TO 10 hhds. of Bacon, in
small lots, at 9A@9%e. for Sides, and l036c.
Tor clear Sides; holders ask 9K@lOXc. pretty
generally 10000 pounds of bulk Sides sold
at sac, and 1853 tierces of Lard at Sc. Mess
Pork may be quoted at SIG 75@l7, which are
the rates asked. -
GROCERlES-A fair demand for Sugar.
with sales Of rs hhds. at 6074c, the Latter
rate for choice. Coffee in fair demand. with
sales Of 800 bags at l3A@l3Ac. In the small
way, strictly prime sells at lac. Molasses
quiet at 32@33c.
WHEAT-The demand continues good,
and the market is firm at 81 for prime red,
and 81 059l 10 for prime white, the latter
rate tor Kentucky: sales $50 bushels prime
red at 81; 1000 bushels fair white at 81 O5,
delivered on board at Maysville.
CORN-The market for ear is steady, with
a fair demand at 3O@33c, at the upper and
lover der OTIS. Shelled remains dull at 30
@35c. for mixed and white, ia bulk sales
$50 bushels ear at 33c at the 10 Ser dspots
OATS-The market is dull aud lower, clos
ing at zee in bulk: Gales LOO bushels at
26c 800 bushels at 26Ho, delivered; 500
bushels, in sacks, at the canal, at &c; 1850
bus hels choice at 28e.
RYE-The market continues dull, but
without any change in prices. We quote
prime at 55956c.
BARLEY-The demand is limited and the
market dull at 68@70c for prime Fall and
60@62c. for prime Western Spring. Barley
Malt is dull, and is selling only il the small
way Rt Se@85c. A round lot could not bs
disposed of at over 75@s0cj the latter rate
for a choice article.
HAY-The market rules steady, with a
fair demand at $l2@l3 per tun for prime
Timothy, in bales, on arrival.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22
The Best Bed 70 sleep In.

OF the eight pounds which a man eats and
drinks in a day, it is thought that not less
than five pounds leave his body through the
skin. And of these FIVE pounds a consider
able per centage escapes during the night
while he is in bed. The larger part if this
is water, but in addition there is much effete
and poisonous matter. This being in great
of the bed. Thus all parts of the bed, mat
treSs, blankets, as nell as sheets, soon become
foul and need publication.
The mattress needs this renovation quite
as much as the sheets. To allow the sheets
TO be used without washing or changing,
three or six months, would be regarded as
bad housekeeping; but l insist if a thin
sheet can absorb enough of the poisonous
excretions of the body to make it unfit fr
use in a few days, a thick mattress which
can absorb and retain a thousand times as
much of these poisonous excretions needs to
be purified as often certainly as once in three
months.
A sheet can be washed. A mattress can
not be renovated in this way. Indeed there
is no other way of cleansing a matttess but
by steaming it, or picking it to pieces, and
thus in fragments exposing it to the direct
rays of the u IL. AS these processes are
scarcely practicable with any of the ordi-
nary mattresses, / am decidedly of the opin-
ion that the good old-fashioned straw bed
which can every three months be changed
for fresh straw, and the tick be washed, is
the sweetest and healthiest of beds.
If in the Winter season the %porousness of
the straw bed makes it a little uncomfortable,
spread over it a comforter or two wooden
blankets, which should be washed as often
as every two weeks. With this arrange
ment, if you wash all the bed covering as
often as once in two or three weeks, you
Will have a delightful healthy bed.
Now if you leave the bed to air, with
open windows during the day, and not make
have added greatly to the sweetness of your
rest and in consequence to the tone of your
health.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22

SINGULAR ENGLISH OUsToM.-On Shrove
Tuesday, the usual time-honored custom of
tossing the pancake took place in West
minister School. The chief cook of the col
lege was ushered into the school. room with
all honor, attired in kitchen dress, by a
veIger of the abbey, about eleven o'clock.
The boys were Of course engaged 10 their
usual studies when this annual apparition in
the shape of the chef de cuisine entered the
domain of the Rev. @. b. Scott aud his as
s~istants. The cook bore in his hand a fari-
naceous compound of peculiar appearance
which popularity was supposed TO be a pan
cake, but looked suspiciously like a very
aged trumpet.
Posing the pancake on a fork, he c~leYerly
threw it over a bar which separated the up
per from the lower school and then with
drew. AS he was tossing the pancake all
the boys rushed to clutch it, and as it fell a
struggle took place for its possession, a
glorious game at foot ball, shining, bully
Jog, &c, ensuing. This custom is provided
for in the statutes of the school. The cook
receives a fee for the performance of the
duty, and if any boy can catch the pancake
and preserve it whole in spite Of The attempts
OF the other boys, he is entitled TO a guinea
from the Dean of Westminster.
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q low voice, raised his eyes 70 HEAVIER, knee'-
inn placed HE head on The buck. tle eAe,u
toner touched Ri, locks IN order 10 arrange
them again under his bonnet; The King
thodght he was going 20 strike Await
the sian,l said he 70 him. Hawaii H. sire
with the good pleasure of your Majesty.
Yha memsnt afer tbel King extended his
hAndst the exocutioner struck--his head fell
10 the first blow. 'Behold the head Of a
traitor ~ said he showing Ito the people.
A long and loud groan arose around White
hall ; many persons rushed to the soatfold to
dip their handkerchief in the blood OF the
King. Two bodies Of cavalry, advancing in
different directions, dispsrse1 the trowd.
The scaiToh remained solitary. They took
away The body IL was already inclosed 10 a
shroud Cromwell wished to see it consid-
cred Il attentively, and lifting up the head
with his hands ,as If 10 assure himself that
IL was indeed separated from The body: ut
was body we'll constituted, and promised
a long life.n
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22
rBy TelssrApA.I

New YoRK, March dip. M-Asbes
are quiet, and small sales at So 25@5 81 for
Pots and So 3lh for Pearls.
Cotton-Demsnd continues good and the
market firm sales 8, 200 bales at l2X@l2Lc,
for middling Uplands.
Flour-0wing TO the snow storm there is
less doing to-day, but the market is without
change sales {, 100 brls, at IS LOOT, Is for
super6ne State IS zoos rs for extra State;
So 27%@5 80 for choice; So 1905 Is for
superiDe Western; s. 22K@5 as for com
mon to medium extra Western; SIS 5005 80
for shipping brands extra round hoop Ohio ;
So 1907 for trade brands do, market clos
ing quiet. Canadian Flour-Demand mod
crate and market steady: sales 470 brls. at
SO 26@6 20 for common to good extra 81
az 70 for choice and f~avorite do. Rye
Flour is steady: sales at SO 5004 10 for
Common to choice superfine. Corn. meal is
quiet; Gales at previous quotations.
Whisky isa shade irmer; sales 600 brls.
ut l7lfc. ..a-.
Wheat about lie. per bushel better, with a
fair export demand, freights still tending
downward sales of 1880 bushels Chicago
Spring at 81 l7@l 20 for common to fair;
l6,5 300 bushels Milwaukee club, delivered,
part at 81 26 and the remainder at 81 az;
5000 bushels red State at 81 81 delivered /;
h200 bushels white red Western at 81 80, in
store, and $500 bushels white Western at
81 45@l 30. Rye quiet at 64@65c. Barley
scarce and firm at 70@80c. Corn ia good
export and fair home trade demand; market
again slightly advanced: sales Of 81 900
bushels at &c. for old mixed Western, in
store, and 6S2@69c. delivered; 62%@64c.
for new mixed Western and yellow, at the
railroad depot; 65@e8c. for Southern yellow.
Oats q shade hrmer, with a moderate business
doing at 33@34%c. for Western and Cana
dian and 34@35c. for State.
Pork continues dull: sales 900 brls. at
Sic 62H for mess, $l2 50@l2 rs for prime.
Beef quiet and steady; only small sales to
report: 81 1905 for country prime; SIS i75@
6 20 for country mess 5000 for repacked
mess $l0Gll for extra mess. Prime mess
Beet dull and nominal. Beef Hams quiet
and firm. Cut Meats steady, fair demand:
sa'es AIS packages at 6H@6Nc. for Shout
ders, and s@8Ac. for Hams. Hogs quiet at
6A@7Ac. for eorn-fed dressed 5%@5Ac.
for live weights. Bacon in better request
sales 80 boxes long-ribbed middles city cut
at &c. Lard steady and demand moderate:
sales 1876 brls. at 9@l0c.
Butter selling at l00l4c. for Ohio, aud Ia
@l9c. for State. Cheese steady at 8@lOc..
for common to prime.
Sugar rather quiet, but prices without i'm
portant change: sales 220 hhds. Cuba at AZ
@6c. 500 bids. Melado on private terms.
Molasses unchanged: sales $50 brls. New Or
leans at BIC. 20 bids Porto Rico at 33c, at
four months Coffee very firm demand
fair; sales 1850 bags Rio at llM@l4c.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22

CHEESE-Tho market Is unchanged. with
a modente demand Fl skci Tor Western Re.
serve g. for Hamburg, and iolc. for En-
glish Dairy.
BUTTERLPrime and choice roll are
scarce and in good demand At l5@i7cs conn
moD. qualities are dull at s0l0o. $500
APPLES-The market continues dull at
y zSCgl % per erL Tor common TO prime
P0TATOES-The demand for prime Ne
sbanocks Is fair at$1 25@l a5 per brl.
SEED-The supply of Clover Is better.
snd the market was dull to-day, but prices
were unchanged we quote prime at 81 rs.
Timothy is in good demand at 81 9o@3 for
prime, with a light supply.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22
lBy Telegraph
New York stock Market.

NEW York, March 2l.-Stocks a shade
firmer, but dull: Chicago and Rock Island,
57Ai Scrip, lOi Galena and Chicago, biz;
Scrip, 30; Michigan Southern, Guaranteed,
365s; New York Central, 7S; Erie, 3O%;
Kentucky Skies, %; Virginia Skies, 7sX;
Hudson, first Bonds, 1857; Michigan.South-
erp, second Bonds, 65; Chicago and Rock
leland Bonds, 100; United States Skies, 81;
Coupons, 1917; United States Elves, "a;
Coupons, 69A; Illinois Central Scrip, slN ;
Pacific Mail, Sc Illinois Central Bonds,
l0lHi Missouri Skies, 65B Tennessee
Skies. AZ.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22
The Dl.aayapiasee q oatsuPofary Liisfn'

p nf.s. rr. tuFc, .u4rnI
II was once the custom 10 read Spencer
and Shakespeare, aud Fletcher and Addison,
and JeremyTaylor and Hooker. This was
at q time when tho circulating library was
filled exclusively with 6ctions of the Minerva
school, or with poetry such as Hayley
wrote. There was 20 great temptation in
that time Of desrth to coutine ones readiag
10 the contemporary literature. But times
are changed. The shelves of our great read
ing clubs and libraries are crowded with
the novels OF Thaekefay, Dickens, Lytton,
Bronte, Kingsley the histories OF Tenuy-
son and RuskiD; with the theogolyof Maurice,
Jewett, and Robertson and with a host OF
authorities on science and travel Such a
literature as this is more than sufficient for
7 the time and capacity OF an ordinary stu
dent and we need not wonder that the
number Of readers who limit their reading
to the publications Of a twelvemonth should
increase every day. Yet we may be sure
that such a Limitation has an essentially mar
rowing influence, and produces a very in
furious effect on the mind. E
All writers of an age, however diversified
their styles, and however peculiar their men
tai babus, are en- rapport. They breathe the
same air, they handle the same topics, they
are acted upon by the same influences. So
that a critic can tell, not more from
the occurrence in their works Of direct allu-
sion to contemporary events, than from some
trick Of manner, some habit of thought, or
some trait of feeling or character, whether
an author belongs to the age Of Elizabeth,
or Of Charles, or of Anne, or of the Georges.
Every nation has a personality" of its own.
Now, the reader who reads the writings OF
his cotempoarries only, can not escape their
Influence. He bows slavishly to their au-
thority their taste becomes his taste, their
prejudice his prejudice. The intense press
ure which writers near TO us exercise upon
our feelings and convictions, require, if we
should preserve intellectual manliness and
moderation, TO be STAYED off; and this can
only be lone by making ourselves ac-
qusinted with the notifications of taste and
opinion which have obtained in different
ages of literature-FrGzer's Magazine.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22

THE FINE CLIMATE OF CALIFoRNI AS a
proof OF the glorious climate of California, a
gentleman writes from San Francisco, Fet-
ruafy IL: "The bills around the shores OF
the bay have put on their robes of green
The city gardens are now in the pride of all
their beauty. II will serve TO contrast your
seasons with ours. TO state that grass is high
enough in many gardens to require to be
moved