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The 43d annual meeting of this So.

The 43d annual meeting of this So
Iciety was held in New York on We'd
nesday morning. The officers of last
year were reelected, except in cases
of decease or resignation, when, new
appointments were made. The arti
cles of union between the New York
and Boston Tract Societies were an
bounced. They are the same as here
tofore published. The financial re.
port showed that the receipts last
year were $519,614.Cs The issue of
publications had cost $356,51O OIL /;
eolportage expenses, including labors
for freedmen, amounted to $1O1 ga
"a; appropriations for foreign and
pagan lands, 10000; all other ex-
penses, $40 ,545 so. Total $517,979,s
IS, leaving balance in the treasury
Of 1885 10. The following details
Of the operations of the past year
we're given: 40 -.5s INV
There have been printed during the
year, 1,072,7S0 volumes, 9,335,934
publications Total, printed inforty.
lhree years, 22,S77,379 valumes 296.
808,8S7 publications. Printed of the
American Messenger, 10000 month
ly; Child's Paper, 100000; Botschaf
| ter or Messenger in German, $4,000
total periodicals monthly, $4,000.
Publications on the society's list, 1881,
Of which 500 arc volumes, besides
approved for circulation abroad.
Gratuitous distribution for the year
s56,798 SO, iD grants to missionaries
md christians in foreign lands, to the
shipping for foreign ports and to sea-
mems chaplains, to boatmen on our
axes, canals and rivers, to the army
and navy, to freedmen, to literary and
humane Institutions. and Missionary
Sabbath Schools, to individuals, Chris
tian Home Missionaries and colpor.
lteurs for distribution among the des.
Ititute, and to the life directors and life
members of the society.
| During the year 273 colporteurs
Including so students from l6 cole
Iges and theological seminaries, have
Iabored in connection with the colpor
lteur agencies of the society in % of
the United States and in the adjacent
British Provinces. They held or ad
dressed 1929 religious meetings
made 254,S26 family visits; convers
ed on personal religion or prayed witt
I179,117 families; found 81. 748 Prot
estant families who habitually neglect
ed evangelical preaching; 1868 fam
: lilies of Roman Catholics; 1886 des
titute of all religious books except the
Bible, and 1912 Protestant families
without the Bible.
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PLEASANT MOUNT, Miller Co., }
Mo-, Nav 4th. 1868. {

Editor Orleans Independent Stan
dard, Sir =
Sometime since l received a letter
from Barton, bearing date, April 20,
and asking information in regard to
this country. The writer of said let.
ter, however, failed to attach his name
to the letter, thus preventing my ans.
wering him direct. | therefore, pro
pose answering through your paper.
The timber in my location is plen.
tiful, and good enough for all our pur.
poses. We have a good supply of
water,plenty of running streams, mum
erous springs, and in localities where
these are not sufficient, ponds and els
terms are easily and cheaply prepared
needing no cement or artificial mean;
for holding water. a''.
The surface of the country is undu
lating, affording fine variety of sol
varying from the black valley to vel
low ridge, and giving suitable oppor
tunity for cultivating all kinds of
grass and grain adapted to our eli
mate. -1Q lHl 4 5attr % r.-f-.
The country is rapidly filling ~
with emigration from the more East
ern States, generally farmers, which
| think, will give room for proftabl
investments in mercantile pursuits.
Our climate is mild, and too mucI
cannot be said in favor of its health
mess, especially upon the uplands.-
lChills are sometimes prevalent in th
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Boston Live Stock Market.
BRIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE AND MRDFoRD
For theWeek ending Wednesday, May 20. 1865
Amount OF Stock at Market.

PRICES.
BEEF-Per 100 lbs. on total weight of Hide
rallow and Meat, Extra, Sl4,75 $500; Frs
quality, Sl4,25 a ; 1850; Second quality $3.50
Sl4,25; Third quality, $500 a $3.50; a few
choice single pairs, SIS 90 10000; some of tbs
poorest, Cows, Bulls, &C., $1,000 $ll,75.
Working Oxen--NOminals 1925 a $500; han
dy Steers Sl25 u $500, or much according tC
their value as beef.
Cows and Young Calves-Fair quality, $40
500; extra, $40 500, farrow and dry, $50
stores-Thin young cattle for farmers-Year-
llngs, 10000 10000; TwO-year-oid, 500 800;
Fhree-y ears-old, 500 100.
Sheep-Per h., live weight, Z 9 O-0c; extra
IL 90 d II O-0cts. Show, IL . Lie. Sheep ana
Lambs, per head, in lots 1915 a 5000.
Fat Hogs-Per h., 10 IL IL 90 cts, live
weight; Shotes-Wh olesale, 10 90 II cts;retail
II 90 Il Q-Octs.; Young Pigs, $500 S6,OOeach.
Veal Calves-S5,00 $500.
HIdes-Brighton, IL l0c. per ID; country
lots IL a 90 cts.
Calf SkIns-IS Zoe.
Tallow-Brighton, s ID 0-0cts perlb; coun-
Try lots, LA s 90 cts.
Pelts-S2 % a $3.50 each; country lots dry,
1919 a 81 ,25; Lambs 90 00c; shorn 25a 25c
each. Wool, 5000 5000.
REMARKS.-Ther receipts of cattle were from
Maine %, New Hampshire III, Vermont Ia
Massachusetts go. Rhode Island 10, Western l.
SIS. Canada 40, in all 22S3; a number sufficient
" large to overstock the market, and 10 reduce
prices about 81 per 100 lbs. or dressed weight
At Cambridge there were about 430 head of Nor
,hern, more than twice as many as last week,
besides some 250 Western cattle sent over from
Brighton. The quality of the Northern as well
IS the Western was very good. There were few
slim cattle at market this week The trade at
Cambridge was very unsatisfactory to the droy-
ers, some of whom preferred TO keep their stock
over to another Market believing that prices
must improve. The best lots of Western were
| sold at l5c; large number at lac, ii lac and
Ia lie and others at l3c to Is lie. The prices
this week are about the same as two weeks ago,
| and the drovers are boasting of big losses. One
lot of 50 ale said to have been sold for 500 less
| than they cost. Being entirely dependent on
| the Western supply, old Brighton must expect
| TO take Western fashions as to fluctuations IN
prices.
| large part of the sheep are on commission.
Most of those from New England are rather
| slim, and probably sold rather better than last
| week, as the Western are said to have cost near
y cent pound more than heretofore.
| The Shotes of which there are about 1000 al
market, are in demand at last quotations.
| Spring Lambs find an unusually poor market
this spring, at S. to s. per head.
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BUTTER.-A very large amount of
butter was brought into our market
on Tuesday land had the effect to make
prices tumble. Last week the article
brought 46 and 4S cents here. but this
week 80 cents was as high price as
the most Of dealers received,and many
lots brought less prices. At the pres
ent rates children may again venture
to drop their bread, butter side down
without producing financial crisis
in the family. j4aJ 4aEba
A few lots of last years cheese
were also brought into market, and
sold at fair prices. 9idasd lsa bald
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Nor GUILTY.--The Senate, last
Saturday, voted on the eleventh arti-
Gle of impeachment, resulting in not
guilty by vote of IS guilty and 10
not guilty. Notwithstanding this YER
dict the people don't believe it. I'm
mediately after the vote was taken
the Senate as court adjourned over
to the 18th of this month, when it will
proceed with the farce of voting on the
other articles.
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PASTORS.

l. OF the first pastor, the Rev. VIM.
K. Holmes, not much is known, and
what is known does not awaken much
desire to know more. He was a ma
tive Of Newbury, and studied theolo-
gy with the Rev. Silas Mexican, D. d.
of Bradford. His administration of
family govornnnent was 90 eovere os 70
be intolerable not only to his family
but to the public, and it was a serious
obstacle to his ministerial usefulness.
1t is supposed that he removed from
Troy to Guildhall, and thence to the
state of New York.
2. The Rev. Geo. Stone, son of For
tunatus and Sarah { Cutler Stone, was
born in Sudbury, Mass, Feb. 10, 1903
He was graduated at the University
of Vermont in 1925, studied theology
with the Rev. Silas Mexican, D. d., OF
Bradford, and was licensed by the Or
ange Association at Lyme, n. H., Ma.
4, 1880. He preached year at Sand
gate, and few months at Middletown
In the fall of 1882 he removed t,
Franklin, and preached alternately a
that place and Highgate till the sum
mer of 1885, when his health wa
completely Frustrated and he was CON
Ipelled to discontinue preaching 70
several years. He was ordained a
Troy, Feb. 16, 1912. The Rev. Jas
Johnson, his step-father, preached tn
sermon. He was dismissed Sept. q
1916, and since that time has live
upon a farm in Troy. He marie
July 10, 1881, Elentheria F. Lawto
Of Hardwick, Mass, by whom he ha
one daughter, Laura Lawton, Dor
May II, 1887.
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Messrs. Chase & Co., have complet-
ed their cheese factory near Derby
Line and will commence running it on
tao 25th inst. Mr.. N. w. Stone, an
cheese-maker is to have
the management Of it.
LIE PROTECTEUR CANADIEN is the
name Of a weekly French paper soon
to make its appearance in St. Adams.
1t is to be published in the interests
of the French Canadians in the Unit
ed States, and has for its editor and
proprietor Rev. z. Duron, rector of
st. Mary's church in this village. Mr..
Duron is gentleman of fine scholarly
attachments, and we doubt not the en-
terprise will prove every way sue
cess. The Office Of LIE Protector
is in Barnes Block opposite the Tran
scripts editorial rooms.-Transcript.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET.-The
Messenger says, in relation to the but
ter market in that place on Tuesday
last:
Forty-tive cents was the first call
On butter this morning, and buyers
were not disposed to pay more. But
there is a scarcity of frst-rate butter,
and those who brought in prime ar
ticle, and "went for" premium on it,
got the half dollar.
A Calvanistic old lady, on being
asked about the Universalists, observ-
ed, Eyes they expect that everybody
will be saved but we look for better
things" s
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creek bottoms; but generally good
health ia proyerbial.

Opportunities for schooling are rap
idly improving, and church privileges
are becoming plenty. Upon the whole
| regard the State of Missouri as des-
tined to become "the State of the
Union" Her natural wealth in min
erals. timber, soil and water, require
only the energy and enterprise OF the
East to render it not only second to
none, but superior to all. 8Cg
d. Ell. AUSTIN.
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occasional and temporary supplies till
April 1, 1868, when the Rev. Charles
Scott became acting pastor. His min
istry was successful, and there were
frequent additions to the church
For two years he preached only on al
ternate sabbaths, as his predecessors
for many years had done; but on the
first sabbath in April, 1865, the church
began to maintain public worship ey-
evry sabbath, and has continued to do
so. The same year, a house of wor-
ship was finished and paid for. Mr..
SCOTS ministry continued two years
and a half. He was succeeded on the
I'd sabbath in Oct, 1865, by the Rev.
Leonard W. Brigham, who supplied
the pulpit for year. The Rev. Dan
lei w. Babcock began to serve as act
ing pastor on the I'd sabbath in Janu-
airy, 1867, and has continued to this
time.
The second congregational church
in Troy was organized at South Troy,
Jan. %, 1916, by council of which
the Rev. Ora Pearson was moderator.
1t consisted of four male and seven
female members, of whom nine united
by letters from the first church and
two by profession. The constituting
prayer was made by the Rev. Ora
Pearson. In the spring of lS45, the
Rev. G. W. Piper became acting pas
tor, and preached on alternate sab
baths for nine years. The pulpit was
then supplied only partially till about
Jan. l., 1860, when the Rev. James P.
Lane became acting pastor and con-
tinued nine months. His successors
were the Rev. Geo. S. Biscoe, aud the
Rev. Geo. A. Beckwith, each of whom
continued less than year. In April
1852, the Rev. Charts Scott became
acting pastor and continued three
years. Until 1863 the church was
dependent upon christians Of another
denomination for house Of worship
In that year a plain but neat house
was built, which was dedicated Dec
I29, 1868. The Rev. Pliny H. White
preached the sermon. In the summer
of 1865 the Rev. Mr.. Van Cleve sup
lplied the pulpit a few months. In
FEB. 1866 the Rev. John A. Farrai
became acting pastor, and worship wa;
maintained every sabbath for a year
Mr.. Farrar supplied the pulpit anoth
er year on alternate sabbaths. He
was succeeded in March, 1868, by thu
| Rev. r. V. Hall.
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For all those distressing and afflict-
ing maladies which originate in Scrof-
ula or an enfeebled or vitiated state
OF the blood, nothing can equal the
tonic and purifying effect of DR.. An
ders' Iodine Water, pure solution Of
Iodine dissolved in pure water with
out solvent. a ao V"
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Lord Brougham, the eminent Eng
fish statesman and exchancellor, died
at Cannes, France, on Saturday, in his
Goth year. He was born at Edinburg,
Scotland, in September, 1873, and
has been prominently connected with
English politics, literature and gov
eminent. for many years. His death
will produce a profound sensation in
England, as he was the last of her
great and prominent men of the last
generation.
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"The sound of your hammer" says
Franklin, Eat five in the morning or at
night, heard by a creditor, makes him
easy six months longer; but if he sees
you at billiard table, or hears your
voice in tavern when you should be
at work, he will send for his money
the next day."
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Parrots live a century or century
and half, and they are the only crea-
lures, except men, who talk without
thinking. And so it might, perhaps,
he assumed that absence of mental If
ritation, and a careful cultivation of
stupidity, would be good for long life
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The Brattleboro insane ASYLUM

The Brattleboro insane asylum,
which has been for 8 years under DR..
W.H.Rockwell's superintendent, n ow
has $40 inmates, and its annual ex-
penses are $7S,50O. The institution
owns 1850 acres of wood and past
ure and improved farm lands, and
feeds its fires with LOO cords of
wood annually.
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New England does not produce the
bread she eats nor the raw materials
of the fabrics she wears. A multitude
of her purely agricultural towns are
undergoing, more or less rapidly, a
process of depopulation.
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There is a greater depravity in not
repenting OF sin when it has been com
mitted, than in committing it at first.
To deny as Peter did is bad, but not
to weep bitterly, as he did, when we
have denied, is worse. @
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The London Times is trying a new
printing machine, which promises to
be superior to any of its predecessors.
1t is to print $4,000 sheets, or $4,000
perfect copies per hour. The paper
is delivered from roller, and the ma
chine also cuts it into sheets, folds
the printed papers and records the
number printed.
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A Pennsylvania paper says that at
the close of one of the recent fierce
debates in Congress, Judge Wood
ward approached Judge Schofeld and
said; a expect to live to see this
Government fall to pieces" Judge
Schofeld glowing with indignation, at
once replied: "And |, sir, expect to
live to see the day when you are an
inmate of the insane asylum"
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SAVING HAMs.-After being well
smoked with green hard wood, they
should be well scalded, scraped, and
thoroughly dried in the sun, then en-
closed In a canvass sack and painted,
or coated with lime, and hung back in
the smoke house. In this way they
are kept free from bugs and shippers,
and never grow rancid, as they are
sure to do if put down in lard. o
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We pledge our reputation on the
assertion that any educated physician,
after careful examination of the rec
ipe, will say that Parsons PurgatNe
Pills possess more merit than any 9th
er pill now offered for sale.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-05-22

ORLEANS Association quarter
ly session of the Orleans Congrega.
tional Association was held at Glover
on Tuesday. The storm and mud
prevented large attendance. Rev.
A. W. Wild was chosen moderator.
The Register, Rev. S. K. B. Per-
kins, read the report of the last SEES
sion and of tho es-oroisno appointed
for this meeting.
A public service was held at the
Congregational Church, at 2 2. NJ.
Rev. P. Fl. White preached from the
last clause of Phil. 3: l. He discuss
ed this subject under two PROPOSE
tions; |. The necessity of repeating
the same sermon to the same people
more than once. Ii. The necessity
of repeating the same fundamental
truths often. These propositions
were discussed with copious illustra-
tons, and applied in such way as to
meet with sufficient rebuke the false
fastidiousness of many hearers of truth.
After the public service the associ-
alton spent an hour in the criticism
of the matter and manner of the
preacher. Rev. VIM. A. Robinson
then read paper explaining the ap
parent contradictions of some passag,
es of Holy Writ, which had been pub
ished in contrast one with another
by an infdel publishing house. After
some further discussion of these pass
lagos, the Association proceeded t.
elect five delegates to the Genera
Convention, Rev. P. II. White anC
Rev. VIM. A. Robinson being Er off
clio members, Revs. A. W. Wild, J. 81
Woodward, 5. <. B. Perkins, E. z
Wild and Geo. Fl. Bailey were chose
delegates. and Revs. A. A. Smith, A
r. Gray and David Shurtleff subst
tutes in the order named.
Appointments for the next session
were then made and other miscellan(
Gus business attended to.
The next maati nor 10 to ha ut Co
entry. Preacher, Rev. A. w. Wil(
+ Substitute, Rev. David Shurtleff.
The following items we take frol
the Express:
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.-Quite a ser
Gus accident occurred in this viIlag
5 last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. 81
1 lon l.. Green, Mansonville, P. O., an
- Mrs. John Bisbee, of West Derb
were crossing the new bridge to tn
village when one of the fastening
e holding the shafts to the axle gay
Z. way and the horse commenced ru
e ning. Mrs. Bisbee was thrown fro
the wagon against the railing Of tt
bridge and considerably bruised
+ The horse ran to Beams livery stabl
1t but in turning from the street, Mr.
!, Green was thrown out near the co
! ner of Beans Hotel, and one leg WI
broken just above the ankle. D
t. Rutherford set the limb and it is no
y doing well.
y SUDDEN DEATH.-John Mead, Oh
of the oldest residents in Hollan
70 died quite suddenly on Sunday Il
- 10th inst. He arose in the mornil
y as we'll as usual and built the fire.
When the family rose, he complaint
of being unwell and laid down. I
at once sank into stupor from whi
he could not be aroused and died
few minutes after. He was Is yea
of age.
CHOKED.-We have to announ
this week the death of another chi
by choking, a little son of W. Ga
Of Craftsbury, on the 10th inst. SoI
member of the family was pickil
over peas and the little fellow got o
into his throat so as to prevent resi-
ration and died instantly.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-05-22

At Abbottstown, Penn, man who
was taking care of an insane man, fell
asleep, and while in that state was
killed by his patient. usd4 h....sg
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Higginson calls Cough all evangeli
,al comedian. r-.- AL. -
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NOW.

With fingers not weary nor worn,
With eyes bewitching and gay,
A lady sat by her Gold Medal Machine
Merrily stitching away
Why ? Because she had got Gold
Medal Machine that she could use
from F. P. Cheney, of Glover.
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-@There is family in Chicago by
the name of Hell-wig.
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RUN OyER.-Last Tuesday morning

RUN OvER.-Last Tuesday morning
as a couple of men were running a
hand car below the Landing, one OF
them--Mr. Underwood section
hand, was thrown from it and tie car
passed over him, hurting him quite
severely.
The officers of Picciola Lodge for
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THEN

With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat in UNIV Omanly rags
Plying her needle and thread.
Why did all this happen? Because
she had been bamboozled into buying
a complicated blunder in the shape of
a Sewing Machine that she could not
use. Letting it slide at auction for a
mere song, she used more discretion
in her next purchase, and
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Col. E. P. Keller, late of the Wat
erbury Hotel, has bought hotel in
OgdensbuIgh for 81 ,000.z

A YOU'VE BEEF.--Mr.( E. B. Whit.
ney, OF East Franklin, has. calf, a
cross between short horn and native
stock, which weighed when one dav
old IA pounds.
Charles Davidson and Warren
Ransom, of Island Pond, killed a huge
hedgehog last week, weighing forty
pounds, and measured four feet in
length. s !. -LLLEN-
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Detroit will count its noses next
month and expects to find 10000.
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New York Produce and Provision
Prices Current.
$ FROM ACTUAL SALES.''

neported expressly for the Standard, by H. T.
BALLARD & CO Strictly Produce Commission
Merchants, No. 332 Washington street, \. Y.
We quote, for week ending May 10, 1868:
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The following are the officers of
Phoenix Lodge, No., II Barton, for
tho oncuipn Ouapfor
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for the current quarter:

BARTON LANDING.-The following
are the officers Of Golden Barge
Lodge, No. 20, for the current quar-
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Local News.

New GeoDs.-Hall & Joslyn, and
Skinner & Drew have gone after their
new goods.
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CRAFTsBURY.-The trustees of
Craftsbury academy have decided that
the old academy building is unfit fol
further service, and having obtained
possession of the old town house,
the new building will be fitted up
ready to be accepted at the beginning
of the fall term.
ALBANY.-The following are the
officers of Black River Lodge, No. 5,