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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17
From the y. Y. Ledger.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
by HENRY WARD BEECHER.

The last act of the sublime drama has
at length been finished, and the most
wonderful spectacle of the age, or perhaps
of time has been completed
Mr.. Lincoln's assassination is not sin
Gle act, but the last of a SERIES of which
it forms the consummate whole. 1t is
seldom that history Of itself falls into
such natural and dramatic periods as may
be marked in the wonderful tragedy of
five years 1t will be seen, too, that the
excitement of feeling, at each step seem
ing to have reached its bounds, still rose,
until in the last grand catastrophe it sur
passes all that conceived possible or en-.
durable. And among other things demon
strated by this civil revolution, is the ca
paclty of communities to endure profound
excitements prolonged through wide peri
DDS of time. The excitement of the Kan
sas struggle was only preface to the
higher glow of the Presidential canvass
of 1860 But that was itself inferior to
the profound anxiety and feeling Of the
period between November, 1860. during
which Secessionism developed into civil
war. When, in April, 1861, Fort Sum.
ter was assaulted. all feeling before seem
ed tame, compared with that fire of pat.
riotism which swept the land. That feel.
ing consolidated into determination
which the various defeats and victories Of
four years had no power to change. The
aame.l like character of populax feeling was
changed, but only as wood that blazes, at
length grows even hotter yet when it be-
comes GOALS.
In this last year of the war, as victory
upon victory East. West, and South, fore
tokeped the joyful consummation, the ma
ton grew more joyful, until, on the fall
Richmond and the surrender OF Lee. i
seemed as if the people had expended NJ
vital force in former emotions, but burst
with all the freshness of unwasted hearts
into the luxuriapce of tropical Joy Wa
't,a that human nature could bea
1t posslo. .or s,ro;n Q
another and grea'.'
No one would believe it vhr haa no
seen the grief horror and indignatl0@ :
,bo weeks following Mr.. Lincoln's death
.-~- ,;be the rolling in an
Inc sorrow rs0 ..-~
I'D ocoap tide IL qsencled tbs .-..n-
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17
PEAT AS AN ARTICLE OF FUEL.

A thick pamphlet with the above title
has just appeared in Boston, calling atten-
tion to hitherto neglected item in the
patrimony of the race. Dana's "Muck
Manuel" and other kindred works have
for years been laboring to teach us the
value of peat in agriculture, and as we
have been slow to learn the lesson we are
now offered abriefer one--how to consume
it as fuel r.f-f....s e..a-f.....r.
This once learned. while the West burns
corn we at the East shall burn manure.
Peat contains the same chemical constitu-
ents as coal; Indeed it seems to be only All
imperfect form of the same material,--
young coal, coal in the crude.
In Maine beds Of Goals have been found
in draining bog, evidently formed from
the wood of speces Of fir. the balsam
of which has been changed to bitumen,
with which the deposit is very highly
charged. Peat has long been used for fir
ing In some locations, especially in Ire.
land, where it makes sweet and whole
some fire, safer for delicate lungs than ei.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17
Attorneys.

XSAwYER, attorney at law and solicitor
ID chancery, Hyde Park, yt.-Agent iof
fbsecution Of all claims against the U .:
fnment Office in post-ofice building. u
70. BENTON, Attorney at Law and Solicit
Dr. in Chancery. Hydepark, Vt.
CHAM & WATERMAN, attorneys at law
Sl solicitors in Chancery, Hyde Park Vt:
|cuar attention given to the COLLECTION OF
Lims against the Government, widow s. IN
! and other pensions, bounties, back pay
Nupo BRIGHAM, GEO. l.. WATERMAN. 40
i W. HENDEE, attorney and counsel llor at
law and solicitor in Chancery, Morrisville'
Office in Masonic building. of
0. HEATH, attorney and counsellor at law
and solicitor in Chancery, Cambridge VI:
Icular attention given to the collection oil
ary claims, including pensions and bountles
Is reasonable. Office at Jellersonyille.
NERS Il GLEED, attorneys at law and so
ictors in Chancery, Morrisville, vt. (Oilice
erly occupied by Hon. T. Gleed. II. II. POW
P. x. GLEED.
+. PARKER, attorney and counsellor at
law, WOlcOtt, Vt. Particular attention
to collecting all kinds Of military claims.
ng an experienced agent and attorney in
hlngton, D. C., am prepared TO procure pen
:. bounties, back pay, &C., on reasonable
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17

ther coal or wood. The heat is less dry
ing, the ashes less troublesome, and the
smoke does not irritate the eyes. Indeed,
peat mossess, though low and wet are re.
markably healthy they are strongly an.
tlseptic, preserving animal and vegetable
and animal remains for long time but
slightly changed, and never breeding uox.
ious insect or malarious vapors.
In its native beds peat is heavily charg-
ed with water, and the want of cheap
method of drying and condensins it, has
prevented its being burned to any extent
IN this country. but modern researches
have removed this objection, and means
have been found for preparing it as fuel
in large quantities, in merchantable shape
at cost of four or FIVE dollars ton.
The process has been patented, and the
American peat company, orgarized in
Boston, has works now in operation in
Lexington, Mass
The fuel is claimed to surpass
coal for many purposes, especially for
generating steam and for the manufature
of iron and steel. Peat charcoal is dens
er than that from wood, and as it contains
no sulphur, iron made with it is of su-
perior quality and will not splinter. tias
from peat has been used for some time in
Paris; the hydrogen obtained is very
richly carburetted, and is better than that
from coal for Illuminating purposes. The
refuse after distillation. combined with
lime and coal tar, makes admirable asphal
tum for pavements, and the tibrous por.
tions have been successfully converted in
to paper In short, there are numerous
indications that the stores peat found in
almost every township, the accumulations
of past ages, will prove rich inheritance
to US and our children.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17

1t is better economy to cultivate FIVE
acres thoroughly than to murder fifty ag.
riculturally. Instead of expending our
ambition and energy on the greatest pos
sibic era, scrambled over, let US persuade
our pride to crop out in producing maxi
mum yields from minimum surfaces
In our corn-f felds-where VIC arc not
Missourlans or sucker" farmers, count
ing our maised acres by the hundreds,
let us drop in every hill couple of some
of the better sorts of climbing beans, and
at every fourth hill pumpkin seed.
The cultivation of the main crop serves
for the auxiliary ones, and the produce Of
bean and pumpkin vines will more than
repay that, leaving the principal crop
clear gain.
Many of our vegetables are absolutely
gamers by close connection with plants
of another habit than their own. AS for
instance, potatoes and cabbages, onions
and lettuce. cucumbers and radishes, peas
and parsley, beets and bell peppers, egg
plants and summer savory.
In the patch of potatoes, planted for
early eating, after the last hoeing set out
winter savory, or other late cabages iu-
tended for winter stock, planting them
centrally between the potato hills, SO that
Iin digging the latter, the same draught
of the hoe draws the cap Of the hill, the
very best fertilizer the cabbage can have
to the plant, and the profitable occupa-
ton of the patch is perpctuated.
In planting cucumbers sprinkle in a few
radish seeds of the finer sorts. The Te-
suit will be famous radishes, and improv-
cd cucumbers. After the last wedding of
onions and the breaking down Of the tops
SOW among them lettuce seed. A finer
favored onion and more crisp. tenderer
lettuce will be the reward.
With beets, put in here and there, pep
per seeds. Both vegetables will be i'm
proved in size aud quality. Peas and
parsley, though antogonistic in their hab-
Its. are both gamers by near associations.
When the tobacco field is "laid BY"
sow over it rutabaga or round turnip
seed. The tobacco loses nothing; the
turuip is the gamer in several respects.
and two crops on the same ground, with
only the labor required for one has been
achieved. t...sf
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17
PEN-AND-INK PORTRAITS.
BY JOHN q. SAKE.
sNoBBERY REBUkED.

Once, at a social party, Madam X.
A foreign actress of especial note
For reading well what other people wrote,
And writing i'll what few can truly say
They ever read at ALL said, with sneer,
When G, was praised--a famous artisan
What IA MECHANIC and a GEHTLEMAN!-s
Pray tell me, sir, are such things common here?'
why no, ;. replied the wittiest of men,-
Looking, the while, serenely in her face
Perhaps It's not VERY common case,
And yet such things DO happen now and then,
just as in YOUR trade one may chance to be
An ACTRESS AND LADY--don't you see?"
THE GRATEFUL PREACHER,
A travelling preacher once upon time,
Addressed congregation rather slim
In numbers-yet his subject was sublime,
cTwas "Charity'') sonorous was the hymn {;
Fervent was the prayer; and tho the house was
small
He pounded Justify the Sacred Word,
And preached an hour as loud as he could bawl
As one who meant the Gospel should be heard
And now, behold the preachers hat is sent
Among the pews for customary pence,
But soon returns as empty as it WENT! =
"Thank Cod" he cries. with such an audi
ence,
Although my preaching has been quite in vain,
THANK COP! I've GOT MY BEAVER BAcF
AGAIN -
THE PARvENU's OPINION.
NovUs, whose silly claim to "high position"
Is genuine, if wealth can make it true
Ayouth whose Stock--petrolean, not patricIan-
Is no less proud for being fresh and new
Standing before a flaming placard, sees
Announcing thus the lecture of the night,
BY EVERETT, THE AGE OF pERICLEs !"
NovUs, half doubling if he reads Alright
Repeats the words (solloquizing Loudly
"The Age of Periclcs II wondor now
Why such theme should gather such crowd
AS throng the door with such mighty row
There isn't one among 'em, III engage
VINO CARES A CUss ABOUT THE FELLOWS AGE!'
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Physicians.


$50 nR. MOVE has taken rooms :, at
(YSYK& ~ American House, Hydepark
I-llJ where he will insert TEETH upon
RUBBER BASE at as low PRICES as any Dentist
c STATE. lso teeth cleaned, filed. and dis
of the gums treated. Teeth asserted Gpon
|Oer at from 81 to SIS per sett.
IN nENTlSTRY.-P. w. j. PECK,
- ~ dentist, Johnson, Vt- Natur'
kt1ssg al teeth put in the best state OF pre-.
fIsLJ servation. Artificial teeth made
IFery style known to the profession. 40
aS. COREY, NJ. D.. Physician and Surgeon
aterViIle. W. Office at the residence Of II. N.
n. so
H0LBR00K, N. D.. physician and sur
seon, Wolcott. Vt. Office at his residence
use formerly occupied by Q A Root. Smos
a, STEELE. MD, Homeopathic physician
sad surgeon, Morrisville, VI. Office at hii
ence-at the house formerlys occupied BY
mas Gleed.
so. ~ WHITE. NJ. D., physician ana sur sur
,s.l1 sJJh, hyde Park, VT ONCE at Ia, iof
-Se'nehce OF J. T. Allen.
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| &usintss GatOs.
Hotels.

Hf Hotels.
4 q pRJrRY Hotel, Waterbury, vt. n. p.
ler, proprietor, New house and new
r@ss, EWs' HOTEL, Stowe Lower Village)
IN. Matthews, proprietor, Ii
EvILLE HOUSE, or" OLD FAR
Is HOTEL" Waterbury Centre, VT,
XIyon, Proprietor. Travellers VIII hnd
Excellent place to stop. AZ
n HOUSE, Johnson, VT, CIV. Denio,
prietor Stages leave this House north
th Daily. 20
RlSYILLE HOUSE, Morrisville, VT, r.
Spaulding, proprietor. The proprietor
lie able to make the traveller ieei at
~ IA
e IN MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Wolcott vt,
#Dav. proprietor. This heuse has been
h and additions and improvements made
Xtbe last season, so that the proprietor
nfdent that he can make the traveller feel
SRIC.N HOUSE. Hyde Park, VT, j. a..
6hild, proprietor liorses ana carrlges ior
ance to any part OF the country y always IN IN
fess. Also horses and carliges to let' ~
3LAGE HOTEL, Hyde Park. Vt.' j. l.
xesmith, Proprietor.
LACE HOTEL, Waterbury, VT, Jeremiah
Brown, proprietor.
&oRE POND HOUSE, Elmore VT, A. W.
Merrill, proprietor. Conveyances to any
the county on short notice I
ERICAN HOUSE. st. Adams, VT, 5. e.
eld, proprietor. 10
BURGH HOUSE. Irasburgh, VT, by Il;
%Nye. Stages leave this house daily ior an
y stations. Horses and carriages to let. 81
! I5BELG.'S HOTEL, Wolcott, Vt, Justus
bbell, proprietor, on the stage road u
n Oh. Conveyance to any part oil the couh
hort notice. Il
h HOTEL, Eden Corners, VT, j: Har
d gton, proprietor. Good Accommodations
ID and beast.
I.E HOTEL, by H. P. sceger, Cambridge
rO'., Vermont. ~
TEL. Albany Centre, Vermont W. HOW
II Proprietor. This is good place TO stop
4 knew dinner for four, with good cup D
pt up in ten minutes. ED. 36
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abides forever. The bad men who have
filled our times with infinite mischiefs
are passing away to eternal infamy. The
Patriot and Christian Statesman, in bright
opposition. shall rise to shine forever,
like stars in the armament.
Too MucH "ILE."-The first flowing
we'll ever struck was on the McElhenny,
or Funk farm, and was known as the
Funk we'll. Funk was poor man when
the we'll was sunk. 1t has struck June,
1861, and commenced flowing. to the as
tonishment of all the oil-borers in the
neigh bornood, at the rate of $50 barrels
a day. Such prodigal supply of grease
upset all calculations. but it was confident
ly predicted that the supply would soon
stop 1t was an oil creek humbug,' and
those who had no direct interest in the
prosperity of the well looked day after
day to see the we'll stop. But like the
old woman who sat down by the river side
to let the water run itself out that she
might cross dryshod, she waited in yain
the oil continued flowing, with little vari-
alton, for fifteen months, then stopped,
but not before Funk became a rich man.
But not long before the Funk had given
out, the wonder in regard to it was over
shadowed by new sensation. Down on
the Tarr farm, the Philips we'll burst forth
with stream of two thousand barrels
daily. Not to be outdone by the terrific
ry down the creek, the McElhenny tract
saw the Tarr farm, and went it a thou
sand better The Empire well, close to
the Funk, suddenly burst forth with its
three thousand barrels daily, figure
which subsequent flowing wells endeavor-
ed to equal. The owners were bewilder-
ed 1t was truly too much of q good
thing. The true value of petroleum had
not yet been discovered; and the market
for it was limited, Foreigners would
have nothing to do with the nasty, grea
sy, combustable thing. Our own people
were divided in opinion. Some thought
it "a dangerous thing to be handled at arms
length while others set it down as a hum
bug in some way or other, of which the
community should keep as shy as posi-
bic. The supply was already in advance
of the demand and the addition of three
thousqnd barrels day was monstrous, ant
not to be endured. The price fell t
twenty cents barrel, then to fifteen, ant
then to ten. Coopers would sell barrel
for cash only. and refused to take thei
pay in oil, or in drafts on oil shipments
finally, it was impossible to obtain bar
rels on any terms, for all the coopers il
the surrounding country could not make
barrels as fast as the Empire could fiji
them. The owners were ia despair, ant
tried to choke off their confounded we'll
but it would not be choked off. The.
then built dam round it, aud coveret
the soil with grease, but the oil refused t
be damned, and rushed into the stream
making Oil creek literally worthy its nam
, For nearly year it flowed, and the
dropped to pumping well, yieldin
about hundred barrels. Lately it stop
5 ped, but on on the application of an all
5 pump it revived, and now runs about ift
barrels daily.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17

eEA4.pound brook trout measuring 2 I
inches, was caught in Dandy the other day.
and loon weighing lbs and large as a
turkey was shot in WOOdford pond last
week.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17

MEWs' HOTEL, Stowe Lower Village)
Ny, Matthews, proprietor. Ii
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tuuille Aswsacaler !:
RrIsHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,
Ia PARK, LAMoILLE COUNTY, VT.
Rntes of Advertising.

Rates of Advertising.
wear, $50; 6 mos. $35'; 8 mos. SIS;
4 / wear, S35; 6 mos. 20; 8 mos. $40; l
A year, SIS; 6 mos. $40; 3 mos. 81;
4 | year, SO; 6 mos. ST 3 mos. 81
ices charged at 10 cts per line for three
two insertions, 8 cts. a line; one
frtion, 6 cts line.
Ent;ces 81 each.-provided, they do not
twenty lines, in which case ten cents a
IN be charged.
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breed such men among the common pco-
pie
His form has fallen but his name
abides forever. The bad men who have
filled our times with infinite mischiefs
are passing away to eternal infamy The
Patriot and Christian Statesman, in bright
opposition. shall rise to shine forever,
like stars in the armament
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17

REBEL VOICE FROM RICHMOND.
with cannon mortar and petard,
We tender Abe our Beauregard." !"
1865.
ECHO FROM THE ONION LINES,
With those same cannon and petard.
Well keep JeT's tender Beauregard.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-05-17

rPRJTRY Hotel, Waterbury, Vt. n. p.
Eler, proprietor, New house and new
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-03-29

MATRIMONIAL jealousy is said to have
originated in this way: 'Adam used to
go to heaven in the evening to pray. One
time Satan made a, friendly call at Adams
residence, and Eve. not knowing, where
her husband had gone, was little petu-
liant and lonesome. Satan told her that
Adam had gone to heaven to call on anoth-
er woman-he supposed twas all right !;
he was ayersc to making mischief in fami.
lies, but, really, the conduct Of her hu,-
band was remarkable, in thus leaving so
beautiful woman alone. He then took
Eve to fountain and showed her PIC.
ture of the woman her husband was in the
habit Of visiting Adam came home after
while and got regular blowing up; they
made So much noise about it, that both
were unceremoniously kicked out Of para
disc"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-03-29

FRENCH PRovERBs.-Man is fire, woman
is tow-thc devil comes and blows.
A woman conceals only what she does
not know.
To get chickens you must coax the
hen.
Scratch people where they itch.
ITALIAN PRovERBs.-The dog earns his
living by wagging his tail.
Make yourselves all honey and the flies
will devour you.
The smiles of a pretty woman are the
tears Of the purse.
He who takes an eel by the tail or woman
by the tongue, is sure to ctmc off empty
handed.
GERMAN PRovERBs.-A lawyer and cart.
wheel need to be creased.
1t is better to have to do with a whole
fool than half fool.
We hang little thieves and take off our
hats to big ones.
Mules make great fuss about their an.
cestors having been horses.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-03-29

The LAcoEIc SrYLE.-As applied to
epistles and kilograms this is excellent. A
husband telegraphed to his wife, "What
have you got for breakfast, and how is the
baby?" The answer came, "Buckwhe heat
cakes and the measles"
The cheapest telegram ever sent was by
an Irshman. Said he to the telegraph
operator, "Do yees ever charge anybody for
the address in message p "No," replied
the operator. "And do you charge for
signing his name, r?'' "No, sir" "Well,
thin, will ye please send this? jist want
my brother to know Pm here"-h handing
the following: ITO John McFlinn--at
New York-(signed)- Patrick McFlinn."
The message was sent and no charge made.
The following letter was written by
young lady:
der kuzzcn: We is all we'll, and
mothers got the his Terrix; brother Tom
is got the hopin Kaugh and Ann has got
babee, and hope these few lines will find
you the same. Rite sumo. Your affec.
tionate kuzzen."
The following order, uer6ati,n ct litera-
tim, is said to been received by an under.
taker from an afflicted widower:
Sur: My waif is ded, and Wants to
be berried to MORO At Wunor clock. u
nose WAR to dig the Hole-bi the sled ov
mi too U,her waifs-Let it be deer"
The recording secretary Of division of
the Sons OF Temperance has this entry in
his book. showing remarka be ingenuity in
spelling "usual:"
"Arter gwine threw theyewzewal fawms
THAR wais coleckshun takin up hut moth
ing paid"
A young gentleman once began ro-
nance in the figurative style:
"Albert rode with the speed Of an arrow
to the garden, sprang like the wind from
his steed, like squirrel over the hedge,
writhed like snake through the palings,
flew like hawk to the arbor, crept up to
her unseen, threw himself passionately at
her feet, swore frantically that he would
shoot himself, when. however, Immediately
heard, seated himself in blessed delight at
her side, sank on her bosom, swan in a
sea of bliss-aU this acas the acork Of a
second"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-03-29

The correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gazette, strong republican paper, says in
relation to the excessive charges of the
Kansas Senators in the way of mileage:
"But from the Kansas Senators nobody
would expect anything else. Iowa ought to
send men of different stamp, and it must
be that the curious facts about their mileage
need only be called to their economical at
tention to be corrected. Mr.. Senator Grimes
lives at Burlington, on the Mississippi river;
Mr.. Senator Harlan lives at Mount Pleas.
ant, just one county west Of Burlington;
and Mr.. Representative Wilson, from the
extravagant House, lives at Fairfield, just
one county west from Mount Pleasant
Now it curiously happens that Mr.. Senator
Grimes charges the Government S1,ll5 81
for travelling here from Burlington Mr..
Senator Harlan 81 COG 40 from Mt Pleas
ant; while Mr.. Representative Wilson is
able to get here from Fairfield, just be.
yond both the economical Senators, for
1882 40, ..
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-03-29

A VERY REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE A
most remarkable, perhaps an unparalleled
coincident, was witnessed few days since
by the passengers on the western bound
train Of one of our railways. A few miles
east of the city, COW on the track, hear.
ing the screeching of the warning whistle,
instead leaving the track, ran in advance
until she reached, and fell into a cattle
guard, where she became fastened and
powerless. In an instant the locomotive
which could not be stopped in time liter.
ally dashed the affrigh:ed animal into frag-
ments which lay scattered on all sides,
leaving, however, beside the train full
grown calf, thus violently released from
within the bowels of its doomed DAM
Apparently it was not injured, and actually
raised itself upon its limbs, gazing excusa.
BILE bewilderment at the first railroad it had
ever seen. On arising from the ground it
beloved Justify, and when the train start.
ed, it left the poor little Orphan appar-
emily as much amazed as were the aston.
ishod beholders. This is no exaggeration
or fiction, but tho simple relation Of an &C
tual occurrence, transpiring before the eyes
of hundreds Of persons, many of whom are
now residing in Peoria. Peoria Star.