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PREPARED GLUHy
SPALDTNG'S PREPARED GT,EEl
SPALDTNG'S PREPARED GLUEI
Save the Pieces!

save sBc SIeCeE!
II Q II ATCH
ES~"A Stitch in Ttrno Saves Nine."-Ga
Asacodents will happen, in weegulacd families
rerydesrable to have cheap and wy for re-
pairing Furniture, Toys, Crockery, etc.
Spa!dtng'a Prepared Glue
Meesa such and can afford h
Tithouit 1t ia always ready ami up sticking point
TheroB no longer necessity for mpne chairs spntered v
aeers heaess dolls and cradles 1t s inst the article
for she'll and other work. so popular with H.
lies of refinement and ta5te.
TR admirable preparation Is cold being chemically
held in solution and possessing all the Qualities of the
pest glue 1t may lbs tho place of ora
nary rnucilege, being vastly adhesive.
"USAFUL IN EVERY HOUSEu
N B.-A Brush accompanies each bottle Price cents
Wholesale Depot, No, a Cedar street New York
Address HENET c. SPALDING L co.
Box No. $500, New York,
Prnpfor Dealers in Gases contsnin four eight veve
Lhogra?h Show accompanying each
package.
16F~A single bottle Of SPALDIEG'S PREPARED c.TyrE
willsRve ten fimes Its cost annually every household
Sold by all prominent etiouers Druggists HsrdFareard
Furniture Doalera, crorers, and Farcy Sorea
Country rnorchantB should make note of SPALDIN9,t.
PREPARED GLUE when making thcit list It will stand
ny climate. ,elq Iyayr
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THESTEUF GROVE VHISny.
EsTNUT GROVE WITS


CHESTNUT GROVE WHISKY
The Proprietor of the above CELEBRATED WHISKY d E
sFea to introduce tine article the public and physcans city
and country, as the
Eurest DIfTusable StamuIa,t
hich has been prepared for USE It proves tae
cords at heahfn invigoreng to the enfaebled
"thor by disease distilled from the best rye sDd
malt and it's nutritious properties preserved bya process
peculiarly his whereby the Fus other uoous in
Sreden known tc be cortsued the Whisky general use
are cosey separated the absolute purity of this
tici9fron any foreign adniSturei guaranteed.
In addition to the following testimonials from the most emf
nent Analytical Chemists Of Philadelphia York and Bos.
ton the State Agricultural Society endorsed 1t with theft
Diploma and Dr. Jackson of Boston, has testified oath
to its absolute purity. Read the following
CERTIF Gates:
Philadelphia Sept g. 1853,
We have carefully tested the sample Of Chestnut Grove
whisky which sent and find that none Of the
poisonous substance known Fus Oil which the character
s,io and injurious ingredient Of the WHISTLES general use
BOOTH, GARRETT 4 CAHAC,-
Analytical Chemists.
Now York, Sept. B. 1858.
have snayzed sample Chestnut Grove Whisky received
fsea hr. Charles Wharton, IT, of Philadelphia and having
carefully tested it. pleased that entirely free
rom poisonous deIeteouB snbsanceg It unusually
pure and ane Favored quality of Whisky.
JAMES F. Chiffon, Analytical Chemist.
Boston, March T. 1857
have made chemical Analysis of commercial san1rcg Of
Chestnut Grove Whisky which proves free from the
Fusii 0i's. and perfectly pure unaduerated The
"Tor Of this Whisky derived from tho grain used IN mann
featuring it. Respectfully
A. A. HAYES, NJ. D., State Assayer
No. Is Boylson street,
CHARLES WHARTON Jr,
Wholesale Agent
lie Walnut street.
1e2 lydW PHILADELPHIA
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SOUTE11s11N EIlen-E'ROoF lsUOFINC co

IN i
Letters patent from the United States having been granted us
the 2l day OF March, l&5, for Composition known US the
'SoutNcrn Firc-prOHf Roofing"
1t being superior my observation-disclosures by 40 per
than any other Roofing
WE OFFER FOR SALE THE RIGHTS
Countless Parishes States Territories Oh very !inarai
terms
WE WILL RErEINE ORDERS
and Contracts for Roofing Cotton Gins Sugar lonses Ware
houses Railroad Dyots, MILLS, City and Country Dwellings,
Steamboats,, etc, etc
rIy-In Ill instances work is fully guaranteed.
Our Roofing material is in BARRELS and can he shipped
persons the country elsewhere those wishing 10 use
it. printed directions by which they supply it
will perfect success.
Pnrcs. by addressing, obtain Circular Drec.
tons and receive any further information they may pleased
10 ask.
u3~oNi"c 81 st. Charles New Orleans d27 tfW
RTE4 w 43L4AE1Atgs bGAUf8ISM &WOoD WORKS
P. II ", ENGIEEER,
~ and 2l4 New I.evee street,
PATENT COTTON CLEANING MACHINES made, sold and
in operation.
PATENT METALLIC AND GRINDSTONESAW CUNNING:
MACHINERY MODELS, etc, put in operation.
FANCY WOOD WORK Of all descriptions.
f9~0sders for W. O c above executed promptly. sci tt
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ESTABLISHED IN 1906.
Ridley & Co.,
0ozNER OF CHAMBERS AND HUDSON sTREHzg
;OppoaitethU Hudson River Railroad Depot}
NEW FORK.
CANDY SUGAR PLUNg. LozHNnrs, nc. ,sto,.
In n!l their varieties, made Eglus@e.? from Lot.
Sugar without aiui.eaton aL72lue ieleorous euh
stances Of any kind.
Those wishing purchase pure ea,a os
Snd examine stoc6, nrd contrast them With oeref
elsewhere.
E~ Bo7es Of ASSORTED CANDLES for families pms Rp
to order, 1T prices rang ing from % up s,ards.
R Candies, etc, etc packed ?f a1d LOO bs,
suItabcfor the Southern. tra.c, and shipped order.
Eas" Orders by mail promptly execnod,
&y~ Terms cash IyTly
U tsU1SEANA ssTAE&t hHsU1&ANOEl COMPANY
OFFICE NO. Sc CAMP STREET.
Capital ssoo.ooO.
DIRECTORS.
J.. Lareire, E. H. Harre,
Theodore FroD, JIM. Robert
A. D. Grief, a. Bonnafon,
Jacob Gong Amadeo Landry,
+. Ganucteau.
This Company will be ready transact bnsnesso hs 2Bt ID
SEPTEMBER NEXT and will insure against the periIs
seas rivers damage by fire, sll5ual Il
the current rates of premiums.
a cash premium OF FIFTEEN PER CENT. will BE-
made to those insurng III this otico.
E.GANUCHEAU. President
A. PICOLET, Secretary
New Orleans AugUhfi 7, 1883, aulStf
RTLLIARD TABLES-BfLLIAEGD ia gLFGs
35............ST. LOUIS STREET ...........,.3S
Under the ST. Losais Hotel.
The undersigned begseave to inform the public that
opened BILLIARD SALESROOM at the place. where
Intends keep constantly hand BILLIARD TABIES
from the celebrated maruiactoy of J. W. BRUNSWICK
BRO Cincinnati, descriptions and prices; such as
ROSEWGCn.
BIRDS EYE MAPLE, MAHOGANY,
BIRCH AND OAK,
With Mar+lo, Slate Wood Bed. Also Bagatelle Table,
Balls Pool Boards, Cushions Cloths, Cues Pockets Cue
LeaherB Ten Pin Balls and everything apportaning Bl
lizards other games.
E.BSpecmens Of the above Tables seen al the St.
Charles Marble Hall AnI st. Louis Billiard Roo1ns
BE- IePsrns donuRt short uoce GU reasonabetermg
m29 Iy 4, ". MERRIAlI,
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"a gAMlf.NEa s.s,st I. ElN sEs.ANl aoIteR

IL AAStf&Nk II s;s'Et K! EiE $5T'k1ANf BOILER
f &f8NUF At'FCt}t, htiSve": toyiras EeYin cnly
FAIs ttraa lninnt9s t!le st. Charles R0tel.
The understand having largely increased his work.
lop, and 1rng al he 9cilos prepared Ill rdera
any description q BOILERS, IL less plo ana
they had shop in the South imported
SorIh
Always ;rnnd pQuDLF FTgED EQIIIEt2B from 20 to
~ fo9t .oE;, ard AZ inches diameter.
Alfo LtHDER BOILERS g. 3d. 81 and Sc inches diane
Fire 9on nto ars Stand Pipes Valves, etc. const antly
! hand.
All york Guaranteed Of best material votuap
Grip.
Parties wishing plrca-e Boilers tcr platstnns aoar
Goats sa,vrls rlspcujly Yitod CALI Judge Tor
koIus selves. ms ly'>Ej u. H. ENITLtER.
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EFGbXEERE&N'sS FxG2SPEEAAo
~ No. 80 RAR0NNB STREET, New Ocleapa,
Near1e Carrollton Railroad yernlinue,
pr n. rGEEMAN, ate Of Montgomery, Aa.) having 10
ii Drc.l3, takes this method Of announcing that
he has opened
SURGICAL AND 7oMAN'S HOSPITAL
md is ready receive patients. Fo building has ~
Is rahY adapted to the purpose and being Situated such
and deStAbIe part Of the city that war
saving AfF3Tts liGl6u4j advantages.
The generally age and airy and under
;Ai: tlorouGh repair
Both whueS Hld blacks admitted.
For admission, Apply the Office in the Building,
elf lvtN
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SoncCrgiahf les E0Wr5 dc Circuit CT dc Dis
triCt ctu1iiics dams l'HGtat de Ia EotIl. in
par 10 ci-dcyant Commencement DIES Eta. t3-
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~ ~ Pre-. ideut Of the il
Attest j. TiIOS. WHEAT, arcre'nry.
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The Trustees have declared Scrip Dividend of 3Sl% ey
cent ter paying cent interest outstanding Certificates
1863. ~ ~ ~
Interest paid derp of 1860 redeemed or and after the m
day nest The Certificates o. Scrip OF 1860 dere,t
and after LIST June, 1860.
GHAs. BRIGGS, President.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21

birds. The chief reason of his enmity to the
elephant appears to be, not that il evcr inten-
tionally Injuries him, but merely that it shares
his taste for certain iayoriIe fruits, And when,
from his watch tower in the upper branches of
tree, he perceiyes the elephant helping him
self to these delicacies he steals along the boogh
and, striking it's sensitive proboscis violent
blow with the club with which he is almost al
ways armed, drives off the startled giant; trum
peting shrilly with rage and pain.
Towards the negroes, the gorilla seems to
cherish an impacable hatred he attacks them
quite unprovoked. If party of blacks ap.
proach unconscionsy within range OF tree
haunted by one Of these wood demons, swing
ing rapidly down. he clutches with his thumb
ed foot, at the nearest of them his green eyes
flash with rage, his hair stands on end and the
skin above the eyes, drawn rapidly up and
down, gives him fendish scowl. Sometimes,
during their excursion in quest of ivory in
those gloomy fore>u, the natives will first dis
cover the proximity ola gorilla by the sudden
disappearance Of one Of their companions The
brute, angling for him with its horrible foot,
dropped from tree, while his strong arms
grasp it firmly, stretches down his huge hind
hand, seizes the bapess wretch by the throat,
draws him up into the boughs, and, as soon as
his struggles have ceased, drops him down, a
strangled corpse.
A tree is the gorilla sleeping place by night
his pleasant abode by day, and his castle of de-
Tense. From that cogne of advantage he waits
his foe, should the latter be hardy or fool
hardy, enough to pursue. No full grown
gorilla has even been taken alive. A bold ne
gro, tho leader of an elephant hunting exped-
iton, was offered hundred dollers for gor-
lila If you gave mo tho weight of yohder
hill in gold, could not do it, he said.
Nevertheless, he has his good qualities-in o
domestic point Of view he is an amiablc and
exemplary husband and father watching over
his young family with afectionatc solictude
and exsrting in therdelensc his utmost strength
and ferocily The mothers show that devotion
TO their young in times of danger, which is the
most universal Of instincts.
The gorilla constructs himself snug ham
mock out Of the long, tough, slender stams oil
pararitic plants, and lines it with the broad
dried fonds of palms, or with long grass-s sort
of bed surely not to de despised swung in the
leafy branches of a tree. BY day he sits on a
bougb leaning his back against the trunk, ow-
ing to which habit, elderly gorias become ra-
Their bald in those regions
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21

ceeding in having their shells explode almost at
the exact instant of striking Ia loading
mortar, the shell is carefully placed with the
fuse directly forward, and when the piece is dis
charged, the shell is so completely enveIoped
with flame that the fuse is nearly always fred
The fuse is made by filing wooden cylinder
with fuse powder, the cylinder being Of sufficient
length for the longest range, to be cut down
shorter for shorter ranges as required.
A Dahlgren gun is an ordinary cannon, ex.
cept that il is made very thick at the breech for
some three or four #. when it tapers down
sharply to less than the usual size. This form
was adopted in consequences of the experiments
Of Capt. Dah'gren of the U. $. Navy, having
shown that when gun bursls it usually gives
way at the breech The Niagara is armed with
these guns, and at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
there are sixty, weighing about 5000 lbs each,
and each Of II 600 lbs. weight each, the former
of which are capable Of carving nine inch
and the latter a ten inch shell distance Of two
or three miles and there is one gun Of this pat
tern which weighs 1916 pounds, and is war
rantcd to send an eleven inch shell four miles
A casemaie is a stone roof to Il fort made suf-
dcienty thick 10 resist the force Of cannon balls
and casemate gun is one which is placed uLder
Il casemate.
\ barbette gun is one which is placed on the
top of the fertilization.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21

some joyous sensation, plunges and rolls with
gambolling CLEO, until the water dashes in large
waves against the walls which confne it.
When thus inspired with new lie and activity
in its lavorto element its whole aspect changes
The whole adoption of structure to peculiar
habits is in no animal more beautifully cOnspic-
uons than in the hippopotamus. Its trunk is
barrel-shaped, and supported clear Of the
ground on very short and thick legs The
naked hide covering the broad back and sides is
OF dark lndia-rubber color impressed by nu-
merous fine wrinkles crossing each other, but
disposed almost transyersely. Minute drops Of
glistening secretion cxude from the pores, which
are dispersed over tho whole integument, and
which the animal is provided with for the pur-
pose of lubricatng its thick hide, and thus
preventing it from breaking The ears, which
are very short, conical, and fringed with short,
scattered hairs, it moves about with much vi.
yacty. The color Of the Irsi is dark brown
the pupil is a small, transyersely oblong apera-
ture. The eyeball is relatively small, and is
remarkable for the extent Of the movements Of
protracton and rotractlon. The nostrils. sit
uatcd on promlncnccs, which the animal has
the power of raising on the upper part of the
broad and massive muzzle, arc short oblique Sits
guarded by two valves, which can be opened
and closed spontaneously, like theeyelids. The
movements of these aperatures are most conspic-
uous when the beast is in the water.
After half-an-hour spent in the amusement
OF bathing, the hippopotamus generally quits
the water at the call of its keeper, who is an
Arab, named Salama, and follows him to the
sleepng-room, viii h is well bcdded with staw
and where stuffed sack is provided for its pill.
low, of which the animal, having a very short
neck, thicker than the head, duly avails itself
when it sleeps.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21
A Rat Item.

The reporter OF the Philadelphia North Amer
ican recently stumbled upon professional rat
catcher and Spectator, from whom he gathered
curious Iacts relative to the art of rat catching,
and the use to which the animals are put, which
it seems Is to furnish amusement for the inhab
tants Of the city The rat catcher says he is the
proprietor Of pit, in which regular exhibitions
Of rat fighting are given three times week.
The average consumption Of rats in this pit is
about a hundred and fifty per week. The rat
catcher knows all the spots in the city where
rats are most abundant, and there are his traps
regularly set on every night in the year His
best results in capturing them is at the wharf,
breweries, the livery stables, and around the
old and dilapdated quarters Of the city. He
boards every foreign ship Immediately upon her
arrival, and during the first night generally
captures every rat that finds harbor among
its tmbers. Sometimes as many as uundrvi
are caught on a single night from one vessel
The trap which he uscs-a patented article
in an oblong box, open at both ends, and baitcd
with roasted cheese, strinked with oil of ear.
roway. Walking in to seize the tempting NOR
sci, Mr. Rat steps upon a sidinns trap which
lets him down into grated apartment, and
then resumes its former position to accommodate
the next customer. After one rat enters tie
box Ellis rapidly. Sometimes the rat merchants
supply increases much faster than the demand,
and he accumnlates stock Of a thousand rats,
which he feeds with dead pigs and other oill
Sometimes he sells to the New York pits, and
week or two ago received $50 for as many
good lively rats The Philadelphia operator
has made decidedly good thing, pecaniaiily
out of lis novel trade, and besides two good
brick houses, ow4s a building which rents for
$3.50, aud has $1,000 invested in stocks, all the
proceeds Of rat catching. lie has followed tho
business from childhood, having been taught its
mysteries by his father, who was Scotch rat
catcher.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21

The Royal Zeploe,eal Society has received
another rarity in the animal kingdom, in the
shape of a young hippopotamus, presented by
Mr.. Trenthwick, her Majesty Consul.
This valuable acquisition to the Geological
Society is an object OF great curiosity, being the
second animal of the kind that has ever been
brougt alive into this country, aud indeed, in
to Europe, with the exception of one that was
brought to Rome in the third century by the
Emperor Gordian the Third, for the common
Grafton of the Secular Games. Its rarity is to
beaceounted for by the great danger that attends
its capture. Even in Egypt the land of its
nativity, the hirpopoamus is 50 far removed
from the observation Of men that the animal
possess d by the geological Society created such
intense wonder aod interest along the route to
Alexandria, When discovered the calf made a
rush to the river AMI nearly escaped, owing to
the slipperiness ofits skin, and was only secured
by one Of the men stikins the boat hook into
its flank. It's now only two years old, AMI its
massive proportions indicate the enormous power
which will be developed in lis maturer growth :
and the grotcsque expression Gifts physiognomy
far exceeds all that can be imagined from the
stuffed specimens in museums, and the figures
which have hitherto been published from REM
iniscences OF travellers.
Tho month u L., ,fu .
extreme youth for the peculiar upward direction
OF the corners towards the eyes, which, com
bined with the breadth add massveness OF the
muzzle, give that organ most grotcsquc and
striking character in whatever position it is
presented to the spectator. Atcertan moments
the whole aspect Of the head suggests to one idea
OF what may have been the semblance of some
OF the gigantic extinct Batrachians, the relic;
OF II lormer world, whose fossil bones excite oui
wonder SO powerfully whenever we wander int
the galleries OF Pal@onolegy tho British Nh
scum.
10 see the hippopotamus rightly is to see i
in the water There its activity is only sur
passed by the otter or tho seal And fortunat
Is the spectator who obtains his first impression
of the creature as it immerges suddenly abov
the SUFFICE, after diving or lying TRANQUILITY u
the bottom which occupies large portion of tn
house in which it is exhibited. On making ii
first plunge into its bath it generally go.s to tn
bottom, and remains there for some seconds
sometimes for minute or two, and then quietl,
rises, until the large protruding eyes aud valyn
lar nostrs are above the SUFFICE. 1t frequent
remains IN this attitude for considerable
period, and then as if suddenly possessed b
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21
Terrible Inundation in Holland.

A correspondent Of the London Daily News,
writing from Rotterdam, January l5lh, describes
u terrible inundation which had occurred in Ilo-
land
" In the beginning of January it was observ-
ed that the vast accumulation OF snow in this
district was causing the rise Of the river to
dangerous extent With anxiety and dread the
inhabitants watched the daily increase of the in
yadug waters, now laden with immense masses
of ice, and strennously exerted themselves to
strengthen the resistance offered by those arti
fetal barriers, by which alone Holland is pre-
served from total submersion. But still the
food rose, and the icc-masses formed them
selves, as it were, into huge batterng rams,
pressing with their Irresistible strength against
the dkes and dams. Higher and higher rose
the waters, and soon the surface Of the ponder
ons shifting ice-mass stood within bali an inch
Of the dike-leyel. At last a bullying out in the
dixie directed the anxious gaze Of all to one spot
for the waters were pressing hard upon tt
With the strength and energy o despair they
tried to stay the progress Of the food as it sought
egress from its narrow channel into their fields
and dwellings
Suddenly the dixie yielded, and the waters
poured throusl-the ice masses and the flood
rose above it, and swept on in their terrific
course submergng fields, barns and cottages.
drowning the cattle, destroying all. The aged
and the sick, the women ami children, sought a
refuge in their attics where, beuumbed with cold
without bedding, clothes, fire or provisions they
had to pass days OF inexpressible terror-of hor-
ribe starvation For long time it was impos
sible to approach them, and it is feared many 4
cottage has been swept away in the food, and
its inhabitants frozen to deathon the ice masses.
One family of seven persons was rescued from
the attic in which they had sought shelter, so
thoroughly exhausted by cold and hunger that
they could not even answer the questions Of
their deliveries A poor mother with her infant,
to which she had given premature birth, was
lying in bed in the bleak attic of her homely
dwelling.
As write, fresh intelligence arrives from the
inundated districts, detailing additional scenes
of wretchedness-pcople dying from hunger and
cold their houses cut away by the ice. Ilo-
land has often suffered much from foundations,
but never within the memory of living man has
an inandation been accompanied with so much
distress and destruction-with so much heart.
rending grief and despair"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-21
The Gorilla.

In Dickens 4 II the Year Round we find the
following description of this animal, which is
said to be the most closely allied, in structure,
to the human form of any of the brute creation;
1.-THE gorilla is of the average hight of man.
five feet six inches his brain case is low and
narrow, and as the fore part Of the skull is high
and there is a prominent ridge above the
eyes, the top of the head is perfectly flat, and
the brow, with its thick integument, forms a
scowlng penthouse over the eyes Couple this
with deep lead colored skin, much wrlnkled, a
prominent jaw with tie canine teeth lin tho
males) ola huge size, recedng chin, and
have an exaggeration of tie lowest and most
forbiddmg type of hnran Physiognomy. The
neck is short the head pokes forward. The
relative proportions of the body and limbs are
nearer those Of man, yet they are Of more I'M
calmly aspect than in any other of the brute
kind. Ie"r shameless arms, Thick and mu sou.
lar, with scarce and diminutlon of size dcsery-
ing the name wrist (lor at the smallest they are
fourteen inches round, while q strong mans
wrist is not above eight J a wide, thick hand,
the palm long, and the fingers short, swollen
aud equity looking; capacioos chest broad
sholders, legs also thick and shapeless, desti-
tu,e of calf and very muscular yet short; n
handle like foot, with thumb to it, of huge
dimension and pottcntous power of grasp.
No wonder the lion skulks before tins mons.
ter, ana even the ELEPHANTS bahled by bis NAL
icious cunning, activity and strength. The
teeth Indicate vegetable diet, but the repast is
tometimcs varied with eggs; ora brood oil young