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1t is not unnatural that the Christmas season
should have many peculiar superstitons attach
ing to il, nor that some of them should still
linger in the minds of the people. One of the
most ancient and curious OF these was that con-
onrninu
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HEBERs HYMNS.

BY Bishop Heber. Handsom mely illustrated, with
ninety four engravings designed by the first artists Of
the day, and engraved by James D. Cooper Printed
superior tinted paper quarto, handsomely bound in
cloth extra; gilt edges, s6 Turkey richly gilt,
gilt edges sI0
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Illustrative of the H oily Days. sketched aud bainted
by Martha w. Reynolds, with Appropriate verses,
Quarto cloth gilt, edges, 81 6l'
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FUZ-BUZ,

The wonderful stories of FUZ-BUz, the FLY, an
MOTHER GRABEM, the SPIDER. An original Fair
story, handsomely illustrated Small quarto 81.
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The Growing of the Cocks.

Silent during the hours of darkness through
out the rest of the year, it was believed in olden
times that 'this bird of dawning" crowed from
the setting of the sun on Christmas eve to its
rising on Christmas morn. Shakespeare has
seized upon this popular tradition, and turned
il to good advantage in one of the ghost scenes
in Hamlet. "Marcellus" reminds his com.
panions that the ghost "faded on the Growing OF
the cock" and then continues in the following
beautiful strain:--
"some say, that ever 'gainst that season c ONES
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning slngeth all night long:
And then, they say no spirit stlrs abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planet strikes (;
No fairy takes " itch hath power to charm,
SO haow'd and SO gracious is the tlme."
In old times there was prejudice among the
people of Scotland against
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CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD.
Special Christmas Customs in Particular Countries
In England = Devon!hire - Cheshire -
Manchester Christmas in Scotland
In ireland In France-In
Germany-In the United
States,

We have thus far given a systematic account
of the origin, history and character of the great
Christmas Festival; and in course of so doing
we have necessarily treated of most of the pecu-
liarities which characterize it in the Old World
and the New alike. There remains, however,
a number of special customs particular coun-
tries and localities which we shall now take up
in order, commencing with our Mother Country.
Special Christmas Customs In England.
In the county of Devon, as we have already
seen under the head of christmas Sports" the
burning of the Yule-log was attended with
ceren ones unlike those prevalent in other Sec
tions of the country. We have also noted the
peculiar superstition there prevalent concerning
the devotion of the cattle on Christmas-eVe.
Devonshire, in truth, appears TO have Christ
mas peculiarly its own. Still another local GUS
tom is vet in vogue in some localities of the
county. On Christmas.eve the farmer, with
his family and friends, are in the habit of par
taking OF hot cakes dipped in cider, the beverage
itself being used to wash down the crumbs;
This done, the party proceed to the orchard
and make an Offering of a portion of these
savory dishes to the apple-trees. In the fork of
| the tree the cake is deposited with due cere
mony, while the tree itself IS drenched with the
| Juice of its fruit. Meanwhile the men are firing
OFF guns and pistols, and the women and girls are
! shouting this doggerel verse:-
"Bear blue, apples and pears enow
Barns full, bags full, sacks tull.
Hurrah! hurrah! hurrahW
In the county of Norfolk they formerly had a
| similar custom of sprnkling the orchards and
| meadows with spiced ale. In the neighborhood
| of the New Forest, in Hampshire, similar
ceremony is still ractised.
Cheshire likewise has its peculiar customs.
In Chester and the neighboring villages crowds
of singers parade the streets on Christmas eve,
| receiving substantial entertainment at every
house which they honor witha call. So, by an
ancient custom OF the country, servants engage
themselves to their employers from New Years
eve to Christmas Day only. During the inter
10 shift for themselves, as all their late EN-
ployes, in holiday attire, are then to be found
in the larger towns, making merry with the
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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-09-13
JAMES L. ORR.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Sept. s, 1866.

TIE THIRTEEN REBELLIoNs IN THE
UNITED SrATEs.-Sincc the organization
of the Federal Government thirteen at
tempts have been made to resist it's au-
thority. The first was in 1872, a con-
spiracy of some of the federal army to
consolidate the thirteen States into one,
and confer supreme power upon Wash
incton; the second in 1871, called Shay's
insurrcction in Massachusetts; third, in
1874. called the Whisky Insurrcction OF
Pennsylvania; fourth, 1914, by tho Hart
ford Convention; fifth, 1920, in the ques-
ton of the admission Of Missouri into the
Union; the sixth was collision between ,,1
tho legislature of Georgia and the fede- 5
ral government, in regard to the ts lanus
given to the Creek Indians; the seTenIn U
v Was in 1880 with the Chcroices IN ucor- 1
@ia: tho eighth was the memorable null
RI ET;fvin@ a. ordinance of South Carolina, in
sy 1a32 29 tho ninth was in 1872, in Rhode
Island between the Suffrage Association
md State authorities; the tenth was in
1856, on the part of tho Mormons, who
resisted the Federal government; the
eleventh was John Browns raid; the
twelfth, secession in 1861 the thirteenth,
Thad Stevens in 1SG6.-Somhern Iindi-
Gator.
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Moral Courage.

Tho conflict of arms which has just
been ended, called forth the physical
courage of our people, The times now
demand, moral courage. And there were
heroes in battle, who are towards now
They had no fear of the ball and could
face death at the lannon's mouth; but
their hearts fail them now. Some are
bowed down with weight Of debt, which
tho war has made impossible to pay
Proud and brave hearts, who went into
the war with the full knowledge OF tho
consequences of defeat, are now panic
stricken at the scenes of desolaton before
them. They believed that, if defeated,
emancipation would come. Emancipation
bankruptcd them, and they shrink from
the idea of commencing life again, per-
haps with q heavy load of debt.
We like to see men wcigh every action,
and when their course is taken, have the
fortitudc to stand the consequences.
Some of our young men, it seems to us,
arc paralzcd because they have to start
even with the world. This ought not to
bo. A young man of talents and energy
oupht to be ashamed of himself, who cam
not summon the moral strength to
shoulder q few thousand dollars of debt
even. What then is to DO thought of q
fellow who gives up the race, notwlth-
standing he can start uutrammeled Dy
debt. abandons tho contest, because he
has not father or relation to push MN
along? A real man of nerve cannot DO
put down so easily; is hard to Kill. ANY
little tap on the head is sufficient to pros
trato one of these nervcess fellows.
There is no telling what young man
of sense and spirit can do. But, there
are some in our country, who relied a.
together upon their wealthy parents
T6ev oxpected to have land and hcgroes
oivon them. These have never been
trained to habits Of industry and seli-rc-
lance. Now, they arc thrown upon their
own resources and are in many cases al
most helpless. Great allowances ought
to be made for them. But, there are
some of that class even, who havo turned
richtin to work, either bodily or mentally,
and will achieve success. They deserve
great credit.
The sons Of the Industrious mechanics,
who have been brought up 10 rei! uPo.
strong arms, or their wits, stand the best
chance now. Their condition is infinitely
better, than that of the sons of once
wealthy planters, who refuse to go to
work who. because they cannot live in
stvle will do nothing. 1t was noblo
srs snsectaclo Ct to see our young men bear
themselves so bravoly upon tho battle
field. 1t is no less noble Il spectacle to
see them enter the struggle Of life now,
under so many disadvantages, with hope
and courage, with mind made up to bear
everything that they may be called upon
to bear. These are trying times to the
nerves. We are ship-wrecked, as it were,
and many will sink beneath the waves;
1t is only the stout hearted who will
reach the shore.-DanriHe Times.
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MEMORIES.

The day, with its sandals dipped in dew,
Has passed through the evenings golden gates,
And single stcr in the cloudless blue
For the rising moon in silence waits;
While the winds that sigh TO the lanqud hours
A lullaby breathe o'cr the folded flowers.
The lilies nod to the sound of the stream
That winds along with lulling flow,
And either awake, or half in dream,
pass through the realms of long ago;
While faces peer with many smile
From the bowers of memory's magical isle.
There arc joys and sunshine, sorrows and tears,
That check the path of lite's April hours,
And longing wish for the coming year,
That hope ever wreathes with tho fair st fow'rs;
There arc friendships guilcless-love as brighs
Aud pure as tho stars in the hollis Of night
There arc ashcn memories, bitter pain,
And buried hopes and a broken VOW,
An aching heart by the restless main,
Aud the sea-breeze tanning pallid brow;
And wandering on the sheli-ined shore
Listening for voices that speak no more.
There arc passions strong and ambitions wild.
And the fierce desire to stand in the van
OF the battle Of ife-and the heart Of the child
Is crushed in the breast of the struggling man;
But short the regrets and few are the tears.
That fall ut the tomb of the vanquished years.
There's quiet, and peace, and domestic love,
And joys arising from faith and truth,
And love unquestioning, far above
The passionate drcamngs of ardent youth;
And kisses of children on lip and check,
Aud the parents bliss Which no tongue can speak
There are loved ones lost There are little graves
In the distant dell, meath protecting trees,
Where the streamlet winds, and the violet waves,
And the grasses sway 10 the signing breefci
And We mourn for the pressure Of tender lips,
And the light of eyes darkencd in Deaths eclipse.
And thus, as the glow of the daylight dies,
And the nights first look to the earth is cast,
] gaze meath those beautiful summer skies,
As the pictures that hang on the hall Of the
past;
Oh. sorrow and joy chant mingled lay
When to memory's wildwood We wander oway.
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: London cotemporary states that

\ - London cotemporary states that
very nice travelling suit for a gentleman
may be purchased, in that city, for ght
dollars. Here. q travelling suit worthy
to be called nice, costs from six to seven
times that amount. The compensation
for the difference is in glory and green
backs.
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- Some of the New York doctors hit
upon the best and cheapest medicine in
the world when they said that fresh air
in large doses, day and night, is the best
preventive in the world against cholera.
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- Some wives are so Jealous that they
don't like their spouses to embrace q tar
opportunity.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-02-07
FEARFUL SCENES IN A GERMAN vIL-
LACE.

Edersben. one of the prettiest towns in
Germany is now filled with mourning and
desolation. During month previous to
the 9th ultimo death had been carrying
off the adult inhabitants rapidly until
upward of one hundred had givin up the
ghost after unexamped sufferings. There
was hardly house in the village that
did not number victim, and upward of
three hundred. at the date above men ion
ed were awaiting death, which they knew
to be iDevitable-a prey to fearful suf-
ferings. Physicians say that the victims
of this terrible plague are eaten ny alive
by legion of worms hardly so thick asa
human hair, that have worked their way
into the tissue of their nerves From sew
enly to eighty of the inhabitants, Who at
the outset of the epidemic had felt un-
well, had taken to fight, but they had
fallen down on the roads and died with
out relief. The children seem to enjoy
an immunity from the disease, none hav-
ing fallen victims to it up to the latest
accounts ........
The epidemic, DR.. Pouche. proceeds to
say, was caused by the ravages of the
worm called triching, whence the epidem.
ic has received the name of trichine is one
Of the entosoa of the pig. and it is capa-
BILE of being transplanted into and thri-
wing in the human tody. In Germany,
polkAesh. imperfectly cured and smoked
in the shape of ham and German sausage,
is staple article of food, and from the
stomach, where they penetrate with the
ham and saucisson dear to Germanic pal
ates, the Larvae of these sentoSoa pass into
the blood, their size being so microscopic
as to enable them to penetrate even into
the minutest veins they lodge in thu
nerves, in the muscular and cellular tbs
sues, and feed on those parts of the hu
man organization, causing fearful agony
aud tgreat constitutional disturbance
which ends in death. "
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THE NEW CARPET.
BY JOHN JONES.

Mr. and Mrs Hobbs had been married
two years, and during that time had been
very happy. They loved each other dear
ly. and had never had the least misunder-
standing. Indeed it was their boast that
they had never quarrelled, and they were
anxious never to do so.
MIR. Hobbs was a merchant. He had
begun business for himself few years
previous to his marriage, and was doing
very we'll. Still he was forced to live
plainly, and, also, to use economy in all
things. ...
His wife was pretty, loving little
body, aud devoted to her husband She
was always ready to enter into any of
his plans, and to assist him by every
means in her power There was one
draw back, however. Mrs. Hobbs mother
who was at heart good woman. and who
really loved her daughter. was continual
ly making trouble for the young couple.
which they avoided only by a determiua-
ton not to quarrel. Mrs. Dawson had
always ruled in her own family, and be.
ing firm believer in the old adagc, any
daughters my daughter all the days Of
her life, thought she had a right to over.
look, and exercise her power, in the house.
hold of that daughter. Thus far she
had produced no real harm. but there was
constant danger of her doing so, for Mrs
Hobbs had grown up to regard her moth
cr's judgment with veay great considera
tions.
Mr.. Hobbs dreaded the result of hi'
mother-in laws course, but, not wishing
to create any disturbance, thought it bes
to remain silent until he should be called
upon to speak to his wife about th'
matter.
Mrs. Dawson did not mean to do harm
but she had rather unfortunate ideas OF
the subject of husbands authority, ant
believed that in matters stricly domesti
he had almost none at all Had she be
lievcd that her conduct was an interfer
ence in affairs with which she had n
right to meddle, she would have aban
doned it at once, But was not her dangh
ter her own child +? and did not all tha
concerned her child. concern her? Thu
; she reasoned, and thought herself perfect
. ly justifable in all she did.
One day when Mr. Hobbs returne
/. home from his business he found Mr.
Dawson there on visit to her daughte,
During the evening, Mrs. Hobbs. turnin
l.. to her husband said.
George, don't you think we need
, parlor carpet 2
e Doesn't this one suit you p he aske
. in surprise.
mo. | don't think IL docs" she replie
), hesitatingly. "It isquite worn aud sha'
: by. and | am ashamed for visitors to 81
it,"
II. seems to me very nice one" sal
husband. II think it quite pret'
~ rno, and | tbiuk it will answer vel
Ca - ~ k,4ides, canno. afford TO buy Of
just no.s."' ,ro q, sm;tb,s this NOR
"Motb or saw Y. '"0 ~ 0 '
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aaehl gs p0otA TO Ht ynuras Of gnoa County
HYDE PARK, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1866

his wife's conduct, and quietly determined
on his own course.
When he went home that evening, be
found his wife and Mrs. Dawson in the
dining room, awaiting him. Mrs. Hobbs
was pale and nervous. The new carpet
was down, and she knew that her hus-
band must know all about it that eve
ming. She dreaded the disclosure, for she
felt that she had done wrong. Mrs.
Dawson, however, was smiling and .tri-
umphant.
After tea, Mr.. Hobbs, instead of going
into the parlor as customary, took seat
by the dining room fire. and called his
wife to him.
Lucy, do you remember asking me,
about six weeks ago, to give you new
parlor carpet ?" he said without looking
at her.
Yes"
"l refused to do 80 then, because I could
not afford it. l was very hard pressed
for money, and could not spare SO large a
sum. Recently, however, have been for
tunate in some speculations, and deter
mined yesterday to reward you for youl
goodness in 50 quietly and cheerfully Civ
ing up your fancy by buying you new
carpet
40 George. don't" cried his wife, burst
ing into tears Don't talk to me so.
don't deserve it; r. But she brok,
down.
II know all about it, DEAR" said hel
husband kindly. II paid the bill thi
morning. But tell me, did you dc thi
of your own accord, or in compliance will
your mothers urging?"
ii yielded to her, but | felt all tn
while that | was doing wrong" sobbet
Mrs Hobbs.
Il knew it," said her husband, "but i
will not happen again, Mrs Dawson,
he continued, addressing that lady, VIII
sat looking on with decided crestfslle
air. "you see what you have accomplished
You have m1de my wife deceive me, ant
wounded me deeply You have interfere
where you have no right to do 50 ; and
until you learn that in my house my at
thority, which will never seek to depriv
my wife of anything | can give her,
supreme, think it will be best for a
parties that you remain away from u
When you visit US i'll proper spirit, W
shall always be very happy to see yon
: but, if you come only to produce sue
harm as this, you had better not con
r at all.
Mrs Dawson left the house without
word. She was completely humbled. Sh
3 soon returned her visits, however. bl
e never again sought to exercise ber powC
t outside of her own household, and eve
+ there it was tempered with more wisdo
than formerly.
e Mr.. Hobbs never had cause to reproac
n his wife again.
She had learned lesson which she ne
: or forgot; and, while every sight of ii
c new carpet brought to her paug of sci
. reproach, it also strengthened her resol
o to trust her husband in all things, belle
i ing that he desired nothing but her ha
n piDess.
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Attorneys.

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!. .insnraI,ce ce agent, johnson Vt. Having had
r6exp9rience in collecting Military claims for
anty land, arrears, money bounty and pen
Ins; am prepared to prosecute all such claims
soeai1y termination, for a reasonable COM
nsafi&n. 33m6
Il u 4xwYER, attorney at law and solicitor
1. =. xhancery, Hyde Park, Vt.-Agent for
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) nnd Xtlicitors in Chancery, Hyde Park, Vt.
srfjc2 attention given to the collection OF
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MA. 113 other pensions, bounties, back pay,
T. V<x|6o BRIGHAM, GEO. L. WATERMAN. 40
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gnetry.
"DO'NT wAKEN ME-"
BY II. s. COREY.

"Cradied at last in a blissful dream,
My soul is rocked on the waves of life.
White sails of hope il the sunlight CLEAN;
Nowarrlng winds o'er the water scream.
So hushed to rest. in the shining stream
drop old fetters of doubt and strife.
From this sweet sumber, anguish-free.
Don't waken Inc
Earth wears the glow of golden light;
Bir.s fit and sing on the Summer shore.
Like birds, my thoughts on pinions bright,
Fit ever around this new delight,
And soar and sing in the sails of white,
And deepen rest with the songs they pour.
From this sweet slumber. anguish-free,
Don't waken mel'
So, darling, Graded upon thine arm,
I dreamed and sung In the olden years;
Norguessed thai the waters peaceful charm,
And the singing birds, and the sunshine warm
Should be drowned at last In binding storm,
And the white sails drenched in the tempest 8
tears.
While mally the old love chung to thee
Don't waken me ~
was the old weak, woman's cry,
When the soul is torn from its anchored
trust
We reck not then that the winds will die,
And blue breaks show in the cloudy sky,
And the sunlight fall where the storm sweeps
by,
And new loves sing o'er the old loves dust
Till memory's sigh shall be
Don't waken me''
New loves will sing, but ali nevermore
Shall love be anchored on trust lile this.
And never along SO bright shore,
Shall drift the soul in it's dreaming more.
All friend, for that cradled rest of yore
To turn again to this dream Of bliss.
And say with the old sweet faith in thee,
Don't waken me -