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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-10-27


And other valuable fancy Jewelry. Toilet and
Work boxes, and articles
One Of our ten sets or one piece of onr Gold or
Silver ware is worth bushel of the cheap dollar
JeWelry.!
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CLIP BILLS, PROGRAMMES.
- POSTERS, and all kinds of PLAIN AND
FANCY JOB PRINTING, done with neatness
and despatch. at THE GAZETTE office.
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October 6, 1853.
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On FRIDAY. tic 27td ofOCTOBER, 1865.
the following described valuable real estate, iste
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-08-04
Mad Dogs.

1t is vulgar error to suppose that rabies is
developed in dogs by want OF water still
more dangerous error to suppose that mad
dogs refuse TO drink. All dogs refuse to drink
unless they thirst; but in the early stages of
rabies the dog is afflicted with a raging thirst
and will drink feverishly. But although the
fever of rabies develops thirst no amount of
thirst will develop rabies. You may easily kill
dog land it has been done with the express
purpose OF testing the opinion) by Withholding
from it all drinks under a burning sun but
you will not develop by this cruel experiment
the slightest symptom of rabies. Indeed, any
well. informed Psychologist will tell you that
you might as reasonably expect to produce
smallpox as rabies through the agency of
thirst. In man, the term hydrophoba does
accurately enough express a Characteristic Of
the disease in its later stages. There is an in
de6nable horror at liquids, at the sight or
sound of liquids, which has never been satis-
factorily explained, but which has been gener-
oily noted in human beings who have been Bit
ten by rabid dog or rabid cat, as to warrant
the name of hydrophobia. This, however is
not seen in rabid dogs and cats, and the SOON
er men Danish that prejudice from their mind
the better.
1t is vulgar error TO suppose that rabies is
developed by the hot weather. The "dog days"
nave no more 10 40 win uoR madness tnan the
moon has to do with lunacy.-Dogs are mad
in July and Augustine are also mad i'm any
other month and it is not little curious that
of all the months in the year July and August
are precisely the months in which the fewest
coses occur. According to the exact record
kept at the great veterinary schools, there are
three times as many cases in April, November
and December, as in June, July and August.
In hot countries the diseaee is rare-in some
unknown.
1t is a vulgar error TO suppose that sign of
madness is "foam at the mouth" Tolerably
healthy dogs often foam at the mouth, and in
epilepsy they form abuhdantly rabid dogs al
so, bnt less than dogs in a fit, and only at one
stage in the disease. The sign means nothing
in itself; il is only when coupled with many
other signs that it ought TO arrest the atten-
tion.
1t is vulgar error to suppose that mad dogs
run about wildly swapping at man and beast.
Many savage irrilaied dog-many dog
driven wild by his tormentor-will run thus
and snap; but the dog that is naturally gentle
does not become otherwise when mad. Il unmo.
Tested certainly not TO those he has been famil-
lar with. The ferocious dogs have their feroc-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-08-04
Salt for Animals.

Few persons are aware of the immense i'm
portance OF salt in the animal economy not on
ly as an indirect producer of hesh but as a sam
iary agent in the prevention of disease. The
farmer himself cannot endure a dish Of any kind,
fish, flesh, fowl, bread or vegetable, without
quantum Of salt for seasoning and indeed sta
tistcs show that salt is the only article of food
which is absolutely in universal use by the
whole human family and yet it seldom occurs
to him that it is just as necessary for the per-
feet comfort, health and thrftiness of his horses
cows, sheep and hogs, as for his own, and as
general rule they never know the taste Oft du-
ring their whole lives, except near the coast,
where salt hay is cut as matter of economy.
Where salt hay is not used ina considerable pro-
portion to the whole amount of fodder, the
English hay and straw, and roots, or whatever
is fed out to the stock should have sprinkling
OF salt as much as a matter of course as does
our own food when preparing tor the table.
While the beneficial effect OF salt is thoroughly
established as a matter OF fact, and while it
has long been known that total privaton of
il proves disastrous and often fatal, yet the ex-
act nature of its functions is in a great degree
a matter of speculation and doubt. 1t is cer-
tain. however, that il acts as an appetizer, by
stimulating the stomach, and that its antisep-
tic qualities counteract tendencies to disease.
but IL Is suppOstu tnut hs Bleat uHu eseehtioi
province is to furnish muriatc acid for the for
nation of the gastric juice in the stomach, with
out which the process OF digestion, and conse-
quenty all the functions of life would speedily
cease.
A regular course Of experiments were insti-
tuted few years ago by a German agricultu-
rist, which demonstrated beyond all possibility
of doubt the absolute necessity of salt for do
mestic animals. He first commenced with his
sheep, that were pastured on low damp land
were supplied with daily ration of salt. He
selected ten sheep and struck off their salt for
n period of one year, during which five out Of
the ten died of rot and worms, while the rest Of
the flock, five hundred in number, which were
supplied with salt as usual, lost only five. The
second year he selected ten more and put them
on an anti-salt diet, and seven of them died,
while the remainder of his flock, about four
hundred in number, lost but five. The third
year sixteen sheep were selected, and it being
a wet year all of them died of rot and pneumo-
MIA. the rest of the flock remaining as healthy
as in the former years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-08-04
To Pleasure Seekers.

For the information of those bound for the
country, or elsewhere, in fact we append the
following instructions, clipped from HalFSJou-
nal of Health, which are timely, clever and
amusing:
/. In going TO the country to spend your
summer leave business behind, but take with
you your entire stock Of patience, courtesy, self
respect and religion. Go as plain "John
Smith, gentleman"
2. If you have the first claim to be well-bred,
you will be the last person in the world to
volunteer any information upon the subject. If
it must be told, let it be by your conduct let
your entire department prove that you are
lady or gentleman.
3. Do not profess that you "know" Mr.. AS
tor, Mr.. Grinnell, Mr.. Minturn, or other dis
tinguished citizens, when your entire kDowl
edge consists in their having been pointed out
10 you on the street.
4. Avoid claiming acquaintance with This or
that iamliy oil note when you only happen to
have spoken TO them on q rail.car or a steam
boat, or in some purely business transaction.
An enterprsing individual once claimed that
he knew distinguished Judge very we'll. On
inquiry it was found that said Judge bad once
sent him to the penientiary.
5. If you have the first mite of common
sense. and fully'go to the country for recrea-
ton, enjoyment and health, leave your best
and second best clothing at home take only
your common .yardrobe, and but small part
of that nof>Jhly that the persons you stoT
with may feel more easy, but that you may fee
freer to scale fences, climb trees, scramble uE
mountain sides, wade across creeks, penetrate
forest tangles and jump Jim Grow generally.
6. Never turn up your nose at anything a
the table; if you have the slightest disposition
to do so, you may be sure it is pug, and ism
long enough TO turn. Ifyou don't like thing
let it alone; eat nothing, and by the next mca
you may be glad to get anything.
Z. Remember that in going to the country,
sensible mans object is neither to dress moi
eat, chiefly but to obtain mental repose, pure
air and unrestrained exercise.
s. Endeavor to conform without apparent ef
fort to the arrangement of the family with
whom you board and TO the manners and Gus.
toms of the people around you, as far as they
do not compromise your principles of good
morals and good taste.
0. Be cheerful, be kind, be consderate, be
accommodating.
10. DO not obtrude your political or relig
ious sentiments.
IL. Shun argument and controversy on any
and all subjects.
II. Let your courtesy come out naturally
and if religious, don't be Pharisee.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-08-04

The PRoDIGAL Son AND THE REBELS
The returning rebels are fond of quoting the
parable of the Prodigal Son as an argument
why they should be received by the govern
ment with open arms and be unconditionally
restored to all the rights and privileges which
they formerly enjoyed, but did not appreciate
Parson Brownlow has recently stated the
points of difference between the Prodigal Son
and the returning rebels, as follows
First, the Prodigal Son did not Secede; he
went with his fathers consent and as the
Scriptures indicate, with his blessing. Next he
,cent; he did not stay and vlify the old man
in his otcn house. He asked for something to
start him IN the world ~, did not present a
pistol TO the old mans breast and demand his
greenbacks or watch. lie receiced the portion
his father gave him he did not press it-a
modern southern name for stealing. And re-
Ceiuing it, he started out TO "seek bis fortune.
He did not retire to the south side of the old
mans farm, and Join band of robbers who
were plunderng the old man, and his law
abiding neighbors. Receiving his portion, be
quietly took his journey into a far country. Fl
nally, he repented OF his folly, not because the
old man achipped him into repentance, but be.
cause he "came 10 himself" and saw that he
had wasted his substance in riotous living. He
went back home, not with murder in his heart
boasting how many he he'd killed, and threat.
ening what he would do, but he bowed down
in honest contrilion, and asked all sorts Of par
don. He didn't return saying: have fought
you for four years, and until was overpower-
ed, but he went back saying; "Father have
sinned against Heaven, and in thy sight, and
am no more worthy to be called thy son." and
mploringly said snake me as one of thy
hired servants" He went home, because,
throughout his entire course of riotous living
his heart oas there. He did not return de-
manding his "rights," his property and back
rents. He did not ask instant pardon upon
the faith of an oath of amnesty, but proposed
TO prove his repentance genuine by his ,corks.
The story of the Prodigal Son is one of sin
cere, deep, heartfelt and voluntary repentance
for great wrong. Do our returning rebels
come repenting of their unparalleled crimes P
AS long as rebellion showed any kind of sue
cess did they show any signs of repentance P
Are they CO ming back because they love the
Union, or were about "to perish with hungerP"
All who return peaceably 10 their homes, cul-
tivate friendly relations, and abstain from hos
tile acts, discountenancing every attempt at
disorder, should be met with the same spirit
and treated with leniency, When they mani
fest hostile spirit, make them bite the dust.
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The Agency not only the largest in New England but
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These besides his extensive library legal and mechan
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All necessity journey to Washington to procure pa
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oessi practitioners, with whom have had ocia inter-
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Commissioner OF Patents.
az have hesitation In assuring inventors that they
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ohice. EDMUND BURKE,
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During eight months the subscriber in course OF his
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Boston, Jan l, 1665.-1yb3
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and young fruit trees and shrubbery cf every
kind have not only beeh stripped of foliage, but
of bark also. In some fields of wheat they
have entered they have simply cut a straight
swath of several rods width through clean TO
the ground never deviating from straight
line, and leaving the remainder untouched.
They deposit their eggs in small sacks in the
warmest and loosest earth during August and
through Autumn, and the number laid BY sim.
gle grasshopper certainly reaches into iities or
hundreds. AS soon as the earth warns in the
spring they hatch out--maturing in about two
months, when they strip themselves--body and
legs-of their old skin, and come out schooner
rigged and full sails. The wings at first are
very tender, but forty-eight hours of exposure
prepares them for their journey.
The Boston Advertiser, in the course of
sensible article on the inhiction of capital pun
ishment upon woman, very justly says:
The terrible thing is not that a woman
should be hanged, but that a woman should
commit the crime. If one Of that half of crea-
tion TO whom all look for everything that is gen.
tie and mercful and affec,ionate, unsexes her.
self by rushing into brutal and bloody crime,
does she not sacrifice the privilege OF sex when
she spurns its customary restraintsp Indeed
as regards the offender to whom we now partc-
uIarly REFER Mrs. Surratt, we might claim that
she was for double reason debarred from any
consideration on the ground of sex. The old
saying that the fall of woman is to a greater
depth than that of man; because she falls from
greater hight, is more than ever true of that
class Of secessionist women to whom Mrs. Sur
raft belonged. The wickedness and malice of
female rebels in this war has far outrun any
thing that men were equal to, and has often
stimulated the last refnements of insult and
cruelty, while their bitter taunts have driven
men to the field and kept them there lorg af-
ter hope had fed. When a criminal of this
class, who has committed one of those crimes
which banishes all thought of sex, is brought
to justice, we need not look for precedents to
satisfy us that men have any exclusive right to
| The oallovs
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ity exalted, the ill-tempered dogs have their ir-
ritability exaggerated by rabies, but the Affect
ionate, caressing dogs seem even more caressinR
under their affiction There is, indeed, a sad
ness and a fdgetiness observable in the affect
ionate dogs which should be noted as pre-
moniory symptom but this is not accompa-
MED by any disposition to bite.
Is is a vulgar error, and a serious one, to
suppose that rabies is suddenly developed
that the dog that was "as well as ever" yester- :
day will to-day "go mad" 1t is never so. The
disease has well-morked stages of progression.
Every one should know what the symptoms of
on-coming disease usually are, and should care
fully watch the dog that shows any of them.
The symptoms TO be attended TO are RI sad
ness, t2l fdgetiness [3l hallucination, [4j vio-
lent scratching Of the ear, the dog rolling over
and over as he scratches, [5] ardent thirst, [61
depraved appetite, ~ paving at the corner Of
the mouth 10 free it from thick slobby saliva,
and [Sl change of voice. 70 any one acquaint-
edwith the habits OF dogs, it will be obvious
that most Of these symptoms may be present
without indicating any rabies but the exist
ence of one of them should awaken attention,
and the co-existence of three or four of them
should determine reference to a veterinary
surgeon. Thus dogs are sad and fdgety from
many causes they scratch their ears from cank-
er as well as from rabies,--but with this differ
eUCe, lnd' canker is disease OF SLOW grown,
and the dogs master will know whether the
scratching is a new symptom, suddenly devel-
oped, or an old one moreover, the dog with
canker scratches violently, and calls out in pain,
bnt does not roll over and over like foot ball.
as he does when rabid. Depraved appetite,
again, is no certain sign, but it becomes in
tensely significant when the dog seizes food
eagerly and drops it in disgust, or because un-
able to maticate. This last symptom implies
palsy of the organs, analogous to that which
affects human hydrophobia patients, and pre-
vents their swallowing.
There is one symptom which is infallible. If
a well-lrained. well behaved dog misconducts
himself in rooms, where hitherto he has been
perfectly clean, he should be killed at once. 81
never knew a single mistake about this" says
Mr.. Youatt Another sign, almost as certain,
is that of paving at the corners of the mouth,
when accompanied with rolling over and over,
and when the mouth is not constantly open.
The dog will paw thus il bone is in his throat;
but if there be a bone in his mouth he cannot
close his mouth, and if he closes his mouth, it
is proof that the paving is due to inhamma-
tion of the throat, and if there be a thick sali-
va sticking to the co-ner of the mouth II may
he certain that the Inflammation means rabies.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1865-08-04
From the Vermont Intelligencer.
METEORIC COTILLION.

, Not many years since, MS YOU all recollect,
When the people dancing around La Fayette,
The planets desirous of outshining oil,
Determined to give celestial BdH'-'
Then Jupiter Saturn and General Mars,
With Venus and Juno, danced round the Fixed stars
But wonders more strange were performed tothel
night,
Which cnused the old folks such terrible fright,
The Comet and Meteor could not be outdOne
BY any large planet that rolls round the sun:
They therefore determined about forty million,
TO have by themselves a tremendous cotillion;
On the first pleasant night, the MilkyWay clear,
Each sparkling young belle was engaged to appear.
The sun in good season had gone off to bed,
-And each sleepy mortal was noddng his head;
The birds and the beasts were all silent and still,
And chilled were the lips Of the babbling rill;
Not Il crOak from the frog in his long winter bed,
Not a rat a mouse red to pop out his head.
The foxes dared to trOt DER the plain,
Or nbble the turkeys or geese he had slain.
The sapent owl-so alItghted was he,
That he hooted and skuked to his own hollow tree;
All nature was sient the stars sat at case,
Till the music came floating along on the breeze
Kolts Of old, right musical fellow,
Now took down his harp from neghboring willow,
1her tuning his strings, filled the whole hemisphere
Will music to charm or to ravish the ear.
Nor oug had he play'd, when the meteors far,
lmpftienty waiting beyond the north star,
Heard the music then seizng the hand of each fair
CANT irisking and dancing along in the air.
Eacl one took lamp from the bright Northern light,
To SOW off his spanres and dress in the night.
OF tie dress of the ladies, suffice it to say,
They all laced so tight that they tainted diody.
Nov hornpipes and watzes prevail through the sky,
And all upon pigeoH-tcings caper and fy
Righ and left, rigadoon, cross over and chain,
Ther balance your partner and swing round again;
Nowdown the outside and then up the middle
Castoff and Chassce with a h-diddle-didde.
Suchdancng and wazing you ne er laid your eyes on,
From the top Of the zenith, down to the horizon;
RouTt the most distant planet each pretty fair maid
BY tn side of her beau took sweet promenade.
The dink was pure ether-of wine there was none,
For a then belonged to the Temperate zone.
Theparty continued to dance and to feast,
Till blshng Aurora up in the east
Who lew their candles, and spoilt all their fun,
And rade all the company "scdmper and run"
LICKITACUT.
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ped into the sea. Others flew up and down
deck wrapped in the flames of their clothes,
ding The air with their shrieks. Strong men
Hched in deadly combat for the possession
b life-preserver or a spar, and ghastly men
women, with infants lashed to them, swung
|nselves outside the ship by ropes, to which
h clung until the fire burned them IN two
let the sufferers down into a watery
le.
bout 100 persons had gathered on the bow
when the foremast fell, killing many and
ing the rest into the sea. When the fire
broke out ten sailors seized the long boat,
Bile of holding 60 or 10 persons, and rowed
They were prevailed upon TO return and
in q passengers.
pit. Smith, the two mates, Rothstein, and
ANY of the sailors as they could control,
red the three small boats (none of them
prthy) and placed in them Rothstein's wife
our children, and the rest of the Nelson's
ngers picked up by the Lafayette. AS the
rowed away from the burning ship, some
ems, TO escape the flames, few after them
Plighted on the shoulders of the passen-
A fat pig swan up to one of the boats
indicated desire to be saved. He was
d up, and showed his gratitude by remain
niet in the bottom OF the boat. Some of
hickens had appeased the hunger of the
Eers before they were rescued.
len Capt. Smith and Rothstein could do
pre- for the sufferers, they leaped into the
nd swan away, more to escape the cries
Pse whom they could not aid than to save
bwn lives. After having been in the wa
pout two hours, they were picked up by
the boats.