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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11
Country VS.. City.

The two greed Of swift
gain, and ambition for easier lives
have sold in New England tens of
thousands of blessed homes !:
wrought havoc in the glory and pow
er of New England character; trans
ferred so much of manhood from
this quiet, healthful, productive, in.
dependent life Of the farm to the
heat and freney of a speculative,
spurious, Overdone commercial fe-
yer, with its periodical reverse and
calamity. The sweep of men into
trade has Overflled and ruined it
into professions has Overcrowded
them into manufactures has brO't
about the broad and general collapse
of today.
There is nothing to be compared
for power upon character or popula-
ton with this mastery of Gods
fields, this lordship of the plough.
Ownership of the soil i'll every age
and land settles mastery of races
If we Yankees go on pulling our
roots up out of the ground, and the
Germans and English go on as they
begin, roofing into the soil, we shall
be speedily outdone. They by vir-
tue of lordship of the earth will be
lords of all. To work for a farm is
better than to work for day wages.
Come, farmers and farmers boys.
don't sell out your farms. Don't
keep the big farm for one and send
off the rest with little pocket mon
ey. Split up the big farms among
several boys; let only your surplus
boys go to meet the just demands
of other work. Don't seek by enor-
mously extended farms to create
deserts about You, to push your
neighhorS afar. We don't want Il
New England of vast landed pro
prietors-that is Ireland. We want
every hundred acres of New Eng.
land to be nursery of New Eng
land boys and girls. The riches and
power of New England is in her
men. One great farm split i'll two
is blessing; two married INTO one
is a curse. Lttlenew houses spring
ing up beside old ones are prophe-
cies Of splendid promise, but eel
! lar hole is an abomination.
The significant men of New Eng
land were born on the hill-tops kissed
earliest by the rising sun. They
went to their greatness with sun
burnt faces and hands calloused al
the plough. Your best imports are
your births. Your best exports arc
YOUR cultured men. Your best rca
estate is your manhood. Toul sio
ry and honor sit on the heads and
in the hearts Of your thronging chill
dren.-Rer. 4. =. FiSko.
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a. n. (G.AfsaAp.,

HOUSE, SIGN, AND oRNAMENIAL
Pao.tcr. G,aincr, Gu=icr & Paper Hdnger,
uitlpFoRD, VERMONT.
ALSO. dealer in Paints, oils, Narnishcs and
Paint Stock of every description, Picture
Frames, Mouldings and Glass.
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MISS MAuyA. pWsCuAnD,

TEACHER OF PIANO VOCAL MUSIC.
Terms, per Quarter ga lc.sons.l e. 10
t'o Of piano, 200
Vocal music. 100
Bradford " Aug mni. 1863.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11

a Committee of the Illinois State
horticultural Society, which has re-
Gently returned from Il tour of in
spection of the southern part of the
State, bring gloomy reports on ac-
count of the inroads made on the
fruit by irsect depredators.-Hard-
ly II sound peach was seen during
the trip, so throughly has the cur
culio done its work.
The measure ofdemocratic patrI.
otism was never more correctly sta.
ted than by the notorious Captain
Isaiah Rynders, in speech made
by him last week. He said: Gle
loved the American flag dearly, as
any other man, so long as it repre-
sented % government in the hands
of the democratic party, and no lou
ger.'
PUTTING OK HIS BoNNET.--A
gentleman who had carefully trained
up his servant in the way he should
90, so that when his wife was pres.
ent he should not depart from it,
sent him with box.tickct for the
theatre TO a young lady. The SER
want returned when the gentleman
and his wife were Mt dinner. Iic
had, OF course, been told, in giving
answers to certain questions, TO sub
stitute the masculine for the lcmi-
nine pronoun in speaking Of n lady.
"Did you see him ~ said the gen
tlcman, giving him the cue.
ayes Sir" replied the servant (;
"hc said he'd 20 with great deal
Of pleasure, and that he'd wait for
you, sir"
"What was he doing !" asked tho
wife carelcssly. ,,,
Gle was putting on his bonnet, p"
! was the reply. a..
There was "fat in tho fire. immo
dia,ly.
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DENTISTRY.
DIR. j. ~. CLARk. +.

OF BRADFORD, VERMONT
Would respectfully announce to all persons
requiring the services OF - Dentist, that lac Is
prepared to perform all operations pertaining
90 his profession III accordance with the latest
improvements Ia the science.
0nco iorncy occupied by DIR, A. NJ Move
2lm3'
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-09-11

The late Queen of Madagascar
was buried in q silver coffin worth
$50, 900, and u box of coin which it
took fifteen men to carry was buried
with her. The mourning requires
all her subjects to shave their heads
and 90 barefoot for ninety days.
They must also sleep on the ground
and do no work for that time.
A thirty.two months girl in Wor.
cester thus accosted her patcrnal
relative day or two ago: Papa,
will you buy me some holes to put
in my ears, so | can have some ear
ringsw Papa is now looking iol
the holes.
Gov. Burnside, Of Rhode Island
NJ. Oliver Davidson, of New York
and A. y. Mathews, OF Stonington
have been appointed to prepare plans
for the dlawbridge across the Con
necticut River at Saybrcok.
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WE NEVER DRINK.-On the stage
were seven or eight soldiers from
the Eighth Maine regiment. While
at the stage house, in Lincoln, there
came into the Office Il poor blind man
stone blind.-slowly feeling his way
with his cane. He approached the
soldiers and said, in the gentlest
Tone
Boys, I hear You belong to the
Eighth Regiment. 1 have a son in
that regiment
What is his name p
'John-.
.OyeS; we know him well. He
was sergeant i'll our company. We
always liked him
Wherc is he now 2
He is a lieutenant in colored
regiment, and prisoner at Charles
tom
For a moment the old man ven.
tured not to reply; but at last, sad
| ly and slowly, he sald,-
Il feared as much. ! have not
heard Of him for long time
They did not wait for another
word, but these soldiers took from
their wallets a sum of money, near
ly twenty dollars, and offered it t'
the old man, saying
IF our whole company were here
we could give you a hundred dol
lars
The old man replied,-
Boys, You must put it III my wal
let, for / am blind
But mark what followed. Anotll
cr individual in the room, who ha'
looked on this scene, as ! had, wit
feelings of pride in our soldiers, Ill
mediately advanced and sald,--
Boys, this is n handsome thing
and | want YOU to drink with me-
| stand treat for the company
/ waited with interest fol the II
ply. II came.
, No, sir; we thank you kindly
/, we appreciate your oiler--bm zee ne
or drink
The scene was periect-thc iir'
was noble and generous; the las
, was grand.
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~. STRICKLAND.

IRON FOUNDER AND MACHlNlST,
Aud Manufacturer of Agricultural Imp 1mehtS
BRADFORD. VERMONT.
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~ - - - -
with VIM. G.. llardy)
PRACTICAL WATC ii VI Il X.
Store in No IIardy's Building.
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In Nevada, contemplativc Dig.
ger Indian sat watching u party of
base ball players, who seemed TO
him to be working very hard. Turn.
ing to one of them he asked: GLOW
much you get one dayW
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18
MINERAL LANDs.-The following is a copy
of a letter of instructions received at the
Land Office in Sacramento:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March 10, 1868.
Register and Receiver, Sacramento, California
-Gcntemcn 1t has been represented to this
office that there is much contention as to the
principle which shall govern where sections of
tracts are applied for in behalf of the Central Pa
citic Railroad Company, falling in the aurterous
region in regard to which doubts exist as to the
real character of the lands, arising from official
information or from satisfactory representations
Whenever you are applied to for selections OF
this character it is your duty to take measures to
clear the matter of doubt. This should be done
by ordering an investigations after notice to all
parties interested, aflording an opportunity to
them to be heard. There should be laid open to
the parties the date or other information you
may have on the subject.
The point in such cases to be determined Is
whether the tract selected is more valuable for
mineral than agricultural purposes. If the for
mer, the selection is inadmissibe; if the latter,
then the right to select is cognizable under the
grant
You will in all such cases take care to make
full report OF the results OF your Investigations,
with your decision. Very respectfully
JOSEPH S. WILSON, Commissioner.
NoTE-It must be observed that the term min
eral, as here used does not include coal-coal or
iron lands being expressly excepted from mineral
by the fourth section Of the Act of July 2, 1864,
IS Statutes at Large, page 1858.
JOSEPH WILSON, Commissioner.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18
FRIENDSHIP.

Long years have passd cd friend, since we
First met in life's young day;
And friends long lov'd 6y thee and me,
Since then have drpp'd away
But enough remain II cheer us on,
And sweeten, whel thus we're met,
The glass we fill TO the many gone,
And the few whc re left us yet.
Our locks, old friend, now thnly grow,
And some hang white and chill;
While some, like fow'rs mid autumn's snow
Retain youths color still.
And so, in our hearts, though one by one,
Youth Is sunny hopes have set,
Thank heaven, not all their light Is gone,
We've some to cheer us yet.
Then here's to thee, old friend, and long
May thou and thus meet,
To brighten still with wine and song
This short life ere it fleet.
Thank heavcn as death comes stealing on,
Let's never, old friend, forget,
Even while we sigh DER blessings gone,
How manyare left us yet.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

y GRANDLY UTTERED-The Louisville Jour
nal says of the Democratic party: "Ihere
it stands already formed, strong in prestige
and strong above all in the uncouquerabe
cause TO which it is dedicated. In no courf.
try on the globe have the people, in the hour
of mortal peril to. their liberties, ever before
found such refuge and defense standing
ever before them. Let not the people turn
from tit would be madness. Let them
enter it. And let no friend Of the people
blindy mar its foundation, or defacs it's
pillars
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

THE Register Of the Land Office received
telegram from Washington, am \ouncing
that even sections Of land along ths line Of
the Central Pacific and Western Pacific
Railroads have been restored, and ale now
open for pre'emption and homestead yet
tiers.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

Cheaper.
THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF ROPE.
Wire Rope is not affected by atmospheric
changes; is spliced in same manner as Hemp
Rope, and manufactured in any length OF any
size.
;, Suitable Blocks and Shelves for Ferry and
Derrick-Fall Ropes supplied. Steel Rape saree
materially in freight, being only one-third tbs
s0e,ght ofhemp rope Of equal strength.
Prices and scale of Strength, weight apd Size
forwarded free on application to manufacturers.
A. S. HALLIDIE ~ co.
e 5l9 Front Street, San Francisco.
!. - We are Sole Agents for R. S. NEwALI. Il
70. the we'll known Wire Rope makers, OF Gates
pead-on-Tyne, aud have full assortment of their
ropes on hand.
Oct. 10, 1867 6mos.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18
A MIDNIGHT APPARITION.

o trcacherous night
Thou lend st thy ready veil to every treason,
And teeming mischief thriv cs beneath thy shade.
Aaron Hill
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18


p Mcintyre, Justice, vas put
500 majority. The Democrats elected We
of the fourteen Aldermen and Supervisor.
The entire General Democratic ticket rs
elected in E!mira, N. Y, on the Sd, andN
majority of the Common Council electeS
are Democrats. The Mayors majority last
wear about eighty. In the First Ward,
where for five years we have labored under a
black Republican majority Of 70, we have
elected Democratic Alderman by seven
teen.
At the town election held at Millerton N.
Y, on the Sd, the whole Democratic ticket
was elected. Last year this town gave one
hundred and twenty seven Mongrel majority.
The town Of Armenia has also elected full
Democratic ticket with the exception Of the
Town Clerk. Armenia gave heavy Mon
grel majority last year.
At the town meeting at Palmyra, N Y,
on the Sd, the Democratic candidate, Chas.
D. D.Jobnson, was elected by twenty'one ma
jority.
The town of Volney, N. Y, on the Sd,
elected the entire Democratic ticket by
about forty majority. AT the election last
year the Mongrel majority was orc hundred
and seventy seven. The result o. the cleo
ton establishes Democratic gain Of two
hundred and seventeen.
On the 81 instant the Democr;ts OF Lam
sinburg, New York, were triumphant, and
elected a Supervisor and Truhees. The
Democratic gain is over thee hundred
There is great rejoicings and serenades.
The election in Corning, N, Y, on the Sd
inst, resulted in a Democratic majority of
78. Democratic gain.
r L. Garreston (Demora) was elected
Supervisor Of Rhincbeck, \. Y, on the Sd
instant, by 1O5 majority. A Democratic
gain OF three hundred 'nd four.
At the town election of Batavia, N. Y,
on the Sd inst, by majority ranging from
IS to l40. On everyseparate ticket there
is Democratic gair.
At the election IeId in Yonkers, West
chester Co., N. Y, on the Sd, the majority
of votes was 90 il favor of the Democrats
The election br municipal officers occur
red in Newport, Ky, on the Sd. The whole
Democratic tisket was elected. The vote
was the larges ever polled in that place.
The Pennsylvania Democracy seem to be
wide awake The Democrats have carried
the borough of Holidaysburg, by a majority
of 65-a gain of 40. The Democracy Of
Altoona have achieved a decided victory
Dloo.ing Democratic Mayor, City Treasu-
rer, and ten of the twelve members Of the
City Council. The city has hereto tore been
strongly Msngrel. In Tyrone, at the muni
cipa election the Democrats made large
gain over last fall.
The muncihl election held in Lockhaven,
Penn, on the 2tb, resulted in grand tri
umph-every ward going Democratic. The
majority for R. r. Bridger, Mayor, is 1913
against 80 last fah
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

To MAKE Ivory VERY SoFT AND TRANS.
rARENr.-Ivory may be rendered soft and
transparent as follows:
Small pieces of ivory are laid in strong
phosphoric acid until they become transpar-
ent, then rinsed in water and dried in pure
linen. When dry it is transparent and hard.
but softens as it is dipped in warm water or
milk. The time Of immersion in the acid
differs with different pieces Of ivory. II GER
tain parts are to retain their original char
acter, they are covered with varnish be.
fore immersion. The acid probably acts by
forming an acid phosphate which constitutes
three fourths of ivory. The process Of hard
ening ivory which has become friable by
age, so that it will be restored to its original
state OF hardness, consists in boiling it some
time in a solution of gelatin.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

IT WouLpN'r Do.- Warned by the fate
of negro suffrage in oNer States, the Radi
cal Legislature of Michigan linked the prop
osition to make negroeAvoters with the Ii
quor question, hoping thai the opposition to
prohibtory liquor laws would secure the
success of the negro caus\ The question
presented to the people on AMchigan was,
"Whisky and negroes, or no,whisky, no nss
groes." But it wouldn't do. NAs odious as
the liquor law is negro suffrage is more So
The people couldn't stand negro~ufrage uni
der any circumstances.-Di Dispatch.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18
NUMBER "a.

that singular reception. Long familiarity
with the dead had made me so Indifferent to
lthose breads and fears which disturb many
persons, that had little consideration fot
nervousness on this subject.
Who are youi" groausd the doctor, bic
teeth chattering with terror.
Then it flashed upon my mind that The
quilt which enveloped my body'was the cause
Of the mischief. Twas involuntarily person.
a,ing the ghost Of the deceased, Mr.. Cole.
brook, and | do,not wonder that the guiky
wife and wretched accomplice were terrified
when at midnight stalked into the room.
| had pinned the counterpane round my
neck, so that nothing could be seen Of ne
but my face.
was a ghostly specter, coming" How
awful in that hour when tho consciencs
stings'-to curse her for the base treachery
she was concocting. No wonder sha tainted,
no wonder even the doctor trembled.
threw off the quilt and told the doctor
who was.
"See what you have done r said he, pointt
ing to the PROSTATE lady.
Il heard some voices here, and came for
some alcohol"
"Need you have come in that garbe I"
II had quite forgotten that had the quilt
on"
"You have killed her, believe, he conr
tinued, bending over the prostrate form Of
Mrs. Colebrook.
We raised her up and placed her upon
her lounge. She was not dead, and present.
ly she opened her eyes.
"Where is he 2" gasped she, shaking con-
vulsvely.
"Be calm ~
"KIe will haunt me all my days."
ut was only Mr.. Morton"
Her eyes glared upon me, and then rolled
up in her head. Heaven grant that may
never see such hideous expression again.
She was in a fit.
The house was alarmed, and DR.. Rowue
used every exertion to restore her, but all in
| vain.
She will die" he added, savageIy; "you
have killed her."
(which will did you destroy, Doctor 7" t
asked.
lie staggered into the corner Of the room,
unable to reply. He would never accuse me
again, and yet promised not to expose him;
but it was in Differences to the invalid sister
Of the deceased ihat allowed myself to be
silent in the. presence of infamy.
Before daylight there was another corpse
in the house, and it was told two months at.
ter that Mrs. Coebrook had been killed BY
the shock Of her husbands death.
buried them both two days after, and I
had the pleasure of seeing the Colebrook for.
tune pass into the hands of the poor and do.
serving sister.
| have never seen or heard from DR..
Rowne from that day TO this It is said he
went to the East Indies. If be did The dev.
il is with him there, and always will be.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

Col. WAsnINGroN, one Of Sacramento's
earliest residents, once her City Recorder
and for long time clerk in the post.offlce
here, Col. Benjamin Franklin Washington
who with v. f. Geiger published the State
Journal in this city, and who is now editor.
in-chief of the San Francisco Examiner, has
been appointed by the Governor one of the
tide land Commissioners under the Parrish
Bill. Col Washington deserves this recog.
milton from bis party, for he is one Of its
abest and boldest advocates, and aside from
his politics is quite decent man. We do
not suppose that the Governor could have
found in his party man better fitted for
the place, ard we know that there are none
in it better entitled to the position.-'Sac.
Bee.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

PREvENTIvE.-The editor OF Western
paper has invented a method whereby he
keeps his neighbor's cows from stealing bis
bay lie describes it tbusly: "A certain
quadruped has sweet tooth for our hay.
stack and did much damage, throwing down
the rail fence and roostiag in our hay. We
bought box of cayenne pepper, took nice
lock of hay, placed it out side, baptized il
with pepper and watched. The animal came
along and pitched into the hay, when
suddenly she took the hint, and with nose
As degrees and tail at 90 degrees her soul
went marching on at the rate of 2:4O. The
COW has not come back. Try this, ye afflict-
ed, and you will save your hay, and have a
hearty laugh all to yourself"
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18

The Slate of California is 700 miles long,
with an average width Of 22o miles, making
an aggregate area of 9s,634 acres. OF this
amount, 65,00O,OOO are adapted to sgricul.
ture, 100000 to grazing, 100000 are
swamp and overfowed land, and IA ,O34 ,240
acres are lakes, bays and precipitous noun.
tans. The Federal Government has grant
ed TO the State 1872, 100 acres Of the pub
lie lands.
The Placer herald., 1868-04-18
P0 L I TLCA L N E w S.
TOWN ELECTIONS.

On the 81 inst 1roy, N. Y, elected Miles
Beach, the Democratic candidate for Mayor,
by majority of fourteen hundred and fifty.
This is gain Of twelve hundred over last
spring. There is also a Democratic gain Of
three Supervisors and one Alderman. The
Common Council is Democratic.
Thomas Spriggs, Democrat, was elected
Mayor of Utica, N. y, on the Sd inst, by
4s7 majority. The Democrats also elected
the City Attorney and nd1ustce. Of seven
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-04
Grand ARMY d the RepubIIc.

The New York Herdlds Washington cor
respondent says that numerous dispatches
have been received st Washington from the
Grand Army OF the Republic, n secret mill
tary organization, with posts established in
all parts Of the country, indorsing the action
of Congress. The general tenor Of these
dispatches is that the Grand Army of the
Republic win not sec Congress overthrow,
and if violence shall be used in eiecting Mr..
Stanton, one hundred thousand mon are
ready to come 70 Washington aud put him
back. The order in reported as in q great
state Of excitement, and is UNANIMOUSLY TO-
solved to take sides with Congress, and de-
fend its policy in al It's measures, il affairs
shall be brought 70 such an extremity.
On the 9th, General Lew. Wallace had
arrived from the West in obedience to q
call OF the Commander Of the Grand Army
of tbs Republic, and had a secret consulta-
ton with General Logan the Commander
in Chief Of the organization.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-04

i'stsrins whereby said JOHNSON is guilty Of high
misdemeanor.
Article 10. That said Andrew johnson Presi.
dent &c, IN disregard OF the Constitution and laws
did bring before him Brsvet Major General W q.
Emery, commanding the Department of Washing
ton snd endeavored to induce said Emery in yio-
lation Of lsw Of Congress to obey such orders as
be, Andrew johnson, might give, which should not
be issued through the General Of the army, where
by said johnson is guilty of high misdemeanor
and the House of Representatives, by protestation
saving to themselves the liberty OF exhibiting AZ anv
time hereafter any further articles or further scc1
sations against the said Andrew johnson, Presi-
dent OF the United States, and also of replying TO
his answers which be shall make to the articles
herein preferred against him. and Offering proof to
tue same and every part thereof, and to all and
every other article Of impeachment which shall be
exhibited By them as the shall require do de-
msnd that the said Andrew johnson may be put to
answer the high crimes and misdemsaners in Office
herein charged against him, and that such proceed
ings examinations, trials and judgment, may be
thereupon had and given, as may be agreeable to
law and justice.
The reading Of the articles having been
completed, Mr.. Eldridge sought the floor,
but the Speaker declined to recognize him,
and the House went into a Committee of
the Whole, Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, in
the chair, in conformity with prior order
of the House for the consideration Of tho
articles of impeachment.
Mr.. Boutwell, stated that the articles, ex
eept the tenth, were founded on the proof
before the House; that the tenth article
was founded on the testimony of General
Emory. After explaining the articles to
some extent, Mr.. Boutwell, said the con-
mittee had no particular regard as to the
articles, and would be governed by the de-
cisior Of the House.
The debate then commenced and was
participated in by many members on both
sides.