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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-11-22


Some out-of-the-way author tells an
amusing anecdote of three foreigners,
an Englishman, FreEchman, and an
American, who were officers in the
Turkish army. One day they got ins
to friendly dispute with each other
in the presence of Pashn of high
rank as to their dexterity in the use
of the sword, each claiming superior
skill. The Pasha, after hearing their
discussion, grvely informed them that
he wished TO put their pretensions to
the test, and, MS there were criminals
to be beheaded the following morning
in pursuance of sentence of the court,
he would request that each of the
officers should dem onstrate what he
could do with his sword by beheading
one of the condemned.
Accordingly on the morrow at an
early hour they repaired to the place
of execution where the Pasha and his
staff were waiting for them. The first
criminal was brought forward with
his arms pinioned and made to kneel.
The Euglishman was notified that it
was his time to display his skill. He
advanced, draw his sabre, and with an
exhibition of great strength, cut off
the head of the victim.
The Pasha duly commenting the
Englshman's feat ordered the second
criminal to be brought. out IN the same
manner. and informed the French
man that there was his man. The
Frenchman first went up to the kneel
ing culprit and and tied around his
neck a narrow blue ribbon, then step
ping back and bowling gracefully to
the Pasha and bis suit, lie drew his
sword, after sundry elegant hourishes
in the air, executed beautiful cut,
severing the head from the body of
the victim and splitting the ribbon
precisely in the middle,
Tae delighted Pasha, after compli-
menting the superior grace and deA-
terity of the Flechman, ordered the
third criminal to be brought out, and
motioned the American to proceed. -
The American, alter requesting that
the culprit might be allowed to stand
on his feet, stepped forward, and max
ing a single quick but apparently care
less cut, returned his sabre to the
scabbard, and turning about, resumed
his place, leaving his victim apparent
ly unframed. Observing, however,
that his competitors and even the dig
nified Moslems were laughing at his
supposed failure, he remarked in q
quiet tone to the culp,ii;
Spit, if You please"
And when the criminal leaned for.
ward to comply with the request, to
the surprise of the spectators. his head
tumbled Off
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An Emperor OF Many Sorrows.

The Sdarday Reoieu, dwelling on
the present position of the Emperor
Napoleon, says he is man on whom
a dark cloud of care aud anxiety is Oh
yiously settling. But his SORROWS
come not from his failure, but from
his success. He has invented the bur
den that is pressing upon him He is,
as he wished to be, the Emperor, the
sole responsible manager OF French a.
fairs--the one authority to whom all
bow--the one Judge of what is to be
done and borne and attempted by one
of the richest, bravest, and most pow
erful nations in the world. This sounds
grand and admirable position
enough to satisfy the ambition, and
give scope TO the genius, of any man
who ever lived. Undoubtedly it is n
wonderfully great thing to be what
Louis Napoleon is. But then. having
SO much power and SO much respop-
sibility, he also has load of care very
much beyond what falls to the share
of most men. This, again, is not in it.
self anything so very terrible. If a
man is great ruler, he must rule; if
he governs forty millions of men, he
must go through the trouble of gov
erning. But the Luck of Louis Ma
poleon or, rs his enemies would say,
his punshment--is of n more serious
kind 1t so happens that now. after
l5 years of tolerable prosperity, ba
finds himself in a presence Of very pe-
cnliar difficulties. The weight of this
whole system of personal Government
appears to be coming to him all at
once, and he is 50 situated that, what
ever course he takes, it seems as il,
for the rest of his life, he must hence
forward have the grayest and most
wearing cares besetting him. Surely
this is most unenviable lot. AS age
is coming upon him he finds that ho
has earned by all his exertions, not
repose or quiet, stable dignity, but q
lot OF increasing strife and WEAKNESS
and uncertainty. To find health de-
eaying, and hopes vanishing, and the
interest in affairs falling away, nd vet
to be obliged to call on the spirits and
energies for new and increasing eff
forts, to be always struggling when
the power and wish to struggle are
dying out, seems in q quiet uuostenta-
tious way to be one Of the greatest
miserieJ that man can be called on to
endure, and the sorrow that it entails,
threatens to be the sorrow of the EN-
peror Louis Napoleon.
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LOWELL NJ lsoN AND JONAS CHECKER
ING We extract the following from
an article in the atlantic Honthiy Civ
ing some account of the career of Ma
son and Chickering, the two greatest
benefactors of American music. 1t
viii be seen how essentially Yankee"
were both the men--in the best sense
Both of them began their musical
career, we may say, in childhood, for
Jonas Chickering was only cabinet
makers apprentice when he astonished
his native village by putting in excel
lent playing order battered old pr
ano, long before laid aside; and Low
ell Mason, at sixteen, was already lead
ing a large church choir, and drilling
brass band. The undertaking OF
this brass band by boy was an anus
ing instance of Yankee audacity: for
when the youth presented himself to
the newly formed band to give them
their first lesson, he found so many
instruments i'll their hands, he had
never seen or heard of that he could
not proceed. Gentlemen" he said
| soc that good many of your instru-
ments are out of order. and most Of
them need little oil or something Of
the kind Our best plan will be to
adjourn for one week. Leave all you,
instruments with me. and | will have
them in god oder 10y the time VT
meet again Before the band again
came together, the young teac Ter b,
working night and day, had gained
sufficient insight into the nature o
the instruments to instruct those tina
knew nothing OF them.
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HUMoRs OF Texas LIFE "A Texas
correspondent to the Memphis Post
describes the following pleasant little
incident of life in that region:
1--WE had regular Texas street
fight here the other day. Two men
were waiting an hour or so at hotel
for one man. When he came out one
OF the two pulled Derringer, fired,
and missed; then pulled six shooter
and emptied every barrel at the advanc-
ing man, who was shot in four places,
and who then. in spite of his wounds,
pulled bowie knife and made two
insertions in the left breast of
Brown, the commencer of the row,
whose companion then pulled a revoly-
er and absolutely broke the skull OF
bowie knife man and laid him low -
Brown breathed his last in fifteen min
utes. Pruitt the other man--lnger-
ed for three days. The cause was a
pretty milliner named Sallie st. Clair
who nursed Pruitt until his death
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Gag In Paris there is collection of
thirteen hundred newspapers. publish
ed in all parts of the world. La Lib
erte, commenting on this, says that
according to a careful estimate there
are 1880 newspapers now purchased
in the world la Europe, 1000; Amer
ica, 5000; Asia, Africa, &c, 500 Their
total daily circulation is estimated at
1900, 600 sheets.
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Bay A Canadian clergyman, MT
long since, was called upon by ali Irish
girl, who inquired hoy niue he asked
for marrying anybody. t
He replied. zone dolla and half"
and Biddy departed. dress
A few ayeuings latsr, ON being sum
moned to tho door, he was accoste,l
by the same person, with the remark
that she had come to be married,
VERY we'll. )" said the minister; hut
perceiving with establishment that she
was alone, he continued. "Where is
the man p Is
An expression of disappointment
and clagrin, too ludicrous To be de-
SC ibed, passed over Biddy's features
as she ejaculated ,r.ais'
"And don't you find the man for q
dollar and half?"
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gas- The editor of the Albany
Knickerbooker, now in Europe, dis.
closes the fact that Admiral Farragut
was almost smothered with kisses .
by the Indies of the Court of the Queen
of Sweden. His officers seem to have
been less lucky, as their hair is only
" treasured as souvenirs and laid away
in gold lockets by many of the most
elegant ladies' of Stockholm"
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BY }. BOMBER, JR.

Long have mourncd thee, darling,
Long my tears will silent flow,
Though Hope whispers thou art smiling
On thy loved ones here below
As thou rOamcst those fair gardens
In the Valley ~ the Blest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are a, rest {"
Loved ono my days are chcerless
And my spirit flies to thee
Knocks at the gate Of Alden,
Aud panteth TO be free
Say lowest thou still thy Earth love,
Mid those glorics of the blest
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest =
Pray'st thou for me yet 0 darling
That my ways to Truth incline,
That our Father richly bless me,
Now that thou art grown divine
Oft | dream that thou wilt meet me
All unchanged, among the blest,
when the wicked cease from troubling"
And my spirit seeks its rest
Loved one lives yet our baby,
Who died adown the years,
Ere scarce had dawned its morning
Within this vale Of tears
Is he now taught in wisdom
BY angels Il he blest
Where the weary are at rest p
90 am living, loving, waiting.
/ am praying for thee vet
Think not that Time nor Lcthe
Can teach me TO forget
will hail thee, darling Husband!
With loves token on my breast
When thou crosscth CharOns river
For thy mansion with the blest
Thus sings my Bride Celestial.
From Love 5 arbor in the skies,
While hymn by chcrub songster
Bids me wipe m weeping eyes
And choir Of angel ministries
Sing from grOttos of the hlcst
80 Soon shah mOrtals cease FROM troubling
And the weary be at rest !"
Press on. @ mortals weary
With this pilgrimage of ours.
Whose paths are dark and cherries,
Unrefrcshed by genial showers
For there beams bright oasis
You'd Lies desert, for the blest.
'sWhere the wicked cease from tronbl ing,
And the weary shall md rest '
81. ALBANs, VI.
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Progress Of the West.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, writes:
Seventy-three years ago the first
boat started from Cincinnati up the
river. 1t was bullet proof, equipped
with two cannon and small arms. The
round trip to Pittsburg was made in
about four weeks. At that time the
Queen City was mere military post,
which three years afterwards only
contained five hundred inhabitants. -
Pittsburg was nest of unclean birds,
built away up in the forks of this great
highway of nature, and between these
two points wilderness stretched on
either side of the river, whose wild
grandeur was only emphasized by the
two or three dots which had been
made by the forerunners of ciyiliza-
ton. Seventy-three years elapse and
Fort Washington, with a population
of two or three hundred, is Cincinnati,
with population of 100000; Pitts
burg is no longer nest, but it is n
great city, whose breath of smoke and
n thousand tongues of fame heat the
very atmosphere that surround IL; the
two or three dots of civilization be-
tween these points have multiplied in
to n hundred and ten thriving villages
all palpitating with the industry of o
free and prosperous people. The
steamers that'ply the river, could they
all be brought together would make
floating city in which hundred
thousand people conld dwell in com
fort.
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Hsa- The head of turtle, for some
time after its separation from the body,
retains and exhibits animal life and
sensations An Irishman decapi.ated
one, and afterwards was amusing him
self by putting sticks in its mouth,
it bit with violence. A lady who saw
the proceeding exclaimed:
"Why, Patrick, l thought the turtle
S dead p
$50 he is, ma'am, but the crather's
not sensible of it.
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ggS- The Northwest Conference of
Universalista has, since the biennial
meeting two years ago, raised 100000
fer the endowment of Lombard Uni
yersity, $4,000 for local purposes Il
building churches, paying church
debts, etc, and about $4,000 for gen.
eral missionary work.
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ss,,- The terrible epidemic Of yello,

Rsas- The terrible epidemic Of yellow
fever, which has iavaged our South
western coast during the present sea-
son, has greatly abated, and on the
9th Instant the Board of Health of
New Orleans declared tho disease to
be no longer epidemic, and that citi-
zens aud strangers can now return to
the city without apprehension. The
whole number of deaths pp to the 9th
instant was 3,006.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-11-22

Gar Thirty bakers in Baltimore
have been arrested charged with vio-
hating the city bread ordinance. and
several thousand loaves of bread seiz-
ed and confscated by the public au-
thorities
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RSD'' A red-nosed gentleman asked
wit whether he believed in spirits
"Ay, sir, replied he, looking him full
in the face, II see too much evidence
before me to doubt that"
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BsD' Most scrupulous. We know a
man who keeps such strict watch ov-
er his tongue, that he will not allow
himself to talk against time.
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RSy~ 1t is stated of the three leading
professions, that in England the num-
Der of persons belonging to each is
nearly the same, viz: 1895 medical,
30, 4S3 clerical, and 1870 legal
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Bs1- The earnings of the Erie Rail
road for the month of October were
S1,4s9,715, against STAG, Pa for the
same period asst year; increase 1922
AL.
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psg~ Aspect of the political horizon
in Austria - BeRst-erous.
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BAY Everything Ivy turns and
nothing long. "A kaleidoscope.
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Esly- Representation of Minorlties"
-Photogi apis of children.
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pky~ John Stuart Mill is to visit the
United States soon.
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The following extract from the his
torical Romance by Miss Muhlbach,
published 10y d. Appleton q Co., will
be read with interest
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esy. Edwin Booth is playing in st
Louis.
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r., those receiving the paper through the Post
osco ss.oo per annum. To Village Subscribers
onyi, Eng the paper by the carrier, 30 cents In
rri5;,ion will be charged.
r,nv Cents a year will be added when payment
Ieiaved beyond six months.
II ny naper discontinued until all arrearages are
"a rrxccpt at the option Of the Publisher.
RATES Of ADVERTISING
r.,NsIENT ADvEBTIsEMENTs.- Per square OF IL
..s AZ less. Of this type, for first insertion 81,
m'sach subseauent insertion, Is cents.
PT6e number Of insertions must be marked on
a. a1yertisements, or they will be continued
81 n ordered out Transient Advertisements TO
X paid for in advance.
~ A liberal discount viii be made on the
InoAt NOTICES will be inserted at Is cents per
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DIcHARDsoN's PICTURE GALLERY

R"hAHDsON'S PICTURE GALLERY
~ Main, opposite Bank Street, ST. Adams,
~ up Stairs.) Open all hours Of the day,
sundays excepted.) All the latest styles of pic
.ares made at this Gallery. Albums and Pie
Nfe Frames, Stereoseopic and card Pictures OF
,ernont Scenery, all at low prices. Call early
ana often. +. q. RICHARDSON,
l5i-f Proprietor
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THE TRANSCRIPT.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY

,,uup II. DAVIS. Editor and Pros
prictcr.
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DENTON & WILSON. Attorneys at Law,
II and Solicitors in Chanccry. Office in No
~. New Block, st. Adams Vt. Attend Courts
ysgalarly in Franklin, Orleans, and Lamoille
rd,atie.. 159-tf
T. BENTON, W. d. WILSON
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RATES Of ADVERTISING,
Ct. Adams Business Directory.

IN. w. THIBaULT, Physician and Sur
econ. Graduate Of the University Of YER
i,se once. Fairfield street, over Messrs,
Pl,isdells Clothing House. tlS7-ly
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H. ih ADa"f ar A EE% Once AMP IN c 6aSa
~ ST. Adams, VI. l59u.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11

STATE OF THERMOMETER IN BAR RooM,
OWEN House, o'clock, q. m, Oh IL O'Clock,
w., 70j 0 o'clock, p. m, II.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11

PETlr LAECESY.-W } Johnson was ar
rested on complaint of Mary 7. Murray, who
charged johnson with stealing a bonnet and
shawl, the property of complainant. Justice
Walter, after q hearing committed the accused
to court
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11

FOUND. A newborn female coIorcd
child was found on Monday morning, at an early
hour, by Oficer kesrny, on street, bstween
Ninth and Tenth. The child was given to Lem.
nj and Annie TrotmOn East Capitol street, be.
tween Second and Third, who will care for tho
little ono hereafter.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11

JUVENILE TEMPERANcE DIvIsIoNs.-A
juvenile temperance society has been organised
among the Sabbath school scholars Of DR.. Cur
lsy's church, named tho Band Of Hope, No.
80
The members Of the Sabbath school connected
with tho Foul. and.a.half street Presbyterian
church, on Sunday, also organized themselves
into a temperance organization, to DO known as
the Band Of Hope, No. 3, u and made the pre-
liminary arrangements for the adoption Of q con.
stitution and bylaws. Officers will be elected
on Sunday next. This Is the third organization
Of this kind among the Sunday schools in this
city, the lrst being connected with Rev Mr..
Buffers Sunday school, corner Of Eleventh and
II streets. We are pleased to sec our young
friends fall into the temperance ranks. 1t is the
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11

The TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION. The
marshals of the temperance procession, which
was postponed on Friday on account Of the
weather, had meeting on Saturday at General
Howard's office, and decided to hold the temper
ancs celebration on the 4th Of July next. This
day was selected in order that all the orgAniIa-
lions may be enabled to participate. The deci-
sion Of the mRrshAls il, however, subject to the
approval of tho majority of the temperance or
carnations Of the District.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11

MERIrED.-Lewis Warrington, the son
of Mr.. Lewis Warrington, of this CITY, and
grandson Of the late Commodore Warrington, has
been appointed to n second lieutenancy in the
cavalry service. When tho war opened, though
then a mere boy, less than fourteen years of age,
no sought service as n soldier and was in mill.
tRry employment till tho rebellion closed. lie
greatly distinguished himself for his horsemau.
ship, and for his promptitudo ard efficiency in
every duty, attracted tho attention, in an espe.
oial manner, Of Major General Augur and other
leading officers Of this department lis through
these influences, with tho commentator Of Gen
Grant, that his appointment has been made
IIYtflHgfHeer.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-11

WAS NOT IN DANGER.-Wm. McCloud
who was missing from tho National Hotel on
Thursday evening, returned back on Friday
night and was much surprised at the alarm Of
his friends. Mr. MeCloud, on leaving the hotel
on Thursday night, accompanied friend to his
residence, remaining with him during the night,
and on Friday hired hack and visited Airing.
the city, returning to his hotel at late hour on
Friday evening. Tho alarm Of his friends was
needless, and we are very glad to record that it
was so,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-24
Significant Sin,iics.

A grotosque simile is sometimes We
ry expressive. We may mention those
of Daniel Webster, who likened the
word "would, in Rufus Choate's hand
writing, to small gridiron struck by
Lightning; of sailor, who likened a
gentleman whose face was covered
with whiskers up to his very eyes, to
a rat peeping out Of n bunch of oak
um of a Western reporter who, in n
weather item in cold day. said that
the suns rays, in the effort to thaw
the ice, wero as futile as the dull re-
fex Of painted yellow dog and of a
Conductor who, in discussion as to
speed, said that the last time he run
his engine from Syracuse the tele-
graph poles along the side looked like
a fine tooth comb.
Smiles of like character are often
heard among the common people, and
are supposed to be the peculiar prop.
erty Of Western orators. Instances: As
sharp as the little end of nothing; big
as all out doors it strikes me like a
thousand of bricks; slick as grease or
as CREASED lightning; melancholy as
Quaker meeting by moonlight fiat as
a founder; quick as wink; not
enough to make Cruel for a sick grass
hopper; not clothes enough to wad a
gun as limp and timber as an India
rubber stove.pipe; uneasy as cat in
a strange garret; not stroug enough
TO haul broiled Goldfish Off a gridiron
after you like rat TERROR after a
chipmunlS squirrels useless as whist
ling psalms to a dead horse no more
than a grasshopper wants an apron F;
don't make the difference of the shake
of frogs tail soul bobbing up and
down in the bosom like crazy por-
poise in a pond of red-hot grease; en-
thusiasm boils over like a bottle of
ginger pop as impossible to penetrate
his head as to bore through Mount
Blanc with boiled carrot as impos-
sible to ladle the ocean dry with a
clam shell, or suck the gulf of Mexico
through goose quill; or TO stuff but
ter in wild cat with a hot awl; or
for shad to swim up a shad pole with
fresh mackerel under each arm or
for a cat to run up a stove pipe with
a weasel tied to his tail or fora man to
lift himselfover the fence by the straps
of his boots.