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No. $50.
The Business OF the Rutland and
Burlington Railroad.

The Boston Adcertiser, of recent
date, gives the following interesting
information relative to the present
freight and passenger business, with
the facilities the Fltchburgh, Cheshire,
Rutland and Burlington and Rensse-
laer and Saratoga Railroads, have for
doing large business with prompt
ness and dispatch. The item in ref
erence to the Saratoga travel confirms
the rumor which has recently been the
rounds of the press, relative to the
free dinner at the Bardwell House
The whole subject of western
freight and travel is So prominently
before the public that every fact added
to our information is valuable. In
the discussions that have taken place
in our legislature, the existence of any
routes to the West other than the
hardly acknowledged. A few figures
will show that the route ria the Fitch
burg, Cheshire, Rutland ard Burling-
ton roads, is an important medium of
communication between the West and
the seaboard, and many of our heavy
merchants are quietly finding out that
by shipping goods by this route, d.
verging from the New York Central
at Schenectady the chronic block
and delay at Albany may be saved.
The time by these roads is the same
as by the Western and Worcester
at least the difference is immaterial, -
the facilities are ample, and proximity
to deep water at this end of great
value and convenience. The statement
pressed last winter before the legisla-
ture, that New York Central cars
passed only over the Western and
Worcester roads, is incorrect MS may
be seen daily by any one who will take
the pains to look at the freight trains
that come by the northern route.
A few figures as to rolling stock may
be interesting, and we think will sur
prise our readers by their magnitude,
The connecting roads to the West TIA
Fitchburgh are stocked as follows:
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BES- Benjamin Franklin made his
runaway journey to NeN York by
water in 1928 He had a favorable
wind most of the time, and was three
days on the water An incident oc-
CURED on the way, which induced him,
a youth of seventeen, to abandon an
exclusively vegetable diet, which he
had sometime before adopted, on the
Of an author named
Trvon. They were becalmed off
Block Island and the crew employed
themselves in catching cod, of which
they hauled up great number. "
Till then he 'had stuck to the resolu-
ton of eating nothing that had had
life" Following the doctrine of Try
on. he considered ''the taking of every
fish kind of unprovoked murder, -
since none Of them had been or could
be guilty of any injury, that might
Justify the massacre" He had, how
even, unfortunately for the Tryonic
theory and Benjamin's practice under
it, been formerly a great lover of fish.
1t is the weak side of people, especial
ly of hungry apprentices, in a certain
part of the country that shall be
nameless, "When it came from the
frying pan, says young Benjamin, il
'smelt remarkably we'll What was
the dead letter of Tryon's treatise,
compared with treat like that 81
balanced for sometime between prin-
ciple and inclination, till. recollecting
that when the fish were opened / saw
smaller fish taken out of their stom-
achs, then thought |, ii You eat one
another, don't see why we may not
eat you, SO / dined upon cod very
heartily. Edward Everett.
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ST. ArBANs, VIZ, FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1867.

"Af We place, Mister, said voice,
"wipe your fate aforc We como upon
the piazza"
/ found myself already at the King
Pin Honse. There was respectful
scnille directly for my carpet bag All
the negroes that did not get it drew
off cynically to hold me in rigorous re-
mark
Party pears. Jeemes, said one Of
these elegantly holding whisk broom,
"to be shallow in the puss, but young
enough to shell
In the great empty Office, where the
visitors were few enough to keep the
desk for attaches, stood n moment
uneasy, in the presence of that impen-
etrable person, the hotel clerk. He
shot me through the body with one
lofty regard. Then he looked at fly
ON the ceiling, and pushed me a pen
while he whistled softly. I would
have given away the art to write my
name for one smile There came to me
belief that away back in the past, in
some Pythagorean stage, | must have
owed this man money Else why this
hutter of my pulses, this conscious
ness of inequality, the mysterious
magnetism Of bis quilts, ringlets and
diamond pin Oh, Providence, bury
rs not beside the hotel clerk. Death
would be conscience anywere near him.
He takes no note Of the name entered,
wheels key off peg, and looks at
the fly, with one eye shut again. |
take courage Bed me in cock loft !
but /, too, viii have look at this re-
narkable fly, l find nothing remarka-
bic about it. Perhaps pen behind
my ear might improve my view. So
| took pen from the rack and grave
ly followed with my own the eyes of
this noble entomologist Immediate
~ three other visitors looked up.
Five walters, with whisks. turned their
observations the same way. A terrier
did the same and barked.
What do you see sir p says one.
Il see a hy-the same that the
clerk there was looking at two years
ago. l Thought l would wait till be
found time to look at me"
Glorious Jovel / had the victory.
There was positively blush on that
cold imperial brow then a fash of
wrath
60 on, Sam, with the mans car
pet bag !" he said.
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Edgardo galloped rapidly toward
Slopetion. When the outline of the
Grange had faded away in the dark
ness,he reined his magnificent steed
beside the ruins Of Guys Keep
1T wants but few minutes of the
hour, he said. consulting his watch by
the light of the moon He dare not
break bis word He will come" He
paused. and peered auxiously into the
darkness But come what may, she
is mine, lie continued, as his thoughts
reverted fondlv to the fair lady he had
Quilted. Yet if she knew all If she
knew that l was Il disgraced and
ruined man la felon and an outcast
If she knew that at the age of four
teen l murdered ny Latin tutor and
forged my uncle's Will II she knew
that / had three wives already, and
that the fourth victim of misplaced
confidence and my unfortunate pecuh-
aritv is expected to be at superior by
to nights train with her baby. But
no; she must not knowit Constance
must not arrive Burke the Slogger
must attend TO that Ha here he is
Weu?1
These words were addressed to a
ruilian Ia q slouched hat, who sudden
" appeared from Guys Keep.
q be's here. measter said the vii
lain, with disgracefully low accent,
and complete disregard of grammati-
cal rules
1T is well Listen; I'm in posses
sion of facts that viii send you to the
gallows l know Of the murder Of Bill
Smithers the robbery of the toll-gate
keeper, and the making way of the
youngest daughter of Sir Reginald dc
( Walton 4 word from me, and the
4 officers Of Justice are on your track.
Burke the Slogger trenbled.
"Hark We serve my purpose, and
may vet save YOU The $50 train
from Chaplain viii be due at Sloper-
ton at 8 25 Il must not arrjce :"
/ The villains eyes sparkled as he
nodded at Edgardo.
Enough you understand; leave
me !"
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CAPTAIN MARYAT. often wondered
where and when Captain Maryat had
found the time to cultivate his own
mind, for lie had had but few advan-
tages of actual education. l suppose
it was from the great power and hab-
it of observation which he possessed
that he learnt intuitively There was
hardly n scientific subject upon which
he was not well informed, besides be-
ing, as all the world knows, a practical
ly scientific man. / have heard him
regret that he was not born century
later than his time rs he considered
the world, in scientific point of view
as comparatively in its infancy. He
used to prophesy of the great discov-
les yet to be made in steam and cleo
tricity. He took great interest in
magnetism and phrenology, in both of
which he was, | am sure, firm be-
lever. He had been told by Town
shend that he was himself a powerful
mesmerist, but / do not think he ever
tested his power. There was hardly
a modern language of which he had
not some knowledge grammatical
knowledge, | mean. SO far as speak
ing then went, although he would rat
tie off unhesjtutipgly French, or Ger
man, or Italian, or whatever was call
ed for at the moment, his thorough
British tongue imbued them all with
SO much of the same accent, that it
was difficult to know what the Ian
guage was meant for indeed, he used
to tell story of how an Italian, after
listening TO one of his long speeches
in his purest Tuscan, apologized to
him, and said he did not understand
English. Marryat ran away to sea at
twelve years of age, SO that at best his
education must have been very limi-
tied. - CornhW Magazine.
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Pleasure.

The great source of pleasure is
variety. We love to expect; and when
expectation is disappointed or gratifed,
we want to be again expecting
1t is difficult to say what pleasure
means. Pleasure bears a different
sense to every different person.
Pleasure, to a country Miss Just
come out. means a race-bail, and so
many partners, that she is danced till
she can hardly stand.
Pleasure, to an aspirant after FASH
ion, means card from Devonshire
House, or nod from Lady.
Pleasure, to scboolboy, means ty-
ing string to his seLoolfellow's toe
when he is asleep, and pulling it till it
wakes him.
Pleasure, 10 a man of an inquiring
mind, means toad inside "a stone, or
a beetle running with its head off.
Pleasure, to IA man of taste, means 9
first-rate a,ttsts and good dinner.
Pleasure, to laboring- man, means
nothing to do.
Pleasure, to fine lady, means hav-
ing something to doto drive away the
time.
Pleasure, to an antiqnary, means an
illegible inscription.
Pleasure, to coHnoisseur, means n
dark, inyislble-yery fine picture.
Pleasure, to a philosopher mod
ern philosopher, young philosopher
means liking nothing, despising
everything, and proving every one
simpleton except himself.
Pleasure, to beggar, means
sovereign by mistake instead of a shil
ling.
Pleasure, to a sailor q fresh breeze
and sight Of land.
Pleasure, to the afflicted "a tear.
Pleasure, to the sweetest of all TEN
pers-the last word in an argument.
Pleasure, to the social the human
face divine. Ntila
Pleasure. TO the morose: 81 shan't
see Il soul for the neat six months. "a
Pleasure, to the author--the last
page of his manuscript
Bliss inexpressible-- FMS. NF''n
To which list may be added Ito
make book that is kindly received by
the publisher and the public.
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(lninl AmcncN.


X recent enactmonts of Congress, all Sol
- - leis Who have served three years and have
a, IN put 500 bounty from the United States,
anu having enlisted for three years, were dis
nv KY III consequence of wounds, and the Wild
MN Iss4Feh, Oh parents of any soldier who en-
En-, lof three years, undor Il promise of only
MA ,1hiy, and who died in the service, are en-
DRFns W AN an additional bounty of ONE HUN
ts t' III wand pensioners who have lost hand or
Ns1 nave incurred disability equivalent TO
h.ro.ss " hand or foot, are entitled to a large
'lr1eaSe of pension.
ea 1 p9asioned widows of soldiers or sailors are
rfrp,.1t 70 an Increased pension Of two dollars
ago. o"on ehiid uhuef sixteen years OF
lag esi W The above nature, and for arrears of
,ergi,Fs extra pay, for horses lost in the L..
q W. continuation of rations of prisoners
citei t auu prize money, will be promptly prose-
char application by letter, enclosing dis
rom service, will be attended to aud tho
4''ures, dc. 0'"in'' - "psSIyi IA "a S's
n An, Ohee over the First National Bank
-Nplhs' Aug 7th, 1856. i2j-tf
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Surely this is rolling stock" ca.
pable of performing good amount of
business, and it does. We find that
over the Cheshire road during the
past year We're carried over 10000 tons
of Western freight, while of Northern
and Northwestern freight via Bur-
lington the amount was proportion
ately great AS the Vermont Central
now manages the Sullivan Railroad,'
the connecting link between White
River Junction and Bellows Falls
many of its cars come over the Ches
hire and Fitchburg route into Boston.
In regard to passenger travel, it may
be said that the route to Saratoga vis
Fitchburg, Keene and Rutland has
gained very rapidly in public favor.
During the present season passengers
by the half-past seven morning train
have free ;and a good dinner at tho
Bardwell House at Rutland, with
plenty of time for eating and resting,
and arrive in good season the same
afternoon. For those who desire com
fort and are not in despair if n train
loses five minutes on the route, and
especially for families, this route is
very desirable. The return trains
make no stop at Rutland.
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CHAPTER VI

The morning of the seventeenth
dawned brightly over superior. "a
fine day for the wedding said the
sexton to Swipes, the butler Of Sloper-
ton Grange. The aged retainer shook
his head sadly. ALAS there's no
trusting in signs r. he continued.
"Seventy-fye years ago, ON day like
this, my young mistress but he was
cut short by the appearance of a
stranger.
81 would see Sir Edgardo, said the
new conner, impatieptly.
The bridegroom, who with the rest
Of the wedding train, was about step
ping into the carriage to proceed to
the parish church, drew the stFanger
aside
cts done said the stranger, in a
hoarse whisper.
"Ah and You buried her p
"With the others
Enough No more at present.
Meet me after the ceremony, and You
shall have your reward
The stranger shuiiied away, and Ed
gardo returned to his bride "a trih
ing matter Of business [ had forgotten,
my dear Selma; let US proceed, and
the young man pressed the tinid hand
of his blushug bride as he handed her
into the carriage The cavalcudc rode
out of The courtyard. at the same
moment The deed bell on Guys Keep
tolled ominously.
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CHAPTER VII.

Scarcely had the wedding train left
the Grange, than Alice Sedila, young
est daughter of Lady Selma, made her
escape from the western tower, owing
to a lack Of watchfulness on the part
of Clarissa. The innocent child, freed
from restraint, rambled through the
lonely corridors, and finally opening
a door, found herself ia her mothers
boudoir. For some time she amused
herself by examining the various orua-
ments ana elegant trihes with which
it was fl ed Then in pursuance of a
childish freak, She dressed herself in
her mothers laces and ribbons. In
this occupation She Glanced to touch
u peg, which proved to be spring
that opened a secret panel IN the wall.
Here She discovered what, to her child
ish fancy, appeared to be the slow
match OF II fre-work Taking luel-
fer-match in her hand, she approached
the fuse She hesitated a momeut
What would her mother and her nurse
say?
Suddenly the ringing Of the chimes
of superior parish church met her
ear Alice knew that the sound signi-
fed that the marriage party had en-
tered the church, and that she was
secure from interruption. With a
childish smile upon her lips, Alice Sc
diia touched off the slow-match
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CHAPTER VIII.

At exactly two o'clock on the seven
teenth, rupert Sedilia, who had Just
returned from India, was thoughtfully
descending the hill toward superior
Monor IF l can prove that my aunt,
Lady Selma, was married before my
father died, can establish my claim
to superior Grange, he uttered, half
aloud. He paused, for a sudden
trembling Of the earth beneath his feet,
and a terrific explosion, as Of park of
artillery, arrested his progress. Al
the same moment he beheId dense
cloud of smoke envelope the church
yard of superior. and the western
tower Of the Grange seemed to be lift
ed bodily from it's foundation. The
air seemed filed with falling frag-
ments, and two dark objects struck
the earth close at his feet Rupert
picked them up. One seemed to be a
heavy volume bound in brass.
A cry burst from his lips.
"The Parish Records He opened
the volume hastily. 1t contained the
marriage of Lady Selma to Burke the
Slogger.
The second object proved to be a
piece of parchment. He tore it open
with trembling fingers. 1t was the
missing will of Sir James Sedilia.
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If You Want a Kiss, Take It.

There's O jolly Saxon provorb
That * pretty much like this
That man Is half i'm heaven
When ne has o wOman's kiss;
Bat there's danger Ia delaying
And the sweetness may fOrsake IL,
SO | tell You. bashful lover.
II you want kiss, why take it.
Never let another fellow
steal march on You in this;
Never let a laughing maiden
See You spelling for a kiss;
There's a royal way to kissing,
And the jolly ones who make II
Have motto that Is winning
II you want q kiss, why take it
Any fool may face a cannon,
Anybody wear crown,
But a man must win q woman.
Ifhe'd have her for his own:
Would you have the golden apple,
You must find the tree and ahakc il.
If the thing is worth the having,
And you want q kiss, why take il.
Who would burn upon a desert
With a forest smiling byY
Who would give his sunny summer
For bleak and wiutry sky,
Oh ! tell you there Is magic,
And Won cannot, cannot break IL:
For the sweetest part of loving
Is owant kiss and take IL.
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CHAPTER II.

When the bells again rang on the
new parish church of superior it was
for the marriage of Sir Rupert Sedilia
and his cousin, the only remaining
members of the family.
Five more ghosts We're added to the
supernatural population of superior
Grange Perhaps this was the reason
why Sir Rupert sold the property
shortly afterward, and that for many
years dark shadow seemed to hang
over the ruins of superior Grange.
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CHAPTER V.

A nnmeless terror seemed TO have
taken possession Of Clarissa, Lady Sc
lina's maid, as she rushed into the
presence of her mistress
ooh my lady such news !"
Explain Yourself said her mis-
tress, rising
can accident has happened on the
railway, and man has been killed"
What - not Edgardo !" almost
screamed Selma. . a
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SSy- A very religious old lady being
asked her opinion of the organ of a
church. the first time she had even
seen or heard one, replied: ut is a
pretty box of whistles; but, oh it's an
awful way TO spend the Sabbath p
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Life at Newport.
An Unnatering View OF seaside Summer
Resorts.

George Alfred Townsend spent a
day or two at Newport recently. He
thus records his hotel experience in the
Boston Post
Delightful old place for n cater
pillar of n bookworm to burst into a
sea gull r. / said to myself. "What
an for America What repoae
Why here is the old mill whore Eric
the Red ground corn for Roger VIII
Hams Bless me is tins the Redwood
Library? Methinks now" i continued,
| could die here SO pleasantly as not
to know it
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Gsay- Our lives are truly at an end
when we are beloved no longer; the
chilhness of the grave has been passed
through.
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pJ- There are persons who are new
er abreast of the age: they drive into
the stream Of the past aud never come
up again their heads stick in the
mud.
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BsD- Love is the shadow OF the morn
ing, which decreases as the day advan-
ces. Friendship is the shadow of the
evening, which strengthens with the
setting sun of life.
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no, Burke the Slogger your
ladyship.
INV first husband !" said Lady Sell
ma, sinking on her knees Just heav-
en-, / thank thee
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ls5- Folly has more commentators
than wisdom perhaps because her
works are more numerous.
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BE- If ill-luck befall you, thiuk that
it may be blessing to somebody else,
and that your turn may come next.
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Selma Sedilia.

BY MISS NJ. 2. j I'D ~ AND MRS. H-N
T~-W--D
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CHAPTER III.

"Forbear, Selina." said the phantom
in hollow voice.
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RIcnARDsoN's PICTURE GALLERY

IL Main, opposite Bank Street, St. Adams,
W. gOp otairs.) Open all hours Of the day,
Nladals excepted.) All the latest styles of pie
lle' made at this Gallery Albums and Pic
ple FRAMES, Stereoscopic and card Pictures of
'Il.t Scenery all at low prices. Call carly
-l Zen. 4. G. RICHARDSON,
l'i-u. Proprietor.
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! .EoReE =. mouGmT0N. ALlorney ~

III Counsellor st Law and solicitor ia Cham
~, 81. Adams, Vermont. ono. near She POST
of.s. ana residence on Weldon street.
ln. United states Commissions, Commits
is...enusetts and other States. lle VIII give
fflnrt attention % ah professional business
sfb which hc may De- entrusted.
81, Adams. Nov. 4, 1854. q
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,,voolSs ~ EVART's (succcssors to A. r..
X norghton) First National Oyster House,
I,,t siJe VI Lake street, opposite Morrison
N.t ~ Adams, VT oysters served ln every
.,e and sold by the kes- quart or gallon. lo2
:, &. ADAMS. ATTORNEY AND COUN-
II sFTLOR AT LAW. Office in Union
49, n. Adams, We. l59-f.
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,,rXToN y WILSON, Attorneys at Law,
X .nl solicitors in Chancery. Office i'm No
- 81. Block. st. Adams Vt. Attond Courts
.,l,rly In Franklin, Orleans, and Lamoillc
- l59-tf
rp,-rnV W. u. WILSON.