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Louis Napoleon and the Sultan OF
Turkey.

These two monarchs, few years
ago, so cordially united in the strug-
gle to maintain the integrity of the
Ottoman Empire, are both descend
ants of American ladies', tho one
grandson and the other eat-grand-
son. The ladies were born in the
same neighborhood, on the Island of
Martinique, one Of The West Indies
They were of French origin and COM
panions and intimate friends in child
hood and youth They were jose
phlne de Tascher an Miss s. The
history Of Joseph , is generally
known. She went y France and was
married to Nj. de Beauhernais, by
whom she had one son, Eugene, and II
daughter, Hortense. Some time after
the death Of Beauhernais, Josephine
was married to Napoleon Bonaparte,
and became Empress of France. Her
daughter, Hortepse, was married to
Louis Bonaparte, then King of Hol-
land, and the present Emperor of
France is her son by this marriage
But now for the romance OF the af-
fair: Josephine's bosom-fr friend quite
the island of Martinique some time be-
fore she did. But the vessel that was
carrying her to France, was attacked
and taken by Algerine corsairs, and
the crew and passengers made prison
ers; but the corsair ship was, in turn,
attacked and pillaged by Tunis pi-
rates, and Miss S. was carried by
them to Constantinople and offered
for sale as slave Her extraordinary
beauty and accomplishments found
her purchaser in the Sultan himself,
and she soon became the chief lady in
his seraglio, and Sultaness of Turkey
Mahmoud H. was her son; Abdul
Mediid was the son of Mahmoud; and
the present Sultan, Abdul Aziz Khan,
is the grandson of Mahmoud. Thus,
the two sovereigns, who occupy so
large a space in the worlds eve, are
descended from two American Creole
girls, who were playmates in their
youth, and as remarkable for their
beauty and excellent dispositions as
for their varied and singular fortunes
DotA tuSst NpiAtHg III thc uCiSub Vi
their power, remembered the friends
Of their youth, and provided munif-
Gently for their welfare. Many of the
relatives Of the Sultaness left the Is
land of Martinique and settled in Con-
stantinople, where their descendants
still reside and enjey the favor of the
Sultan. The Sultaness died in 1871,
the Empress Josephine i'll 1914.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-04-27

SOUTHERN SocIETY.-The New Or
leans Picayune complains of CORES:
pondents who seek to create the i'm
preston that the lives and property
of Northern men are not safe in the
South, and says that in nineteen cases
out of twenty their stories are naked
fabrications, without circumstance
on which to base them, and that Gin
the twentieth they are excited exag-
gerations of incidents that are rare and
exceptional and most trivical." 1t adj
mts that at present Southern society
is not open as it once was to Northern
men. 1t says that sit is not reasona-
BILE to expect, and no. man of sense
does expect, at this early day, after
the sudden cessation of war, in its Vi
client form, that social intercourse
would be reinstated at once in its for
mer general aspects; or that it can be,
until time has softened the sting OF
wounds which have scarcely ceased to
bleed"
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DO II Well.

Whatever you do, do it well. A job
sighted, because it is apparently I'M
important, leads to habitual neglect,
so that men degenerate, insensibly,
into bad workmen.
"That is good rough job, said a
foreman in our hearing, recently, and
he meant that it was piece of work,
not elegant in itself, strongly made
and well put together Training the
hand and eye to do work well, leads
individuals to form correct habits in
other respects, and good workman
is, in most cases, good citizen. No
one need hope to rise above his pres
ert situation who suffers small things
to pass by unimproved, or who neg
lects, metaphorically speaking, to
pick up cent because it is not dol
lar.
Some of the wiseSt law makers. the
best statesmen, the most gifted ar
fists, the most merciful Judges, the
most ingenious mechanics, rose from
the great mass.
A rival of a certain lawyer sought to
humiliate him publicly by saying,
you BACKED my fathers boots once. y
Eyes, replied the lawyer, unabashed,
"and l did it we'll And because OF
his habit of doing even mean things
well, he rose to greater
Take heart, all who toll, all youths
in humble situations, all in adverse
circumstances, and all who labor I'M
appreciated. If it be but to drive the
pillow, strive to do it well; if only to
cut bolts, make good ones; or to blow
the bellows, keep the iron hot. 1t is
attention to business that lifts the feet
higher up the ladder.
Says the good book-"Seest thoa n
man diligent in his business, he shall
stand before kings; he shall not stand
before mean men. - Scientific Amer-
lean.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-04-27

The GOSPEL OF NATURE If the I'M
devout astronomer is mad, as has been
alleged, so also is the undevout natur-
alist No theory which does not adj
NIT that infinite intelligence, operat-
ing through a system of fixed laws,
controls all the operations of nature,
can nationally explain the order and
regularity by which they axe charac
terized.
The periodic movements and
changes which take place in the ami
NAL and vegetable kingdoms, are pal
pably the results of immutable laws.
They never vary, either in time or
manner. Precisely at the same sea-
sons, year after, year, the birds of
passage perform their pilgrimage, and
the migrants of the sea are equally
punctual The swallows are always
to time; the shad, herring and mack
erel never disappoint us. The hiber-
mating mouse could not turn in" and
turn out with greater regularity if
it consulted the almanac, nor the
ermine and the sable put on and put
of their cold-weather coats with a
stricter regard to dates, if they were
subject to army regulations. Insects
appear and disappear without fall,
rain or shine. Trees bud, plants
flower, seeds ripen, leaves fall, rs if by
the calendar. and it has been said. that
if an observant naturalist, who had
long been shut out from the light of
day and the society of men, without
any means ef measuring time, were
suddenly brought blindfolded into the
fields and woods, he would be able,
from the notes of the birds and the
odor of the flowers, to discover the
exact period Of the year. Atheists, OF
men protesting to be atheists, tell us
that this fair world of ours, and all
this order and regularity, were and
are the offspring of chance. When
chance shall have made watch, but
not till then, it may be worth while
for those of us who can read with rev.
erent eyes the gospel of nature, and
look through it up to its holy Author,
to chop logic with atheists, pantheists
and materialists.
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THE ISLAND.-A SONG.

ny WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE.

There beautiful Isle in the river of Time,
Not cloud in its sky, not chill in its cline,
Not storm TO disturb the sweet songs of its
streams
Bright as gems melted down in a goble, Of
dreams.
Every valley resounds with its lyric of rills,
0ushing strength from the iron-bound harps of
=, their hills;
For the anthem Of Labor all daytime is heard,
Ana 10 do in that Isle is the hottest WoRD
Then the soft sanity lustre at cave on its moon,
ana the music that lulls in her blue starry noon,
axe an angel-wing tanning still deeper reposc
VA inc sweet couches woye of the lily and rose
Every mountain-top sparkles sky-eleaving
shrine
And though many the rituals, all are divine,
Oufing incense ON high from the souls purest
That are neyermore turned into Bigotry's fires.
Dot fetter is there; not hunger for pelf
i'4ul another one snatched for the sake of mere
self;
Not war each with eaeh-even Frames trum-
pet call
iaanot rouse save when speaking Of laurcls for
ana the grand jewellers there-what joy in
lis t'ai Joy which has eurled DER the Island
such skies:
ana the soul in each voice, and the heart in
W, each hand,
i'S U'at soul, lis nat heart, which has made
such a Land
iurledY
N1 enough for all denizens vet on the world
ns name twas first breathod by thu
D. Heavenly Dove
''oiils worlds from old Chaos The Island q
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The LAWS OF HEALTH. There are
few things with which the majority of
us are less acquainted than with our
own organization and the conditions
upon which our bodily health de-
ponds. And yet it is much more i'm
portant that we should learn how to
avoid disease and to cherish health in
ourselves and in those who are dear
to us, than that we should possess
knowledge of the dead languages or
any other lore included in tho ordi-
nary round of collegiate education.
Physiology should be taught in all
cur seminaries our free schools,
free academies, and private education
al institutions. Whoever understands
even the leading principles of this val
liable science must regard with regret
the manner in which its laws are set
at naught by society at large. In
their dress, in their diet, in their
household economy, in their business
pursuits, in their amusements, in a
thousand things that they do and
neglect to do, three-foprths Of the
community rs habituaily and constant
ly violate the rules of hygiene as if
their aim was to break down their con-
stitutions and shorten their lives.
Surely if everybody knew the physio-
logical consequences Of changing the
system with nicotine, of overstimulat-
ing the brain, of neglecting to protect
the lungs, of everlasting the stomach,
of breathing impure air, we should
have less smoking and tobacco chew
ing, less "perpendlcular drinking" less
consumption, less dyspepsia, fewer of
all the ills, not that flesh 10 heiy to,
but that it inrokes upon itself by its
own folly than we have at present. If
physiology and the conditions of
health were universally understood,
the mortality Of the human race, in
large cities especially, would be ma
terially diminished.
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VERMONT Ar THE Pans FxHtBITIoS.

fhhMoNT AT THE 1ARiS IAHfblT1ON.---
In the list of articles offered at the
United States Agency, in New York,
for exhibition at the ''Paria Universal
Exposition, " to open April |, 1867, are
the following contributions from this
State:
Photographs of Green Mountain
Scenery; one case of Sharp Edge
Tools Machine for Quarrying and
Cutting Stone; 16 Sheep of superior
weight of fleece; Root Cutter; 20
Merino Sheep; 16 Vermont Merino
Sheep; 6 Sheep; Chamber for
Sheep; vt. Meripo Sheep Machine
for making Seamless Casks, construct
ed of 10 cylinder saws, each of which
successfully enters solid piece of
wood, bringing ont its own waste, and
each saw producing one she'll COR e
cask, five Buck Sheep, two and three
years old.
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The Value OF PremOniti0ns.

No one who has large experience
of life fails to know of incidents which
bring the supernatural world very
near, and draw from it apparently i'm
pressions and Influences of extraordi-
nary power. One cannot account for
them by any known law The Home
.H0ntaly gives striking case of this
kind
One of our railroad engineers, some
years since, was running an express
train of ten well filed cars. 1t was in
the night, and very dark night
too. His train was behind time,
and he was putting the engine to the
utmost speed of which it was capable,
in order to reach a certain point at
the proper hour. lie was running on
II straight aud level track, and at this
unusual velocity, when q conviction
struck him that he must stop "a
something seemed to tell me, he said,
that to go ahead was dangerous, and
that ! must stop il | would save life.
l looked back at my train and it was
all right. l strained my eyes and
peered into the darkness, and could
see no signal of danger, and there in
the daytime l could have seen five
miles l listened to the working of
my engine, tried the water. looked at
the scales, and all was right ] tried
to laugh myself out OF what l then
considered = chils9sh lear, bat, like
Banquo's ghost, it'w5uid not down at
my bidding, but grew stronger in its
hold upon me- | thought Of the ridi-
cule l should have heaped upon me if
] did stop: but it was all Of no avail.
The conviction for by this time it
had ripened into a conyiction--that |
must stop grew stronger, and / re-
solved to stop I shut of, blew the
whistle for brakes accordingly. l
came to a dead halt, got of and went
ahead little without saying anything
10 anybody what WAS the matter. l
had lamp in my hand, and had gone
about sixty feet, when | saw what
had convinced me that premonitions
are sometimes possible. | dropped
the lantern from my neryeless grasp,
and sat down on the track utterly
unable to stand" He goes on to tell
us that there he found that some one
had drawn a spike which had long
fastened switch rail- and opened a
switch which had always been kept
locked, which led ON to track only
about $50 feet long-which terminal
cd in a stone quarryl "Here it was
wide open, and had not obeyed my
premonitory warning-cal 1t what
you Wilt should have ran into it,
aud at the end of the track, only about
ten rods long, my heavy engine and
train, moving at the rate Of 40 miles
an hour, would have come into coils
ion with solid wall Of rock Is feet
high The consequences had | done
so, can neither be imagined nor de-
scribed, but they could by no posi-
biity have been otherwise than fatally
+ horrible. No one can here doubt
the fact of special interpostion of
God by which, from calamity most
terrific, hundreds of lives were won
derfully spared.
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Az OLD CLooK.-A defendant of
one of the old families in Leicester is
in possession of clock which has
been in the family ever since the first
settlement of the town in l717. 1t
being still in its prime as a time keep
Ell, and an elegant piece of furniture,
it is not strange that it should be in
demand by other members OF the
family. A few days since, wealthy
relative offered the owner one hun
bred dollars for it, which was its orig
inal cost in London. He was told
that if he would add six per cent. com
pound interest since its purchase, he
might have it, On computing the
sum il was found to be over 100000.
~ Worcester Spy
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EDucAT1Ne THE BLACKS. An agent of
the American Missionary Society, la
boring in Virginia, recently called on
a Presbyterian Doctor of Divinity, to
interest him for the education of freed
men, and the doctor coldly informed
him that the Northern people had I'M
dertaken that Job and it would be LETT
to them; when they got tired of it, as
they soon would, then the Southern
Christians would take it up. The
missionary afterward called upon
Moseby, the guerilla chief, who
treated him in very gentlemanly way,
said the blacks ought to be educated,
and there could be no reasonable OBJ
lection to it, and gave him assistance
in finding citizens likely to assist him
in his work.
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AN ODD OPINION OF LOVE. Sir Will
liam Cornwalls in 1881, in speaking Of
the tender passion, said; 1T is pref,
ty soft thing, this same love, an excel
lent company keeper, full of gentle.
ness and affabilities, making men fine
and go clearly, teaching them good
qualities, handsome protestations;
and if the ground be not too barren,
it bringeth times and songs full OF
passion, enough to procure crossed
arms and the hat pulled down; yea,
it is a very fine thing, the badge of
eighteen and upwards, not to bs dis
allowed; better spend thy time soc
than at dice. / am content TO call
this love. though l hold love too wor-
thy cement to joyne earth to earth;
the one must be celestial, or else il is
not love"
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To SroP COUGHING Slight irrlta-
ton of the throat may be relieved by
slipping little slippery elm tea or by
sucking piece of gum arabic, These
articles coat over the mucus mem
brane aud prevent the irritation of the
air A very few drops of paregoric
held in the mouth and allowed to
trickle down the throat, will allay
coughing. The best cough medicine
for children, one which we have used
for several years with entire satisfac-
ton, is the following: Mix in a vial
equal parts of paregoric, castor oil
and syrup of ipecac. Always shake
well just before using. A few drops
of this swallowed, but not washed
down by water or other fluid, will al
most always soothe cough. Repeat
the dose as often as Il cough returns,
From one-fourth to one-half tea
spoonful may be given when "A lesser
quantity does not suffice A large
dose after a full meal may produce a
little nausea. Children who are sub
ject to coughs should eat very little
supper, and indeed all children should
eat much less and simpler food al
night than at morning or noon. The
above mixture may be kept on hand
ready prepared, as it does not deterio-
rate if kept corked 1t may interest
those afraid Of mineral medicines
Though they partako freely of com
mon salt, which is a mineral, to know
that the ingredients are all "vegeta.
hla
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THE FIRST ARMY WAGON. The Quar-
termasters Department proposes to
send to the Worlds Fair, Paris,
France, advertised to be held in the
spring, a novelty in the shape Of the
first army wagon used by the national
army during the rebellion This wag-
on eampaigned against Richmond I'M
der Mcclellan, Burnside and Hooker.
Following Hooker TO Tennessee, it
was transferred to that army, and was
with Sherman, in his grand march TO
the sea, and from thence to Washing
ton city. it will, no doubt, create a
sensation In the Old World
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-04-27

Beay~ The readers OF newspapers have
doubtless noticed the many advertise
generally emanating from the
cities offering to send valuable in
formation for twenty-five cents. An
honest farmer saw an advertised re-
ceipt to prevent wells and cisterns
from freezing. He sent his money
and received this rs answer: Take in
your well OF cistern ON cold nighss,
and keep it by the fire
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KNEW HIM VERY WErL.-"Come
here my little fellow" said gentle
man to youngster of five years, while
sitting in parlor where large com.
pany was assembled.
"Do yen know me?7
"Yeth, thir"
"Who am 4? Let me hear"
"You it'll the man who kithed NAM
ma. when papa was in New York,
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as1- A dog of the female persuasion
which had lost large and interesting
family, was seen trying to poke piece
of Grape through the handle of the
door Of sausage shop in western
city. 1t is singular to notice the won
derful instinct Of some dumb animals.
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eNs' One day, at a farm house, a
% S, saw an old gobbler try to eat the
anu, 'iugs OF some nightcaps that lay on
sue ~. grass to bleach. That said he,
NV 70 %hat call introducing cotton into
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-04-27

ooi sse- Tam going to ride al the
FFSunhtfy' said a Frenehmen, whose
ir; uslsa was not very perfect, to a
!; a's n IN town. you should say ride
AZ, Tue country" remarked the friend.
Fran yes--yery good" responded the
/ w v;nl1hlMan; and when l come back
VIII knock IN your door"
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nATEs or ADvERTIsINot
81. Adams Business Directory.

Il COtfNSEiLORS AT LAW and Solicitors in
fboncerv Once in the rooms formerly occu-
ped by White 4 Sowles Gadcombs Building
X Albans. Vt. 97-ly
ID H. HALEY. PARK DAVIS.
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Dsy- Can you see ANYTHING in nv

Va1 S'@rI you oOC uH tflIfis5 III my
eye-it feels very sore ?" asked a lazy,
good-for-nothing student of Oliver
Wendell Holmes 81 can see very
bad pupil was the reply of the pro-
fessor, who never likes to be funny
when he has his professional garments
on
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~ BUcR, ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL
vi. LOR AT LAW Also, Agent for first
rls1- Insurance Companies, and For obtaining
soldiers pay, &c.
Omoe over Weeks store Lift
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!, FORCE Z. nouGuToN. Attorncv an

~ FORGE r. HOUGHToN. Attorney and
IL Counsellor at Law and Solicitor in Chan
,cTy 81 Adams. Vermont. Office near She Post
oaice. and residence ON Congress street.
Also United States Commissioner, Commits
.iouer of Deeds for the States Of New York,
Massachusetts,, and other States. He will give
pramut attention to all professional business
with which he may be entrusted.
81 Adams, Nov. 4. 1864.
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Bsy- Lady Montague said: "My
health is like old lace, l patch it in
one place, and itbreaks out in another,
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THE TRANSCRIPT,
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NI-EAD * DUREN, Druggists and
w Apothecarics Medicines OF the best
quality Prescriptions filled with care. Fancy
Grd- Tea and Coffee
Main Street 81. Adams, vt. 100
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II A. sOWLES, Attorney and Counsellor at
H., Law and Solicitor in Chancery. Office over
Ur-t National Bank st Adams, w.
P.S.-Will attend to Collections and prosecute
claims against the United States for arrears Of
Paw. OF Bounty to Soldiers, Widows and lnvald's
Pensions Ne Sc 3-tf
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WYNN. p. WALKER, dealer in Stoves and
w Tin Ware Fave Troughs manufactured
aal put mo 10 order, and the setting OF Wood
sad GOAL Furnaces promptly attended 20. l02
Opposite fremont House st. Adams, vt.
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IuiAs. A j. MARSH. GROCER, Stafford
\ Block North Main Street, st. Adams VI.
Agent for Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machines,
This Machine received the highest premium
81 tho Aca England Fair OF Springfield and De
Vermont State Fair. lel
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IIOUGHTON's First National Oyster House.
III A. r. HOUGHTONsa, South side Lake
street opposite Morrison Block, ST. Adams VI
Oysters served IN every style. Orders filled
fam tho City and Country at the lowest Market
rates by the keg, Quart or Gallon. Liberal
Discount TO the trade. 100
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- II. LEWIS. JB.. ~ CO.. Dealers
=. IN Fancy and staple Dry Goods Bank
street. ST. Adams, Vt. >. II. LEWIS, Jr.,
~ A. 0. BNAINLNp.
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GILMAN. DENTIST. Office in the
Il. KINGNIAN BLOCK Main ST., opposite the
Congregational Church. l-tt
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W -. NJ GoWAN, DENTIST. Office
w over Wead and Durcn's Drug store,
st. Abaus, VI. 2-tf