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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02

and organize, and should tx the time
and place of holding District Conven-
ton to select candidate for Congress.
Let them determine the number OF dele
gates to which each township IN the
district would be entitled, based upon
the Republican vote of each township
in 1866. Then let them declare that the
time and the manner of selecting such
delegates, Or the mode of expressing
choice of candidates. shall be left with
each county to determine through their
county Central Committee,
The counties of Wayne, Fayette and
Union could adopt their old plan Of the
popular vote on the first Monday of
April, and the other counties could
adopt the mode heretofore employed by
them When the Convention met, the
delegates from the counties which adopt
ed the popular vote would of course be
required to cast the vote of their town.
ships in accordance with the popular
vote taken in each township In this
way every county has a choice of
methods, and surely no one can be
wronged, and the people secure their
choice, and harmony is preserved in the
party. In all probability there will be.
but two candidates competing for the
nomination, and we are sure neither can
complain Of the proposed plan. So far
as Union county is concerned, we will
in all probability adopt the popular vote
system, and the first Monday of April,
both for Congressional and county nom
nations, as our people desire to have a
voice in the matter. And this, netwith-
standing some of the heretofore advo
abandon il, since they begin to doubt
whether it will longer answer their pur
pose Liberty Herald.
The second battle of Bull Run, was
one Of the most severe repulses which
the Union armies sustained during the
war. In it we lost seven Thousand men
killed and wounded The defeat was
CauScu ny Tue ueSicSG VI L w ociAif = "a
ter, who purposely failed to go so the
assistance of the struggling Union army,
although only a few miles distant and
having under his command sixteen
thousand fresh troops. He was tried
for his great crime by military court,
found guilty and cashiered. Since John
son has inaugurated his system Of par
doning traitors, counterfeiters, and all
manner of criminals, Porter has com
menced proceedings to have the findings
in his case opened for re examination. |
His design has been to be reinstated to |
his former rank in the army, = hope in |
which he might reasonably indulge, in |
view of the policy adopted by the ad
with regard to criminals. I
To prevent any such act, bill has been
in Congress which forbSds the !
re- -instatement of military officer, when
his dismissal was approved by court
martial, except by 4 new apposntra cnt
confirmed by the Senate. The bill pass
ed the House by vote of Il6 yeas to
34 nays. 1t will probably pass the Sen
ate by proportionate majority
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02

GOODsPEED,s GOLDEN PENS, celebrated
for their hexibty. durability, smoothness Of exscu-
ion Superior to steel pens Invariably give salts
faction One box samples, BY mail post psid rs sts.
Price list furn shed Agents, on application.
J. a. COBURN, 1856 Vine st. Cincinnati, o.
Sole Agent fer the West and South.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02

WHICH SHALL GO!
nY ELIzABEra c. KENNY.

mother sat with her children three;
The Angel of Death drew near:
~ come for one of thy babes" quoth he,-
"Of the little band, say, which shall it be?
will not choose, but leave il for thee
To give me the one least dear"
The mother started, with movement wild,
And drew them all close to her heart:
The Angel reached forth and touched the child
Whose placid features, whene'er she smiled,
Reflected the mothers beauty mild,
"With this one," said be, 'canst thou part7"
"With this one, o God ! She is our frst-born,-
As well take my life away
never lived till that blessed morn,
When she, 40 a bud, on my breast. was worn;
Without her, the world would be all forlorn.-
Spare this one, kind death, prayp'
The Angel drew backwards, then touched again;
This time twas = noble boy:
'swill it give thee to part with him less pain p
"Hold, touch him not ~ she cried, "refrain!
Hes an only son-if we had but twain
Oh, spare d pride and our joyP
Once more the Angel stood waiting there;
Then be gently laid his hand
On the shining head of q babe 90 fair,
That even Death pitied and touched with care;
While the mother prayed, "Merciful Heaven, forbesr!
'Tis the pet of our little bandv
'.Then .caich ,-said the Angel-"for God calls oneI
The mother bowed down her bead;
Loves troubled fount in tears o'srrun-
murmur-a struggle-and Grace had won.
mot my will" she said, "but Thine be done?
The pet-amb Of the fold lay dead.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02

Seymour D. Harwood of Rupert, VT.
Ia years old, has caught in four years,
with dog and gun, 937 wood chuks:
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02

New Mexico is getting ahead in grape
culture. A recent letter says that Gao-
ing the past Fall more wine, and of a,
better quality, was made by the viEe~
growers of the valley of the Rio Grafsee-
than ever before. They seem to have
awakened to the idea that wine is heye
after to be one of the principal staples
of the country. The grape grows luxso
riantly, and, owing to the conditions Of
soil and climste, has thin skin, and IS
devoid of that musty taste so common
to most American grapes. AT the In,
dian pueblo or village of Lslesa, more
grapes are raised than at any other town
on the Rio Grande, save EI Paso.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02

A negro in Arson County, N. c.,
voted the Conservative ticket. The
pale faces thereabout were SO delighted
with the gentleman patronage that they
gave him forty acres of land. Forty
acres for a vote indicates either a won
derful scarcity of Conservative votes or
most wretchedly poor land. Probably
the latter-sliced from the tract where
the more man owned the nearer he was
to starvation.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-04-24
The Farm and Garden.


Agricultural education is much more
popular in Europe than i'm this country,
and the system of schOols seems to be pre-
ferred 10 that of colleges. Russia has
siXty-eight agricultural schools and col
leges, one of which has three thousand
acres attached. In France there are seven
~ farm schools, besides colleges. three
veterinary institutions, together with an
expenditure Of over 500, 600 for the en-
couragement of agriculture in other
ways. In Belgium there,are one hundred
such institutions, and agriculture is the
most fashionable calling in the king
dom. In SaxOny there are five agricul-
tural institutions, in Bavaria thirty-five,
IN Nurtemburg seven, in Austria thirty
three in Prussia thirty-two, i'm Italy
two, in Scotland two, in Ireland sixty
three, and several in England.
Generally, the average price of good
improved land corresponds in dollars to
the price of butter in cents: when land
was SO an acre. butter was 10 cents:
now that il j. so an acre, butter is 80
cents.
Improved farms in Massachusetts are
cheaper than in Illinois. and there is a
great want of buyers. Let the farmers
be hopeful, their Irish servants will
save enough to buy them out
Horses are so scarce in Japan that
COWS take their place, and the "war
horse Of an army officer is one of these
animals shOd with straw, and musical
with little bells
The last remedy for the borer in the
peach and apple, is to give the trees
thick coat of whitewash late in May.
The wheat crop in Franklin County,
Penn, Is represented to present an ex-
eellent appearance, and a heavy yield is
anticipated.
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Uorh the Ground EarIy.

Just as soon as thegroano,s dry enough
~ should be ploughed. The earlier in
me season this is done the better, as by
tue ioosening, warmth penetrates more
rapidly than when left hard and dry on
me surface from heavy spring rains,
ana the roots Of plants are sooner
Drought INTO activity, giving a stronger
ana healthier growth to the plant.
Goosberry and raspberry plants are es-
pecially benefited by early stirring the
ground. / practice ploughing away
from the rows of my dwarf pears, grapes,
raspberry, gooseberry, currant, &c. Just
as soon as ] find the ground works well.
plough my centre burrows as deep as |
can, rolling them together; then. as |
near the plant, run more and more
shallow until nay last furrow
cuts with the point Of the plough only
two inches away fnom the plant. and
two inches deep. In about a week or
ten days, ifthe ground Is all right, go
through twice in row with the cult
Vator.
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The Mystery Of Editing.

The world AT large do not understand
the mysteries of a newspaper; and, as
in a watch, the hands that are seen are
but the passive instruments OF the spring,
which is never seen; 50, in newspaper,
the most worthy causes of its prosperity
are often the least observed or known.
Who suspects the benefit which the pa
per derives from the enterprise the Wig
ilance and the watchful fidelity of the
publisher? Who pauses to think how
much of the pleasure OF reading is de-
rived from the skilland care of the prin-
ter? We feel the blemishes of printing,
if thew exist, but seldom observe the eX-
cellences.
We eat hearty dinner, but do not
think of the farmer that raised the ma
terials thereof, or the cook that prepared
them with infinite pains and skill. But
a cook of vegetables, meat, pastries and
iufinite bonb0nS has a paradisical office
compared with an editor Before him
pass in review all the exchange news
papers. lie is to know all their con-
tents. To mark for other eyes the mat
tiers that require the attention. His scis-
sors are to be on the alert, and clip with
incessant industry all the little items
that together form so large an interest
in the news department. He passes in
review each week every State in the
Union, through the newspaper lens.
He looks across the ocean and sees strange
lands, and following the sun, he searches
all round the world for material. 1t
viii require but one seconds time for
the readers to take in what two hours
search produced. BY him are read the
manuscripts that swarm the office like
flies i'm July. 1t is his frown that dooms
them. 1t is his hand that condenses
whole page into line. 1t is his suernness
that restricts sentimental obituaries,
that gives poung poets twig on which to
sit and sing their first lays.
And the power behind the throne, in
newspapers as in higher places, is some
times as important as the throne itself
Correspondents, occasional or regular,
stand in awe at the silent power which
has the last chance at an article, and
may send it forth in glory or humility.
And in short, as the body depends upon
a good digestion, so the health of paper
depends on the vigorous digestion which
goes on by means of the editor.
Ought they not to be honored? And
since little fame attends them, they
should at least have their creature COM
forts multiplied. From that dark and
dismal den in which they have so long
had neutrality-suspicious. they are at
length translated III. w. Beecher.
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Hamlet is II Yankee.

Ghost am thy fathers spirit.
Hamlet.-HeOu don't say SOL Old man
give us your fiipper How de do? |
amt seen you in a cOOn's age. When'd
We come down?
Ghost.-Doomed for certain term to
walk the night.
Hamlet.-Why on airth don't you
take boss ear and ride? Or do they
quit too airly for you? | say where do
YOU hang eOut day time?
Ghost-And for the day confined to
fast in fires
Hamlet.-About how fast are you on
a direct road ? Tew-forty?
Ghost-Till the foul crimes done in
the lays of my nature are burnt and
purged away.
Hamlet-Are you purging bad? Try
little of this cholera medicine. Knock
it higher'n Gilderoy.
Ghost.-That I'm forbid to tell the
secrets of my prison house, | could tale
unfold
Hamlet-Don't unfold it here, old
man-dOn't.
Ghost.-WhOse slightest recital would
harrow up thy soul.
Hamlet-Fetch on your harrow.
GhOst-Freeze thy young blood.
Hamlet.-Get eout, you tarnal Old re-
frigerator.
Ghost.-Make thy two eyes like stars
start from their sphere
Hamlet.-Dew tell! You couldn't tell
about what time they'd start?
G host.-Thy knotted and combined
locks to part
Hamlet-I've parted with about all
them locks now, especially on the topof
my head.
Ghost.-And each particular hair
Hamlet amt particular to a hair.
Ghost-To stand on end like quilts
upon the fretful porcupine.
Hamlet.-NeOw loOk-a-here, old pop
Ply, don't fret your pOocupine over me.
GhOst.-But this eternal blazon must
not be to ears of flesh and blood. List,
list, oh list!
Misunderstanding angry Yeou be
COLL darned Didn't | list in Sol Pea
body's hum guards when you fled into
Canada, takin' yer draft with ye! And
where yeou was killed by the Finne-
gans, and it served yeou right. Better
go and list yeourself, you tarnal old crit
ter stead of prowlin' round nights dis
turbin' your blood relations. Git eout.
I Exit Hamlet in rage.
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D0irN S0N.

There is no other production of the
farm on which there is universally so
wide range in --price as the article of
butter The difference between strictly
me and inferior butter viii always be
from fifteen to seventeen cents ner
pound. while not unfreQuently the
the poorer qualities are sold for grease
Poor feed, uncleanly milking. dirty
utensils and bad manufacture are sura
to produce inferior butter, and where
these conditions are found it is useless to
expect good article; but there are
dairymen who practice the most scru-
pulous neatness and are skilled in man.
ufacture who by the use of poor salt
greatly iniure their production, and the
butter which was put up in perfect con-
dition in Juue comes out of the cellar
in September a salvy compound, desti-
tute of favor. This condition can be
easily remedied by the use of pure salt,
and only such should ever be en-
ploved In the manufacture of butter
Salt which contains lime should be dis
carded from the dairy, as the alkah Il
sure to destroy the. flavor and change
the texture to a salvy condition The
only salt which is free from this impu'
r;fv and which receives the approval Of
the most skilful dairymen in this coun'
FRY il Ashton's Liverpool, and butter
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sszs- At Sterling, H., there is tenn
erance society which no one can 1ioin
unless he has been an inveterate toner.
For every offence against total abstain
ance, clearly proven, the culprit is to be
dipped into the river as many times ne
there are members i'm the organization
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Gnrelltrs' Guide.
VERMONT CENTRAL AND SULLIVAN
' RAILROADS.
SPRING ARRANGEMENT.
Commenc1ng April Is. 1865.

TRAINS GOING SOUTH AMI EAST
Leave St. Adams al els A. M, zoe noon, AID
7-20 %. ID.
Mail Train leaves ST. Adams at SIS S. d.. and
connects at Burlington with Rutland Road. at
White River Junction and Bellows ais With
trains for Boston. Worcester Springfield, aud
with trains on Passumpsic 4. r. arrives PC New
York at 1913 D. III.
Day Express leaves Montreal at $50 q. m, 81.
Johns az 1000 a. M, Ugieushurgh az 80 d n-,
B0use's Point at 10.45 8. IN. for Boston &C.. ar
irving In Boston. VIA Lowell al 1920 D. M
Night Express leaves Ogdensburgh az ll3U a.
H., Montreal al $3.50 o. M. Rouse Point at 5 sd
p. m ST. Johns al $50 %. M. arriving AZ Boston
at $40 g. m, connecting at Bellows Fails with
Cheshire Road for Boston and Worcester and
with Vermont Valley Railroad for Springfield &c
and arriving in NewYork at 1890 y. ID.
Ass GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave fer Montreal at 6.l0 q. M $50 p. H.
For Eouse's Point and OldeushHrgh at 5.i5
q. m.. 1905 .. m..anl 80 3. IA.
Day Express leaves Boston via. Lowell .0l a.
m. for Burlington, St. Adams, Montreal. &c.
Mall Train leaves Boston vla Lowell 90 $50
a. H.. via Lawrence and FItchburg at 40 a. Ia-
Springfield at 7:45 "a. m. for Burlington, amt
ST. Adams.
Accommodation Train leaves Northheld 81
500 o. m. for Burlington, Rutland, st. Adams,
Bouse's Point, Ogeudesburgh. &c
Night Express leaves Bellows Falls at 1000 p.
H.. receiving passengers from Vermont Valley
Railroad leaving New York at 12.lj p. nl and
from Cheshire Railroad leaving Boston az $50
p. m. connecting at White River Junction with
train leaving Boston at 500 p. H., for Burln--
ton. Rouse's Point, Montreal and Ogdenshurgh.
connecting with Grand Trunk Trains fur the
West.
Sleeping cars are attached to both the nigh.
Express trains running between st. Adams ant
Boston, and st. Adams and Springfield
Through tickets for Chicago and the West ~
sale at the principal stations.
q. MERRILL, sup.
n AILans Anil Il 1865
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n@ A fortune-hunter, being in ball
room, heard gentleman giving an ac-
count of the death of rich Old widow
"Died, yesterday, in her eighty-ninth
year, said the narrator. What pity
What fine match she would have MADE
two DAYS ago ~
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6 Hsas- A woman in Chill threw her hus-
band over a precipice. When he seized
q shrub to save himself she cut the ten
tons of his forearm and down he went
TO death She is in Jail for fifteen years
ana the monotony of her imprisonment
varied by two hundred lashes admins
tered monthly.
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BRONZE TURKEYs-The Horticultur-
ist gives the following points of superb
orify of the bronze turkey over the
common breed:
"They are more hardy and easier to
raise. They do not roam so much as
the common turkey; they are double,
treble. and sometimes quadruple the
size of the common, and are also more
tender in flesh, besides being much
finer favored bird for the table,
The editor adds that he has seen those
that weighed upwards of forty pounds,
and of several that weighed fifty
pounds The turkeys may be tender
enough, but the story is rather tough.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-04-24

STATE OF VERMONT
a PRcCL a M Alto II


IVTHEHEAS the ST. Adams Bank, o corpora
w t0n. duly incorporated by the Legislature
Of the State If Vermont located and doing bust
ness at st. Adams. in the county Of Franklin,
has made application % me, requesting me 70
issue a proclamation designating some day
for -hc termination OF the existence II said cor
porltiou;
And whereas.it has been made toappear tome
thar two-thirls of she legal votes " the stock
holders of SAID corporation were given ODD favor
OF said application.
Now, therefore, 1, Paul Dillingham;, Governor
Of the State If Vermont, i'm conformity With said
application, and che provisions % section elsh-
ty-sx and eighty -Sevcu of chapter eighty-nine OF
the General Statutes of Vermont. do hereby Is
sue nv proclamation. and declare that on the
twenty NTH day If March, A. D. ls6o- the sand
corporation shall cease % exist a. fully and
with the same effect If said charter expired by
the limitation thereof.
I'm witness wher ~ / have htreu signed
ms name and caused the seal Of tine state
LIS To- Dee herauuto affixed m Executive Cham
bcrs at Waterbury this BIRD day of Seq
tcIut,r. A. ID. 1867 and OF the independence II
the United States the DIST.
PAUL DILLINGHiM.
I,v the Governor,
VIZ y. DILLINGHAM.
Sec'y Of Civil and Military Aaf-irs.
S,ACK COATS FOR SPRING. go to
- WA y SMITH * cos.
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PLANT Strawberries : early in
the spring as the ground becomes settled
is the hest time TO plant out strawberry
vines. Set at distances of two by three
feet the plants will grow vigorously, and
during the season throw out new plants
by means of their runners, whereby the
rows may be filled. Strawberry plants
set early in the spring viii also often
give more or less of fruit the same seas
on. There is no risk of drought or dy-
ing out when set in the spring, and, if
desirable, crop of potatoes, cabbages,
&c, may be taken from between the
rows.
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Trains VIII run as follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord a. % s5 4
N, for White River Junction. connecting with
trains for Montpelier, Burlington Rouse = Point
Montreal, &c, and with Ogdensburgh and Grand
Trunk Railroads, for the West.
Mail Train leaves Concord at 10. As a. m for
White River Junction, connecting with train for
Wells River, st. JOhnsbury, Barton, Newport
WillOughby and MagOg Lakes, Stanstead, Bath
Iittet0n, and Lancaster; also, with trains for
Montpelier Burlington, st. Adams, Rouse Point,
Montrela, Ogdensburgh, and the West.
Bristol Train leaves Concord at $50 p m, Tor
Franklin and Bristol.
Evening Express Train leaves Concord at 8.E
n m for White River Junction, connecting with
trains for Montpelier, Burlington, st. Adams,
Rouses Point, Montreal, Ogdensburgh, and the
West.
*Or on arrival Of trains from Boston, Worcester,
Portsmouth, Portland. &c.
powSwAED TRAINS.
Morning Express Train leaves White River
Junction for Concord at l-15 a. m, or on ARRIVAL
of train from Ogdensburgh and Montreal. On
Mondays at SIS instead Of lib.
Bristol Train leaves Bristol for Concord AT
a m, and Franklin at 9. l2 a. m.
Mail Train leaves White River Junction I0r
Concord at 12-15 p. M, or on arrival Oh Trains
over the Vermont Central, Passumpsle, ana
White Mountains Railroads.
Day Express Train leaves White River juno
ton at 45S D. M, or ON arrival Of trains from
Montreal and Ogdensburgh, Brattlebor0, heene,
Bellows Falls, Windsor, &C., connecting at Con-
cord with train for Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston.
for Manchester, Lawrence, Portsmouth, Port
land, Nashua, Worcester, New York, Lowell, and
Boston. ONSLOW STEARNS, Agent.
Concord, n. H., Nov. 10. 1884. 1-tf
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Dried Potatoes.


We have had dried apples, dried
neaches. and dried fruit of various kinds
for long time in the market. But we
have never heard of drying potatoes un.
til now. A Mr.. Francis III. Smith OF
Baltimore has been experimenting on
potatoes, sweet and common Irish, with
reference to preserving them fresh and
nice for an indefinite time. The potato
has heretofore been good only or ilml-
ted time a few months at the longest
and the sweet potato after few days or
weeks even loses some Of its best quail
IN can be had at any period of the year,
as fresh and dry and sweet as though
newly dug. So he says, and so the edl-
tor of the Scientific American seems to
think he has done. If he can introduce
his plan Of curing and drying the sweet
potato into the South, he thinks he VIII
have furnished planters with more than
a compensation for the loss of the cotton
trade
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a NAIlLEl NNILNVAU-
On and after Dec, %, 1907, trains viii INA
a. follows viz
MOVING SOUTH ASp EAEr
Leave 8urlingtOnsat $3.50 a. m. 1.35 p. M. 80
9.4j p. IN. Arrive at Rutland az Is q. nl. i-ls
D. m. 500 a. m. j. 50 a- m.
Leave Rutland at 400 a. m. 1900 ID. Arilsa
Bellows Falls at 40 and 2.20 p. M, 4 3J ..
Leave Bellows Falls al 75O a. m, 2.2j p. ui..
$50 a III. Arrive al BrattleborO at $50 a. M,
$40 p. m. 4.27 a. m
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,foyING NoRTH ~ ~.

Leave Bratteboro at HOO a. m AS 9tGp.
m. Arrive at Bellows Falls at 1850 g. d., and
$40 and $50 p. m.
Leave Bellows Falls at 2.35 p. m, j.45 p. IA
1000 p. m. Arrive at Rutland at $40 p. M,
600 D. m. 1885 a. M
Leave Rutland at 600 e. m. 100 j. m- 3-2l
p. m. 80 a. m. Arrive at Burlington at 9.i3 s..
m, AS p. M, and 6.15 p. M AS a. IN.