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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-11-21

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al services so moderate The immense practice the
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These. besides his extensive library of legal and me-
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question: TO oder superior obtaining Patents
All necessity of journey to Washington procure
patent and the great delay there are here saved
inventors.
''Irega~d Mr.. Eddy OF the most capate and
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intercourse. CHARLES MASON
Commissioner OF Patents.
81 nave n0heStal0nln assuring inventors that they
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secure Tor them an early and favorable consideration
at the Patent OWce'" EEMUND BURKE.
- Late commissioner Of Patents
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CHEEP, SHEEP.

The subscriber has on hand and for sale or to
let q full blood Spanish Merino Bucks Gent
farmers please call and examine the above nam
ed Bucks and see for yourselves if it will not be
an object to cross the Spanish with the coarse
wool ewes and get from one to three lbs more
wool per head, as wool pays these war times
One Of these Bucks weighs LIS lbs, 2years old
last Spring, sheared last May l6i lbs.
1920 A. H. WILCOX
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NOTICE.-Whereas, my wife, Chastina
IN Piper. having left my oed and board without
Just provocation this is to forbid all persons har-
boring or trusting her on my account.
WIN. A. PIPER.
Vheelock, Nov II. 1862. 20-22s
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NOTICE.-Thi may certify that l have
~ this day given my son, Charles Deos. the re-
mander of his time during his minority. shall
claim none of his earnings. and pay no debts of
his contracting after this date His
custer u DEOS.
Geo W. Cahoon. Witness. mark.
Lyndon, Nov 10, 1862 2O-2
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NOTICE; Came int. the enclosure Of tn. sub
scriber, on the 18th of Oct, one small sized Bay
Horse. supposed to be IL or Is years old. The
owner is requested to prove property pay charges
and take him away. W. ID. MORRILL,.
Ryesate, Oct IA, 1862. 2O-22~
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HAIR JEW ELRY

WATCH. CLOCK md JEWELRT
REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING.
! Having had over II years experience in the
business, being practical Matchmaker and En-
graver myself, shall spare pains in giving
satisfaction in this department Of my business
and warrant all work. G.. C.. CIIILDS.
st Johnsbury Vt
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UNRIVALLED TOOTH POWDER

Do Won wish he blessed with and admired for Pearl
" hite and Sound Teeth Use DR.. VIM b. Hurds
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C. C. CHI Los,
DEALER IN WATCHES, JEwELRY. SILVER AND
PLATED WARE, SPECTACLES, BOOKS. STATIONERY, FANCY
GOODS, TOYS, &c.
Repairing and wing ioe with elegance and PROMPT
ness. Opposite Post ONCE, Main street
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

customers at all times with new and desirable
goods, such as Watches and Jewelry If all kinds
and styles. Books and Stationery, Silver Plated
Ware, Fancy Goods, great variety, 1901 kinds
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE IS, 1862.

on the blackboard, and sundry youngsters
scattered promisculously through the room.
tive the sound Of A. says the teacher
This was followed by a combination of mas
al and cultural sound so stunning that it
kept sounding in my ears-or my imaein,
atlon-for a week more or less. Now
give the second sound of A. Another
tremendous explosion. 'The third sound
of A Another combination of screams
which would undoubtedly have been more
fierce had the power of the human throat
permitted
The reader may think this an over-d drawn
sketch, but | can assure him it is not
Two more ludicrous scenes than the OPEN
ing OF this school and the exercise in elo-
cutlon-more appropriately an exercise in
yellocutlon-I have never witnessed in
any school They were utterly destitute
of the nice order and good taste that
should characterize every school exercise.
At the close Of my visit the teacher in
formed me that he did not intend to make
teaching his business; like hundreds of
others who have disgraced the profession,
he was only making teaching a stepping
stone to something higher j. X. ii.
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Signature of the Gross.

How many OF those who daily see \ ap-
pended to document of those who are un-
able to write, ever take the trouble to dis
cover its Specification. The mark which
persons who are unable to write are requir-
ed to make instead of their signature is the
sign Of a cross, and this practice having
formerly been followed by kings and mobiles,
is constantly referred to as an instance
Of the deplorable ignorance of ancient
times. This signature is rot, however, in
variable proof of such ignorance anciently
The use of this mark was not confined to
illiteratc persons, for amongst the Saxons
the mark Of the cross, as an attestation of
the good faith Of the person signing, was
required to be attached to the signature of
those who could write, as well as to stand
in place Of the signature Of those who could
not write. In those times, if a man could
write or even read, his knowledge was con-
sidered proof positive or presumptive that
he was in holy orders. The word clcrtcus
or clerk was synonymous with penman and
the lalty, or people who were not clerks,
did not feel any urgent necessity fer the
use Of letters. The ancient use Of the
cross was therefore universal, alike by those
who could and by those who could not
write; it was, indeed, the symbol ofan oath
from its holy association, and generally the
mark. On this account Mr. Chas. Knight,
in his notes to the Pictorial Shakespeare,
explains the expression of God save the
mark as form of ejaculation approach
ing the character of an oath. This phrase
occurs three or more times in the plays of
Shakespeare; but hitherto it has been left
by the commentators in its original obscur-
ity. With these associations clustering
round it, the sign of the cross should not
be made a subject for ridicule but rather
be treated as having important meaning
when appended to document; being at
once a signature and an affirmation to the
truth of what is there written.
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the leaders and prominent men of your
Government Those who now are at the
head OF this rebelllon-men who for years
were plotting treason against the very Gov
ernment they were sworn to support, with
perjury upon their souls. [ know your
surroundings. This to some extent owino
to your age, may excuse or palliatc your
crime.
You have committed crime that for
feits your life; the leniency of your cap-
tors, or those in power, may let you 90 free.
This, however, does not change the turpi-
tude of your crime. You will be spared -,
if spared at all, because the Government
is disposed to be merciful and forciying
| have written, fear you will think, harsh
ly and unteeling to you. | doubt not it
will appear so. | was early taught, by an
old revolutionary father, to love nv coun-
try. From him | learned the first lesson
of patriotism from him [ learned to de-
test an Arnold and Hull He was YOUR
grandfather. Would that you had inheri
ted more of his teachings-you would not
now be where you are. You might be con-
fined in prison in Dixie, but not by fed
eral authority. What can you hope to ac-
oomplish Your party is in hopeless mi
nority One southern man has not, as
your friends said he could, whipped FIVE
northern men. Indeed, they have fallen
very far short of whipping man for man.
Their gassing did very well until the thing
was tried, and now the sad realities Ito
those who then boasted) have demonstra-
ted they are not match man for man.
Let me tell you, this war will last for
ever, unless the south lay down its arms
and submits to the laws, and every day it
lasts the submission will have to be more
unconditional.
You have rushed into this rebellion to
save slavery. How many, think you, the
leaders in this rebellion had I? How is it
with you? Are your rights to your slaves
more secure than they were before? The
Government has not brought OH this War,
but the Government aoW end it-if it has
to be at the sacrifice Of Slavery,
If any thing have said will bring you
back to your Government and make you
a loyal citizen, [ shall be amply compensa-
ted for this hastily written letter That
you may see the error of your course,
earnestly pray.
Respectfully, G.R SMITH.
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DR.. Scion d. -Nurtia, Adon, ILL.,:

J
Dr. Scion d. -Ndrtia, Adon, ILL.,:
DR. SoLoN: Yours of the 9th i'ebru-
airy was handed to me this evening upon
my arrival here. | had heard with deep
regret that you were prisoner, taken in
arms against the best Government on earth
regret to say, after reading your note,
| cannot see any signs Of repentance on
your part. The crime that you have COM
mitted is the highest known to the law
The coldest blooded assassination the law
regards as of less turpitude than treason,
and Justly so, too In the one case, only a
single victim suffers in the other, whole
communities, States, and nation is filed
with assassinations and all the crimes of a
lesser grade.
Society is destroyed; law disregarded.
The torch of the incendiary, the knife of
the assassin, with every other crime, reigns
supremely throughout the land Had you
said in your note that you had been duped,
deceived, betrayed into this rebellion, and
that you repented, heartily repented, of
the course you had taken, and that now you
were ready to peril life, fortune, and your
sacred honor, in defence of the Govern
ment your grandfathers toiled for through
eight long and bloody years of privation
and suffering to establish, then [ would
have labored for your release, and [ doubt
not | could have accomplished it. This
you have not done, and it is now too late;
you can never have my aid This, to you,
may seem harsh, cruel-be it so. IF you
were my son, instead of my nephew, l
would never suffer you to darken my door
until you could do so as patriot and as
loyal citizen of your Government.
Have you ever thought of the conse-
quences Of your course upon me? The
party with which you associated are my
bitter enemies and seek my lite. have
already had to fly from my home, and my
house surrounded by an armed band of cut
throats the night [ left. What was my
crime? Loyalty to my Government-pa-
triotism, your grandfathers would in their
day have called it. For this, you and your
party to which you have joined your for
tunes, think men ought to suffer death
What is the history of the leaders of this
rebellion 1t is written in one word: In
fanny. They have now added to their
blackened souls, (if, indeed, they can be
blackened,) the crime of murder. Think
of the thirty thousand widows, the cries OF
the orphans for bread, the unavailing re.
grets of more than one hundred thousand
friends and relatives, and then tell me il
you are guiltless. Have you not cOntribu
ted, SO far as your influence goes, to bring
this wall of woe which now goes up from
this whole community? Suppose yor
could secede, and your independence b'
! established, who do you suppose would bt
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-06-18
Beating Down Prices.

Some people pride themselves on GER
tain sharpness in making bargains. They
buy everything trife cheaper than their
neighbors because of certain tact in beat
ing down prices
1t may turn out in another world that
this is very short sighted economy, for as
MIR. Cough says, it leads many sellers to
vicious courses. Mr.Gough said in one of
hiSlectures upon information derived person.
ally from English convicts, that not few
of that unfortunate class of persons had
formerly been venders of vegetables, fruit,
matches, and such like small wares, and
by that humble means had tried hard to
gain an honest livelihood And they as
crlbe their failure and fall to the fact that
their customers were so persistently in the
habit of beating down their prices that
they found it impossible to earn living
by fair and honest dealing, and were at
length tempted to a course Of double dea
ling, which led them step by step into
lying, cheating, stealing and finally public
degradation and prison
We think that there is more than a
grain Of truth in this. At all events, one
Of the minor morals is to give a poor man
fair price for his labor or his wares
Beating down is wholly inexcusable. If
the price asked is too high in itself or too
much for your pocket, leave the article
and try another dealer
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Cures for all Maladies.

For fit of Passion-Walk out into the
open air; you may speak your mind to the
wind without hurting any one, or proclaim
ing yourself simpleton.
For a fit of Idleness-Count the ticking
of clock; do this for an hour, and you
will be glad to pull off your coat and work
like negro.
For a fit of Extravaganza and Folly
Go to the workhouse, or speak with the
inmates of a jail, and you will be convin-
ced
Who makes his bed of brier and thorn,
Must be content to lie forlorn.
For fit of Ambition-Go into the
churchyard and read the grave-stones; they
will tell you the end of ambition. The
grave will soon be your bed-chamber, the
earth your pillow, corruption your father,
and the worm your mother and sister.
For fit of Despondency.-Look on the
good things which God has given you in
this world, and to those which He has
promised to his followers in the next, He
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-06-18

Ask Your Ehenpies-If you want to
know your faults, ask your enemies what
they are, and you will be told. If there is
a broken place in your coat of mail, they
will discover it and thrust in spear there.
They will pierce you between the joints of
your harness. Perhaps some people think
that one must needs be very wicked to have
enemies No, no; there is not a good man
or woman on earth, (unless they are hap
PLY good-persons of no force of charac-
ter,) who has not at least one enemy. 1t
is no credit to man to have it said of him,
He has not an enemy in the world.'-
Such a sentence would do very well to en-
grave upon the tombstone of an infant or
an idiot, but it is far from being compli-
mentary to man.
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New Series---Vol. XVI, No. SO

who goes into the garden to look for cob
webs and spiders, no doubt will find them
while he who looks for flower may re-
turn to his house with one blooming in his
bosom
For all fits of Doubts, Perplexity, and
Fear, whether they respect the body or the
mlnd-whcther they are load to the
shoulders, the head, or the heart-the fol-
lowing is radical cure which may be re-
lied on, for | had it from Great Physi-
clan: Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
lie will sustain thee
For fit of Repining-Look about for
the halt and the blind, and visid the bed
ridden, the afflicted, and the deranged :;
and they will make you ashamed of com
planning of your light affections.
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Fate of a Traitor.

A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gazette, writing from Huntsville, Ala,
says: Walking through one Of the most
pleasant of Huntsville's beautiful streets to
day, the bare and blackened walls of once
splendid house presented themselves to my
view. The gentleman at my side remarked,
there is sad history connected with those
ruins. The man who owned the property
was few weeks since second in influence
to no one in the South with lovely fam
lily, thorough education, and great wealth.
1t seemed that nothing was lacking to com
plete his earthly happiness, In one short
month he was hurled from his pious position
of influence in Jeff. Davis Cabinet; his
two young sons were lying dangerously
wounded in the Corinth hospitals his city
and country mansions laid waste by an in
cendiary torch; an exile from his home,
houseless, wifeless, Pope Walker is turned
adrift upon the cold charities of people
whom he had been instrumental in deceiv-
ing into cruel rebellion. How emblemr
attic of General Walkers fortunes are these
desolate walls
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-06-18
Minute Machinery.

y correspondent of the Times, writing
from London, says:
The most extraordinary machine in the
exhibition is beyond question the one for
microscopic writing. This enables per-
son to write in the usual way, and to du.
pllcate his writing million times smaller;
SO small, indeed, that it is invisible to the
naked eye, yet with powerful microscope
becomes SO plain that every line and dot
can be seen. The inventor claims that
with this instrument he can copy the en-
tire Bible twenty two times in the space
Of an inch. The Astor Library, presume,
could be transferred to a sheet of note pa
per. Practically it will be of great service
in preventing forgcries. With one ofthese
machines private mark can be put on
bills so minute and perfect that the forger
can neither perceive nor initiate it, but the
bank clerk Or broker knowing where to
look can at once detect that the bill is gen
uine. The machine is the invention of
Mr. Peters
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{ HE MINSTREL ,
THE HAPPY SOEnIER.

~ AAEAA SOELDAERs
am the boy that's always happv
AT home or on the battle field
ANA because love my country.
have buckled on the shield.
80 Iet the people say what they will.
am the happy soldier still.
Happy, soldier, happy soldier.
am tho happy soldier still
Then here am fighting soldier
IFlghtlhg for my counry's cause,
~ they VIII but lead me onward,
onward still without pause
so let the people say what they will
IL be fighting soldier still,
Fighting soldier, fighting soldier,
II be a fighting soldier still.
Over the southern sunny deserts.
II he marching onward still
Like our fathers did befor.. liz.
AT lexington and Bunker Hill
ineh let the people say what they will
II De marching onward still.
Marching onward. marching onward,
III oe marching onward still.
III bear the Union standard safely.
oyer the rugged hills and dales,
Where SeceSh's must die forever,
ana be buried in their graves.
sun let the people say what they will.
III be for the Union Still
For the Union. for the Union,
Iii be for the Union sdll
Heaven hath its joys and blessings,
And earth has her tolls and cares
In the North we'll be gay and happy,
W1en the south will he lead in shares
So let the Secesh say what they will,
The Union i the safest still,
For IN the Union we shall see,
The gay, the happy and the free.
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The smallest baby in the world, per-
haps, is now at Barnum's Museum, to be
entered in the baby show. The little fell
low is eight months old, and weighs one
pound and seven ounces-one ounce less
than he weighed when he was one month
old. The child is we'll formed and quite
healthy; its hand and arm up to the elbow,
and its foot and leg up to the knee can be
passed through a mans fnger-ring. DR..
j. o. Kohn, of Cincinnati, furnishes a.
certificate of the age, health, and perfect
formation OF this specimen. of humanity
which is at times very lively and playful
The child is accompanied by its father and
mother, and their daughter, fine looking
girl of eight years The prize for the
smallest baby is 81 900.
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MISCELLANEOUS,
Interesting Correspondence.
4 LITTER from a Rebel Prisoner to his Loyal
UHcte-the Uncle's Reply.
MCDowELL's COLLEGE, Feb. 6.

MCDoWELL's COLLEGE, Feb. 6.
DEAR UNCLE GEORGE: | suppose you
have heard that | was taken prisoner at
Milford, a short time since. We were
brought to st. Louis, and are now confined
in this place. Tomorrow, I understand,
we are to be sent to Alton. | write you
to use your influence to get me out on my
parole of honor, as | am very anxious to go
home and see my family, and especially
my wife, who, | have heard is very sick.
If you will procure my release, pledge
you my honor l will religiously observe
and keep my parole until l am released. -
[ know that you and l differ politically
upon this question. l do not know how it
affects you. l have always entertained the
highest respect for you as a FREUD and rel
ative, and my feelings are still the same
| do not know how you feel. [ see your
office is in the Provost Marshal's office. |
know you have great influence, and will
be under lasting obligations, if you will
procure my release on my parole, I am,
very respectfully, Your friend and relative,
S d. MARTIN.
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4 COlOJlY OfBees.
NEW REMEDIES FOR
SP E R M A T O r r FL G A

HOWARD ASSOCIATION PHILADELPHIA, A
III Benevolent Institution established by special Endo,o
gaeat for the Belief of the Sick and Distressed afflicted ck
Virulent and Chronic Diseases and especially for the Crc
of Diseases Of tie iSerual Organs.
MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis, by the Acting Sur
geon.
VALUABLE REPORTS on Spermatorrhoaa and 9th
er diseases of the Sexual Organs, and the NEW REM
EDIEs employed in the Dispensary, sent in sealed
envelopes, free of charge. Two three stamps foI
postage acceptable. Address, DR.. J. SKILLJE
HOUGHTON, Howard Association, No. s. Ninth ST.
Philadelphia, Pa. je6
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-06-18

aea. Martin Van Buren is the only man
who held the offices of President, Vice
President, Minister to England, Governor
of his own State, and member of both
Houses of Congress.