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ST. ALBANs. VIZ FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1866

uselessly. No one answored--no one
could; and there, with the sunlight on
her bare head, with its golden curls,
with her little arms stretched toward
me, and the baby cry, Mamma, come
mamma, come !" crossing the rising
water, stood my darling. My eyes
swept the desolate shore in vain hope
of seeing some stranger within reach
of my voice, and fell at last upon the
little blue boat An angel could
scarcely have been more welcome.
had been boating enough to know
how oars were handled. All my per-
sonal fear was quite gone under the
pressure of that greater terror for n
dear one
"Wait, Kitty" / cried, "mamma
will come, and I sped to the boats
side, unmoored her, and with unskilled
hands, taught by my mothers love
alone, sped her toward the rock. 1t
was very short distance, but more
than once l feared that | should not
be able to touch the spot ! must if l
would save my darling. No mariner
upon the stormiest voyage ever suf-
Tered more anxiety than / did in those
moments, brief as they were, the wa
ter rising higher and higher all the
while, and my baby's foot hold grow
ing less and less.
The little red shoes were wet when
called to her, Jump into the boat
darling" and saw her fearless spring
and felt her arms about my neck.
l rowed the little blue boat back to
the shore somehow, and when | had it
there | could have knelt down and
kissed it. Ii my wish had been ac-
complished, and that boat had been
broken, or burnt, on sold, there would
have been nothing now but little
dead child at the bottom of the river,
or swept away seward, instead of
these warm loving arms and beating
heart about my neck and against my
bosom. Ii it had not been for the
little blue boat should have been
childless; for, looking over the water,
| could see nothing where the rock
was an hour before but little troubled
ripple
SO when that night, after he had
heard my story, Captain Marshall
said;
"Shall l destroy the boat now,
Kitty l chung to his arm.
"No, no, no." l said 81 love it. 1t
has saved my darling's life. Think
what might have been had we not
had our little blue boat-our, blessed,
beautiful, precious little boat,
So the boat danced on upon the
water, and dances there in the sun
light still; and l have no more fear of
it. Many and many a sail have [ had
upon its cushioned seats with my cap
tain at the oars and Kitty by my side;
and | have learnt to be ashamed of
my old terror, and 10 know that land
or sea, or calm or storm are all the
same SO that God holds us III his
keeping.
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and either frequently turned before a
strong fire or covered over with hot
ashes till it is roasted, or rather.
stewed. The covering or crust, of the
shape of the article inclosed, and hard
with the fire, is broken, and the meat
separated from its inner covering of
burned rags, which, with the Juice Of
the meat, are reduced to thick sauce
or gravy. Sometimes little vinegar
is poured upon the meat The tribe
are high in their praise of flesh cooked
in this manner, declaring it has a par
ticularly fine flavor The singular peo-
pie, / am informed, also boiled the
flesh of sheep in the skins of the ami
mails, like the Scottish soldiers in their
wars with the English nation, when
their complexities were nothing but
the hides of the oxen, suspended from
poles driven into the ground.
The only mode of cooking butcher
meat bearing any resemblance to that
OF the gipsies is practiced by some of
the tribes of South America, who wrap
flesh in leaves, and, covering it over
with clpy, cook it like the gipsies.
Some OF the Indians of North America
roast deer Of small size in their skins
among hot ashes. An individual of
great responsibility, who had tasted
yenison cooked in this fashion, said
that it was extremely juicy and finely
favored. In the Sandwich Islands,
pigs are baked on hot stones, in pits,
or in the leaves of the bread-fruit tree,
on hot stones, covered over with earth
during the operation of cooking. 1t
IS probable that the gypsy art of cook
ing would be among the first modes of
making ready animal food, in the first
stage of human society, in Asia the
cradle of the human race. Substitute
the leaves of trees for linen rags, and
what method of cooking can be more
primitive than that of our Scottish
gipsies. SimsonS History Of the Gip-
sues.
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Gipsies i'm England.

A man whom l knew happened to
lose his way one dark night in Cam
bridgeshire. After wandering up and
down for some time, he observed n
liz ht, at IA considerable distance from
him, within the skirts of wood, and,
being oyeijoyed at the discovery, he
directed his course towards 1t; but be-
fore reaching the fire, be was surprised
at hearing man, little way in adj
vance, call out to him, in loud voice:
''Peace, or not peace 2
The benighted traveller, glad at
hearing the sound of a human voice,
Immediately answered.
'Peace; l am poor Scotchman, and
have lost my way in the dark.
you can come forward, then re-
Joined the sentinel.
When the Scotchman advanced, he
found family of gipsies, with only
one tent; but, on being conducted
further into the wood, he was intro
duced to great company of gipsies
They were busily employed in roasting
several whole shecp-turning their
carcasses before large fires, ON long
wooden poles, instead of iron splits.
The racks on which the spits turned
were also made of wood, driven into
the ground crossways, like the letter
Y. The gipsies We're exceedingly kind
to the stranger, causing him to partake
of the victuals which they had pre-
pared for their feast. He remained
with them the whole night, eating and
drinking, and dancing with his merry
entertainers, as if he had been one of
themselves. When day dawned, the
Scotchman counted twelve tents within
short distance of each other. On
examining his position, he found him
self long way out Of his road, but a
party of the gipsies voluntarily offered
their services, and went with him for
several miles, and with great kind
ness, conducted him to the road from
which he had wandered.
The gipsies, in cooking, make use of
neither pot, pam spit, nor oven. They
twist n strong rope of straw, which
they wind very tightly around the fowl,
Just as it is killed, with the whole of its
feathers on, and its entrails untouched
1t is then covered with hot peat ashes,
and slow fire is kept up around and
about the ashes till the fowl is sufi-
GENTLY done. When taken out from
beneath the fire, il is stripped of its
hull, or shell of half-burned straw rope
and feathers, and presents a very fine
appearance. Those who have tasted
poultry cooked by the gipsies in this
manner say that it is very palatable
and good. In this invisible way these
ingenious people could cook stolen
poultry, at the very moment, and in
the very place, that a search was go
ing on for the pilfered article.
The art OF cooking butcher-meat
among the gipsies is similar to that OF
making ready fowls, except that linen
and clay are substituted for feathers
and straw. The piece Of flesh to be
cooked is first carefully wrapped up IN
o covering OF cloth or linen rags, and
covered over with well-wrought clay
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No. 1872.

OF the enterprise, which was noticed
with gratitude. About the same time
a young Colombian exile in New York
was struck with the views of education
which she expressed to him; and after
he bad founded and conducted for
twenty years the large and distir.
guished seminary of FL Espiritu Santa
IN Bogota, he wrote to friend that he
had always been guided by the princi-
pies recommended by Mrs Sigourney.
Among the many eminent traits of
her life and character, which are not
alluded to in Mrs. Sigourney's autobio-
graphy, is one which was ftlv and
comprehensiyely expressed by the late
Bishop Burgess, while pastor of
church in Hartford: II never" said
he, center the abode Of poor or sick
person without finding that / have
been preceded by Mrs. Sigourney.7
As teacher she appeared as a
model OF her profession--in mild man
ners, uniform sweetness of disposition,
sincere and permanent interest in her
pupils, patience and assiduity in her
laLors. She held many annual rural
meetings with them in romantic
grove on a rocky bluff on the bank Of
the Little River, which afterwards be-
longed to the grounds of the handsome
residence Of Mr.. Sigourney, which was
her home for several years. Long
after her marriage, and the dispersion
of her pupils, she continued to meet
many of them annually as before; and
many are still living who cannot but
retain the impressions made on their
minds and hearts by a teacher of so
pure and exalted character.
Mrs. Sigourney never wrote without
some commendable motive and design.
As she contributed to numerous pub
locations of different classes, and com
posed many poetical pieces in the
midst of cares and labors, there was
naturally great inequality in their
merits; yet it would be difficult to find
in the productions of any poetess, or
perhaps any poet, so many possessing
real value. Her style was seldom i'm
paired by the false taste of our day,
which it would be difficult for ariy
writer entirely to avoid.
She wrote two collections of female
biographies for schools; and these will
be valuable reading books also for
families. Her large and elegant de-
votional work, published in 1859, with
text and poetical piece for every day
in the year, cannot fail to be of lasting
use and benefit, Astounding as it does
in practical Christian suggestions and
admonitions, often expressed in beauti-
full and exalted poetry, The late Pro-
fessor Silliman, one of her oldest
friends, and the friend of everything
good, read this work daily until his
death. bA' llNs
A friend of Mrs. Sigourney need not
desire more severe punishment for
one of her unjust and conceited depre-
ciators than to have his eyes opened
to true view of her character and
writings, and his mind and heart to a
proper estimate of correct literary
taste, lofty motives and superior abili-
ties, and then to look upon his own in
contrast. 4
Will any person do the public the
favor to name the female authors of
any country or language, who have
greater claims than Mrs Sigourney for
on account OF the number
and value of their publications. Cor.
N. Y. Erening Post.
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"HE eIvETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP"

by thAtE H. n'hhs
How swoetly falls upon the ears
or those who would recall the years,
Who wistful and repentant weep,
He givcth His Beloved sleep
For wounded hearts no cure IL found
On earth; but o, the balmy sound
OF those few words, so full, so deep
He givcth His Beloved slcepl
We calmly on His power rely,
Though angry floods were rolling high;
And painless were the watery heap
He givcth His Beloved sleep
We gaze upon the western sky,
Relax each worldly, earth born tic
There's rest beyond the rugged steep
He givcth His Beloved sleep.
All, now behold yon setting sun,
Our little day is almost gone;
As softly on the shadows creep
lie giyeth His Beloved sleep.
o rest how swcetly falls that rest
On every weary, painting breastl
No longer l0iter we to weep
He giveth His Beloved slecpl
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ssly- A young lady having "set he

Das- A young lady having "set her
cap" for rather large specimen Of
the opposite sex, and having failed to
win, was telling her sorrows to coup
lie Of confidants, when one OF them
comforted her with these words:
"Never mind, Molly, there's as good
fish in the sea as ever was caught.
Molly knows that" replied the other,
"but she wants whale"
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aay~ A few DAYS since the teacher in

EsV~ a lew days since the Teacher IN
the primary department of the graded
school in vergennes, Vermont, interro-
gated the pupils as to the reason of
the sadness of the ocean. One little
lad was confident that he could tell,
and the question was put: "Well, what
is it that causes the sadness of tho
water of the ocean y "The Goldfish -
replied the little original.
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seD- 1t seems that a lawyer is sope-
thing of a carpenter; he can file bin ,
split hair, make an entry. get up a
case, frame an indictment, impanel a
jury, put them in box, nail witness,
hammer judge, bore court, and
other like things aa hat
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s-a- "What ails these shirt buttons,
/ wonder. Just the minute / put the
needle through 'em to sew 'em on, they
splits and flies all to bits "Why,
grandmother, them isn't buttons,
them's my peppermints, and now
yon'ye been spiling en-"
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aD- DIR. Franklin, speaking of edu-
cation, says: IF man empties his
purse into his head, no man can take
it away from him. An Investment in
knowledge always pays the best inter-
est"
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Gag odd any of you ever see an ele-
plants skin p asked the master Of
an misunderstood. 81 have" said six
year old at the foot of the class.
Where ?" inquired the teacher,
amused by his earnestpess. son he
elephant :" was the reply.
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"a'VhTANT TO SOLDIERS
M, AND
THEIR WIDOWS.

lnotihed ~ srEREsTED ARE HEREBY
se's perta,ni,a' | am agent to transact all bust
Pay. Claims 70 pensions, bountios and back
ssated, and ill., ~ .he above nature can be pre-
Hso '"er allowances obtained, by appN
w. Adams, Nav mn. WM. BRIDGES.
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aas- Madam said a gentleman to
his wife, "let me tell you, facts are very
stubborn things" Dearie me, you don't
say so, qupth the lady; "what fact
you must be-"
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10 those receiving the paper through the POST
V"np,yinc the paper by the carrier, 30 cents i'm
.Slition will be charged,
rny Cents a year will be added when payment
a. DELAYED beyond six months.
No naper discontinued until all arroarages arc
III except at the option of the Publisher.
RATES OF ADVERTISING,
r,.xsrrNr ADVERTISEMENTS. Per square of II
INES or less, OF this type, for first insertion ST.
y, .l' o,ch subsequent insertion, 20 cents.
'' rSc number of insertions must bc marked on
II a1vertisements or they win be continued
~ 'n,a ordered out. Transient advertisements to
h, paid for in advance
a. liberal discount will be made on the
.hage rates to those advertising by the year.
1fs.L KorIcEs viii be inserted at Is cents per
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, prpn AcLECIIC PHYSICIAN,
A h., Mn an absence of four months. DR.. N.
House as % 'e.nrned to his Rooms at the fremont
Of Cbrons;. Adams, where he will make speciality
psctoe ''' cases, adhereing strictly TO an Office
tom n oil'se hours from 9 to IL A. NJ, and
II AiI.o ana to9 2. NJ. Advice free.
,'u1l's' W., March 18th, 1866. 114-tf
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Bag Plough deep while sluggards
sleep, and you shall have corn to sell
and to keep. ~ 3ai
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pay- A man recently wrote to shoe
maker: "Cend me pair of esq. Toad
Shooze"
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W Fine Watches, Clocks and Jowelry, Sterl-
lag Silver and Silver Plated Ware. Fancy Goods
q great variety. Watch Repairing and Engrav-
ing. St. Adams, Vt. 1903
cHAs wIMAS. E. H. HUNTINGTON
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=" a. Mason 4 nAsrLIN oAnrNrr or

ed and s .or.y different styles, adapted TO sa.
tig-one '9 Gcl99r music, for $50 to 5000 each
lremuns ss,a or Silver Medals, or other first
Boston, nee, Address, MASON x III UAAs HIN
" %ASoN BROTHERS, New York.
SILLY
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, D. BURGESS, deaier'in Pork, Fish, Hams,
- Lard, Flour, Salt, and general Groceries,
a. .,, shoessie and retail Main Street, one door
south Of farrar Bros. III
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muck, ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL
Nj TOR AT LAW. Also, Agent for first
1,,. Insurance Companies, and for obtaining
soldiers pay, &C., -.
0fice over Weeks store. l-u
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81. Adams Business Directory.

ury 4 DAVIS. ATTORNEYS AND
| n6TTNsEIIORS AT LAW and Solicitors in
- 1870 Office in the rooms formerly occu-
sa5'ibp nv White q Sowles, Gadcomb's Building
n Adams, vt. g-ly
II pAIIEY. PARK DAVIS.
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o.PosT - CO., dealers in Dry Goods
IL and choice Family Groceries. Corner of
nan and Fairfield Streets, st. Adams, VI. III
H. c. POST, L. JAMES.
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Nj ARsHALL MASON, Dealer in Dry Goods,
vi Yankee Notions, Zephyr Woods, Paper
hsngngs, OIL Shades, and Curtain Fixtures.
81. Adams, Vt. l0I
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RRAlNERD Il SPEAR. dealers in Fancy
~ and Domestic Dry Goods, splain and fancy
.asameres, Cobergs, &c. III.
o. BRAISERD, WARREN H. SPEAR.
south Main Street, st. Adams, VT.
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=" ONLY FEW DAYS can Won dispose
'on IN ,nir h,ssisquoi Bank bills TO II. L. Sam
Nay 10th, 1866. INV ,,a-tf
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EhRirr HOUSE, formerly Clinton
~ house, Alburgh Springs, Vermont.
hs Marriages will convey guest to and from
Wv Depot free of charge. l2i-tf
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CHAPMAN, dealer in Groceries and
"A. Produce at Wholesale aud Retail
WALKER BROS, Agts.
Lake Street, st. Adams, Vt. lO4
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S'S' d |. CHANDLER D. OF. FASSETT
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS.

HA,hiiAd formed professional co-partner-
'nlp' ofer their services to the community
Oihce at DR.. CHANDELIERS.
"''dence Of DR.. Fassett, at the Weldon House
n lh. o. +. FASSETr.
0"ns' sept. 10Th, 1865. Sl-tf
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THE TRANSCRIPT.
rl.n1.tsnrn EyERY rntpAY.
TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION

,,,tprR y. DAVIS, Editor and Pro-
prictor.
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guage unfold, but it first does its business
perfectly. Mr. Herbert Spencer follows close
after Mr. Mil, and, venturing often INTO
more remote quarters, deserves great credit
for the absence Of that muddy prOfundity
which philosophers often try to pass for Wis
dom.
"After all. we must concede that writer
who wants to introduce a novel notion must
often 90 round about in order to bring it to
us; and these notions multiply faster than
the means of expressing them. A simple
idea may be inclosed in a simple word, but
an idea may involve complex proposition
outside itself and lately born, so lately born
and so suddenly that there is a difficulty In
finding swadling clothes for it. johnson tells
us, 1T will be found, in the progress OF learn
ing. that in all nations the first writers are
simple, and that every age improves IN ele-
eance. A saturated intellect soon becomes
fastidious and knowledge finds no willing
reception till it is recommended by artificial
diction.' A saturated intellect is Johnson
csc for a well-stored mind, and the doctor
wants to say, in his native tongue, that plain
words only suit plain people, and that you
must have artificial diction' for educated
folks. Artificial diction,' otherwise book
English, has been wisely discountcnanced,
and should not be resorted to save, as we
before remarked, where the originality OF
view necessitates an original combination of
words or placing of them in an original
light. What changes our language has yet
to undergo, whether Hamlet will appear as
obsolete as sThe Wife of Bath whether MIR.
Tennyson will be done for as CHANGER was,
are specuations arising out of our subject,
but which, at present, we must leave mere
We do believe, however, that a service would
be rendered to our literature by reducing 1t
to some sort of order or method, and that
due consideration of the dead styles would
be a fitting preface to the work"
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Constitutional Amendment.
Joint Resolution.


JOINT hesoiu'ioh'
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CoNsT1TU-
T1oN OF THE UNITED STATES
zs,5 b IN. Senate and TEouse of Renresenta-
1'e'o'0" W w -
ttOeS Of the Ontte0 STATES W America 4" Co'3fe"S 10"
seuaJLei Cwo-thirds of both Houses concurrng, }
That tho fo,lowinr article he nroposed to the
- g.. - -, ,,od
leSlslaIures Oh Ihe se'ei"i S''t'oe' 10 GA ~
ment to the Constitution of the United States,
which when ratified by three fourths of said leg
,u, Ii, -, ,,ou+ rs tho Const;+u
lslatures, snaii po '"iiu 10 P' VI "
ton, namely:
ARTICLE IA.
SECTION l. All persons born or naturalized in
the limited States and subject to the Jurisdiction
thereof are citizens of the United States and of
the State wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridgc the
privileges or mmunities of citizens of the United
States: nor shall any State deprive any person
Of life liberty or nronertv without due process
Of law nor DENY tn nnv person within its iuris-
GictioI the enu9l protection of the laws
SIC } Rnnrcsentatiyes shall he apportioned
49,. ~, ,.tt,nr,I Set, ,.nnr5;rr 70 tbn;r 70
"tito.iS o. - ',,t;,,rs 81 IioIo ,,,,,,hor
y $500 =, - Set - al ,Gnr Indions NOT
taxp6 Rnt when the rirrht to Vote Mt any cleo
t: = IL, ~, -: 20 Ia,|' g. p,S;daH1+ -
Non ior lL1 nc ~ t itd So a,,raS
~; - S vi III ti 80 'ndinI LII
- ~ ST. 80 th r,an,hers of tbe IeoiSIatnra
thraof - Jeu;ed r. ,nv Of tho male inSahitnnts
of sucb State being twenty-one wears of age
and citizens of the United States, or in any way
abridged except for participation in rebellion or
other crime, the basis of representation therein
shall be reduced in the proportion which the
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remaining in the hands of any such commissioner
after the satisfaction of the claims of such credit
ors the commissioner under the direction of the
court shall distribute and pay the same to and
among those who shall be justly entitled thereto
as having been stockholders or members OF such
corporation at the time of its dissolution as afore
said, or their legal representatives.
Sec. 9. Be It further enacted, That all suits on
debts due the Banks contracted with branch
Bank shall be brought in the comfy where the
branch was established, and if brought in any
other county may be dismissed on motion
shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 18th day of March, 1865
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JOHN PATTEN, JR., Propri,

T>HE PACIFIC HOTEL Is WET
Il widely known to the travelling pubIio A M
location is especially suitable to mercharts me
business men; it is in close proximity to the hn d
ern and Western travel, and adjacent to U Uu1 I
principal Railroad and Steamboat depots i lie
The Pacific has liberal accommodations for
cry modern Improvement for the comfort o's ev-
tertaInment of its inmates. The rooms ar nu en-
cious and well ventilated; provided with aas spa
water; the attendance is prompt and res5ectf SIt
delieacy of the season. Will every
The subscriber, who, for the past four ve...
i mas been the Lessee is nov sole proprietor and
interests of his house With long Girn me
hotel keeper, he trusts, by modergte cbar., as
and liberal policy, to maintain the fa rnalges
reputation of the Pacific Hotel 'oraOie
N. B. To prevent overcharge by Hackmer a..
coaches OF the Hotel are owned by the pronri.ta e
sept 30-241 1y10 JOHN PATTFEp EGtor