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TFrom the Vermont Record. 7
Remarkable PresentimentS.

Last Friday week, Mr. j. D. Seaver, of
Stowe, Sheriff of Lamoille county, was fatally
injured. 1t seems there was horse trot at
Morristown, in which he and Mr.. Gilman
were parties Seaver's gig was overturned
by his running into Gilman's, when Mr.. Sea-
yer was dragged about thirty rods badly man
gled, especially about the head.
While at Montpelier last week, we heard
some very remarkable statements made in
connection with the death of Mr.. Seaver, as
stated above. We give them, and can, if
necessary, name our authority. We UNDER
stand that for long time previous to the
death of Mr.. Seaver, his wife repeatedly told
him that death would soon enter their fami-
ly, and strongly urged him topurchase lot
in the cemetery-upon which, it seems, Mr.;
Seayer had been at work helping to lay it
out, &C.
On the morning of the day on which the
above race took place, Mrs. Seayer told her
husband that she had dreamed the night be-
fore that she had seen him thrown from. a
wagon, dragged some distance and strike his
head against something she could not tell
what, and was killed. She urged him not
to 90 to the race He smiled at the dream,
not being at all superstitous, and went. He,
however, seemed to be not altogether right.
and just before the race, told Mr.. Gilman
that he would much rather not drive, but up
on the earnest solicitation of Mr.. G. did SO
with the above result Mrs. Seaver upon,
his departure for the race, dressed herself as
if ready for a journey and awaited, as she
afrms, to be called upon to go to him. And
she was. When sent for, she told the mes
senger before he related his errand that she
knew what he had come for. All of which
we give as we heard it, and pronounce it
very strange, if true, and we believe it is.
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Brigham Young on POlygamy.

The following portion of Brigham Youngs
address at the semi annual Conference lately
held at Salt Lake City is taken from the De-
seret Ne,es:
The last time I was in the city of Lowell
there we're fourteen thousand more females
than males in one city This is many years
ago. They live and die in single state,
and are forgotten. Have they filled the meas
ure of their creation and accomplished the de-
sign of heaven in bringing them upon the
earth s? No, they have not. Two Thousand
good, God-fearing men should 60 there and
take to themselves seven wives apiece. 1t IS
written in the Bible, +" and in that day seven
women shall lay hold of one man, saying we
will eat our own bread and wear our own ap-
parel; only let US be called by thy name, to
take away our reproach." The Government
of the United States do not intend that that
prophecy shall be fulfilled. and the Lord AL
mighty means that it shall. Do you not
think that the Lord will conquer? | think he
will, and we are helping Him. 1t is the de-
cree of the Almighty that in the last days
seven women shall take hold Of one man, &c.,
to be counseled and advised by him, being
willing to spin their own wool, make their
own clothing, and do everything they can to
earn their own living, if they can only bear
his name to take away their reproach What
is this order for? 1t is for the resurrection;
it is not for this world would not go
across this bowery for polygamy, if it only
pertained to this world 1t is for the resur
recton, and the spirit Of the Lord has come
upon the people, and upon the ladies espes
cially, to prepare the way for the fulfillment
of his word The female sex have been de-
ceived so long, and been trodden under foot
by man so long, that spirit has come upon
them, and they want a place, and name,
and a head, for the man is the head of the
woman, to lead her into the celestial king
dom of our Father and God.
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A Bully Eye Doctor.

A gentleman tells us the following story,
and vouches for it as having actually occur
red to himself. Some years ago he lost an
eye, and having taste for comedy personal
appearance, he had the loss of the member
atoned for by the insertion of d glass eye.
The counterfeit was a perfect counterpart of
the other, and, except those who were told
of the fact, none would have imagined him
to be the 'sbully boy with the glass eye"
Two or three weeks ago the seeing eye be-
gan to infame, and knowing, by sad expe
rience, the danger Of neglecting sore eye,
he determined to consult an oculist, and not
knowing which was the proper one to go to,
was unfortunate enough to fall into the hands
of man who practices the profession, but
who, until within short time, had been en-
gagged in the butchering business. Calling
upon the celebrated oculist and aurist,' he
told him that his eyes were afflicted with dis
ease, and he feared he would lose them.
The quack examined the optics and pro-
nounced them an easy cure. In fact, he
would heal them up at a low figure, only ten
dollars week for treatment.
ssWhat do you think of my left eye, Doc
tor 7" asked our friend, whose faith was not
very strong.
The Doctor examined the left optic very
carefully for several moments and then
said, Il find the epithelum slightly opatic,
with considerable simultaneous conjunctiva
in the cellular retina Of the corneal schir-
rhosis"
''Can the thing ever be cured z" asked
the patient, who was convinced that the fell
low was an unmitigated humbug.
ooh, yes, I can cure that in very short
time. have some vegetable acid which
extract from plant known only to myself,
which will render that eye perfectly well in
three weeks"
''Do you really mean to say that | can see
out Of that eye again for to tell you the
truth, I have not been able to see out Of it
for long time
TO be sure do, just as well as do out
Of mine This ere vegetable acid Of mine is
really wonderful there are not any eyes that
can resist it, It fixes them all"
"Then you can 60 ahead on that one, and
if you fix it all right, / will let you attend to
the other one"
The Doctor took out large syringe, filled
it with his vegetable acid, and approached
our friend for the purpose of making an ap-
plication, when he raised his hands to his
eye opened the eyelids, took the glass optic
from the socket, and handing it to the opera
tor, said
''Doc, I han't time to stop for treatment
you can keep the eye here, and as soon az
you get it to see, | will call and get it"
The oculist's 'pheelinks' can be bette1
imagined than described. S. f. Call.
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"Senl Them Back"

Under this head we find the following ex-
traordinary statement in the New York o.
serycr, religious journal
Rev Or. Aeger, of South Carolina, in a
letter to Dr. Backus, Of Baltimore, lately
published, makes the following statement,
and vouches for the fact
ssWhen General Sherman's army passed
through Winnsboro', South Carolina, Cap,
tain F-and six others of that army rob-
bed one of the ruling elders of Scion Presby-
terrain Church there of an elegant silver
communion set, the gift of dying female
member of the same, costing in New York
two hundred dollars, and having the church's
name and the donors name engraved upon
each article"
GA certain congregation of your body
now has that silver communion set, which
Captain F presented to them, and are
now using it for their communion purposes,
with those names Of Scion Church and its
dying sister staring them in the face as they
eat the bread and drink the wine which set
forth the body and blood Of our common
Master"
The idea that Christian church can cele-
brate the holy ordinance of the Lords Sup
per in the use of vessels thus obtained. is too
monstrous to be entertained for a moment,
unless they are held only until the church
from which they were taken can be ascer-
tanned. This notice may assist the church
in ascertaining it, and we are sure that if
the sacred vessels should be sent to DR.. Adj
ger, Columbia, S. c.. he would see that they
were restored to the church to which they
belong.
We echo the sentiment that the idea that
a Christian church can retain such articles,
is monstrous We should imagine that the
communicates in the church, while using
these vessels, would see the vision Of their
Master entering the temple with the scourge
in his hand, and saying to them, 1T has
been written that my house shall be called a
house of prayer, but ye have made it den
Of thieves"
What can we expect for the future of our
country if we donot reform this great wrong,
which has cursed churches as well as faml-
lies? An old friend of ours, Union man
in the South throughout all the war, told us
that his chandeliers were in a certain house
in Massachusetts, his piano in another, and
various family treasures In another. He
had traced them to their present positions.
We have heard of Southern lady sitting
down at Northern table and recognizing
silver on that table as her own. We have
heard of lady receiving from an officer a
present of jewelry, which she recognized as
the jewelry of a Southern lady who had been
her schoolmate and friend. Public senti-
ment needs to be aroused on this subject,
and the holders of such goods should be
compelled, by the Indignation of their honest
fellow-citizens, to ''send them back"
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The Wafer of Salt Lake.

All travellers have mentioned with aston
ishment the peculiar buoyancy of the water
of Great Salt Lake, and it is truly. surpris-
ing. No danger of shipwreck need ever
cross the mind of those who navigate the lake,
for it would be simply impossible for them
to sink if thrown overheard. With my hands
clasped together under my head and my feet
crossed, toated on the very surface ofthe
lake, with at least one-third of my body above
the water Upon a warm summers '.day
there would not be the slightest difficulty i'll
going to sleep upon the lake, and allowing
yourself to be blown about as the wind per-
mitted only one would need an umbrella to
keep off the rays of the sun. MIR. Bowles
has stated that three buckets of this water
will weld one bucket of solid salt, but mas
much as water will not hold above twenty
five per cent. of saline matter in solution, and
if more be added it is instantly deposited up
on the bottom, his estimate is, of course, too
large On inquiring of the Mormons en-
gagged in procuring salt, they unanimously
stated that for every five buckets of water
they obtained one bucket of salt, which gives
the proportion as no less than twenty per
cent. No visitor to the lake should omit the
bath the sensation in the water is most lux
urious, and leads one to think himself float
ing in the air. On the way back to the city,
it will be as well for the bather to stop at the
superb sulphur baths just outside the town,
and remove the saline incrustations which
will have formed upon him, by plunge into
the fine swimming baths, whose only objec-
lection is it's peculiar odor and its great heat,
which requires large admixture of cold
water.
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CUR1ous. The following extraordinary &C

Curious The following extraordinary ac-
count of determined attempt at suicide is
gravely related by the Epoca of Madrid:
"The individual in question being tired
of his life resolved take such measures as
must infallibly insure his death. To that
end he started for the sea shore provided
with ladder, rope, loaded pistol, a bot
tie of poison and box Of matches. Having
some time before discovered a post standing
a little way out in the water, he fixed his lad
der against it, and ascending fastened one
end Of the cord to the top and passed a slip
knot around his neck, swallowed the poison,
and sriking light set fire to his clothes,
then placing the pistol to his ear, kicked
away the ladder, but in doing so his hand
swerved, and, as he fred, the same moment
the bullet, instead Of penetrating his brain,
divided the rope, and he fell into the sea ex-
tinguishing his burning garments; also a
quantity Of salt water he swallowed caused
him to throw up the poison he had taken, 50
that he scrambled on the shore, convinced that
his time had not arrived" s N saiv Re
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THE New ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF WEB
srER's DIcrIoNARy.-This seemingly dry and
certainly ponderous book has it's peculiar
charms Here is collected and tersely set
down vast quantity of various and useful
knowledge, such as is Indispensable to edua-
ted men and women. Here are an hundred
and fourteen thousand words, defined with
clearness, fullness, precision, and wealth of
illustration, that denote the soundest schol-
ar-ship, and the most entire fidelity to labo-
rious details Altogether the work is mar
velous specimen of learning, taste and thor
ough labor We praise It heartily, because
we believe it deserves the heartiest praise -
Nem York flbion. @ Os
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The Emperor Of Brazil has appointed a
e Board of Health to investigate and decide
what proprietary remedies should be admit
ted into the country and what excluded
After some months session they have report
ed condemning them all except DR.. J. c..
Aver & Co.'s preparations. Three of those
they recommended the Emperor to admit for
the benefit of the public health, while they
hold the fourth, Cherry Pectoral under ad-
visemcnt for further information respecting
one of its ingredients morphine, which,
while SO extensively employed and so highly
esteemed as remedy in this country, is
scarcely known in that. Of all the other
medicines before them, the Imperial commis-
sion say, &C no one of them merits any favor
whatever, or protection from this Govern
mcnt, as they contain nothing new nor any
specific virtues not fully known and used by
our own physicians The Imperial Gov
eminent has accordingly prohibited them all
from admission through the custom house,
except the remedies Of our distinguished
countrymen above mentioned-a discrimina-
ton by their learned men, very like that 10
which experience has led the American peo-
ple.-Boston Herald.
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Poetry.
CHILDHOOD.
BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.

BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
IT'S sad but sweet to listen
To the soft winds gentle swell,
And to think we hear the music
Our children loved SO well;
. To. gaze out on the eve,
And the boundless fields of air,
And to feel again our boyhood's wish,
To roam like angels there.
There are many dreams of gladness
That cling around the past,
And from the tomb of feeling
Old thoughts come thronging fast;
The forms we love SO dearly,
In happy days now gone,
The beautiful and lovely,
So fair to look upon.
Those bright and gentle maidens,
Who seemed so formed for bliss,
Too glorious and too heavenly,
For such world as this
Whose dark soft eyes seemed swimming
In a sea of liquid light
And whose locks of gold were streaming
q Der brows sunny and bright.
Like the brightest buds of summer
They have fallen from the stem;
Yet, oh it is a lovely dream,
To fade from earth like them.
And yet the thought is saddening,
To muse on such as they,
And feel that all the beautiful
Are passing swift away!
That the fair ones whom we love,
Grow to each loving breast
Like tendrils Of the clinging vine,
They perish where they rest.
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WHAT PEANUTS WILL Do.-In the

WHAT PEANUTS WILL Do.-In the pro-
bate Court at St. Louis, a few days ago, an
administrator filed bonds to the amount Of
800, 600, to administer properly an estate
of decedent, named Antonio Barboraria,
valued at $4,000. This large fortune was
accumulated by Antonio in selling peanuts
and apples at fruit-stand in St. Louis, and
his widow has become his heir There is no
legitimate business, however humble, which,
if properly attended to, will not give, pros
nerity to those who follow it, .,;..s.sa
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TT f. DEBRENG,
III. 'FRESCO PAINTER,

s. Marzet Street, Frederick City, Md.
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Staun
ton and Neighborhood, that he is prepared
to Fresco Churches, Halls, Private Residences &C.:
in the most modern style, in fresco and encaustic
(water proof) colors, and on the most reasonable
terms. II 1868 t saa' 1 s41& #s
Best referencesas to. abilitgana character given;
Jan II 1e66-ly
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WILLIAM II. BRIGGS.
SUCCESSOR TO
SIZER & BRIGGS,
Commission and Forwarding Merchant,

No. 1906 Broad Street, Neat door to Va.
Central e. Il. Depot,
RICHMOND, IA.
Will give his undivided personal attention to
the sale of all kinds Of Country Produce and to
filing orders for Merchandise generally and hopes
by PUNCTUALITY and STRICT attention to bu-
siness. to merit continuance of the patronageso
literally bestowed on the late firm.
rs No charge for Storage or insurance.
RESPECTFULLY REFERS TO
Messrs Powell & Blacklev, H. Ker Co., Paul
b Co.. C. R. Mason, A. NJ. Pierce, A. S. Lara,
P H. Trout, Esqs Stanton.
Messrs. A. Blout & Co., N. L. Blakemore Esq,
Augusta County.
N. B. Particular attention is called to NY LocA-
r1oS, Country Merchants Forwarding goods
through us have but one drayage to pay and no
STORAGE to pav. Oct l2-.tf
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TIME stated convocations Of Union Royal\ q i
| Arch Chapter No. 2, are held at the NX
Masonic Hall, in the town ofStaunton; on the .
SECOND and FOURTH Tuesday of each month, be-
tween the lst day of October and the lst day OF
April; and on the SECOND Tuesday Of each month,
between the lst day of April and the LIST day of
October.
Transient Companions in goodstanding are fra
ternally invited to attend.
By Order of the M. E. High Priest
JAMES F. PATTERSON, Sec'ry.
September s, 1S65-tf.
TIME stated communications ofStaunton a
Lodge No. Is, of Free and Accepted XX
Masons, are held at the Masonic Hall on the " \
SECOND and LAST FRIDAY of each month.
Transient Brethren in good standing are fra
ternally invited to attenda
By Order of the Worshipful Master,
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