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A SOLDIER LAD.-Anecdotes illus
trative of the timidity of soldiers at
the opening of a battle were always
current among the men, and were re-
peated with kind of grim relish
which showed that the subject was
one of particular interest. One / re-
member, which used to elicit the bois-
ferrous mirth of crowds in camp, was
that of the poor little soldier whom
his captain found keeping up bravely
to his fiIe-leader while the bullets of
the skirmish line, which preceded a
sharp engagement, were cutting the
air about him. Those who have been
in this peculiar situation need not be
told that it gives nervous feelings to
most men; and our captain was not
surprised, but was rather irritated, to
find his soldier lad crying bitterly, al
though clutching his musket and nev-
er tagging a step.
"NOw, sir, what's the matter p de-
manded the irate officer. "Are you
afraid ?"
"No-o; amt bit afraid, replied
the poor little fellow, in a broken
voice; "but wish | was in my faith
er's barn."
What would you do in your faith
er's barn ?"
"Td go into the house GALAXY
! for September.
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HEAvEN.-A living divine says:
"When l was boy, thought of heav-
en- as a great shining city, with vast
walls, and domes, and spires, and
with nobody in it except white angels,
who were strangers to me. By and
by my little brother died; and I
thought of a great city with walls,
and domes, and spires, and flock of
cold, unknown angels, and one little
fellow that l was acquainted with
He was the only one | knew at that
time. Then another brother died,
and there were two that | knew. =
Then my acquaintances began to die
and the flock continually grew. But
it was not till | had sent one OF my
little children to his Grandparent-
God-that | begun to think | had
got little in myself A second went,
a fourth went, and by that time | had
so many acquaintance in heaven,
that | did not see any more walls, and
domes, and spires. l began to think
of the residents of the celestial city.
And now there have so many of my
acquaintance gone,- that it sometimes
seems to me that | know more in hea
ven than | do on earth. ."-Christaan
Witness.
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The Little Robe of White.

In rosewood cradle baby lay,
It's mother was stitching, stitching away,
On little robe of white;
One foot on the rocker, she hoped to keep
Her frolicsome baby fast asleep,
To finish her work that night.
In every stitch she wrought,
That loving mother fastened athought;
Hopes for that little one,
And smiled on her baby in happy pride,
As it slept in its cradle by her side,
Till the little robe was done.
Then she folded up the cambria and lace
And kissed her little ones chubby face,
That smiled in its sinfant glee.
She tossed it up and down in the air
"How pretty you'll look little babe when
you wear
That little new robe said she.
In a rosewood coffin the baby lay;
Its mother had wept the night away
Watching its dying breath.
With it pressed to her bosom she prayed
to keep
Her darling baby from going to sleep
In the cold, cold arms of death.
They buried the babe in the garments
just wrought,
Whose every stitch had hopeful thought
From that loving mothers sight;
On marble stone she wrote with tear,
"How many hopes are buried here
In that little robe of whitew
In the Saviour's arms baby lay,
From its rosewood coffin far away,
In the realms of love and light.
The angels agarment had folded about
Its little form which will never wear out
A seamless robe of white.
I-DGihJ Alta California
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TRUST IN GOD.-My father was,
you know, hunter of men, and d
fisher of men. He used to hunt
squirrels and catch trout. And he
carried his venary and piscatory in
stincts into the pulpit-as he ought
to have done.
When DR.. Cornelius, who was Sec
retary of the American Board, died,
father had dark day. II cannot un-
derstand,' he said, "what the Lord
means, when his work needs just such
a man as Cornelius, and he takes him
away in the prime Of life, at time
when he is carrying on that work sue
cessfully, and there is nobody to take
his place." Yes there was. DR..
Wisner took it. But he carried it
only few years, when he died. |
very distinctly remember the morning
when father was preparing the ser
mon to preach nvor DR.. Wionor.
The wheels dragged heavily. He was
very much cast down. Though | was
quite young he said to me, Henry, it
is all done it is all done! | cannot
see what the Lord means. He is
making breach on breach. There is
so much to do and so few to do it
He is taking the best of them"
In his own life he worked as though
he thought that if he stood from I'M
der, part Of the heavens at least
would come down. He used to stand
with his shoulders straight up, as
though he thought he were helping
to carry the universe. 1t was not
fancy-it was the instinct of work.
There was the sense of work in him
clear TO the bone and marrow.
think. | love to work as we'll as he
did; but | got from my mother what
he did not from his. | have carried
all my life long a sense that the work
was so vast that no man, | did not
care who it was, could do more than
very little; that He who could raise
up children from the stones of Abra
ham. could raise up men when he had
a mind to, and men of the right kind
and put them in the right place; that
after all the Lord was greater than
the work; and that it was of no use
for me to fret myself, and set mysel
up to be wiser than Providence al
| was called upon to do was to work
up the measures of my wisdom anc
strength, and be willing to 60 where
ever God sent me: and that then
was to be content.-H. W. BEECHER
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THE SKY.-What is the blue sky,
so grandly arched above our heads ?
The ancient Greeks supposed it to be
a solid substance, spread above the
earth at an immense height, in which
the sun, moon and stars were set like
diamonds in a ring. The upper sur
face was laid with gold-the pave
ment Of the gods.
In pagan countries, somewhat SINH
lar notions still prevail. A convert
ed heather said to his missionary
teacher that he thought the sun, moon
and stars were holes in the sky,
through which came streaming down
to the earth the brightness and glory
of the heavenly world.
But, in reality, the sky is nothing
more than the air we breathe. In
stead of the solid arch, towering SO
many thousands miles above US, where
our childish fancy placed it, the blue
sky is nothing more than the ocean
of air in which we live and move
And as to its distance from us, it is
all within three or four miles. For
travellers, who go upon high noun
tain tops, tell US that they no longer
see any blue sky above them there
where the air is so thin that they
pant for breath, but only the black
ness Of empty space.
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ALL THEY SAID.-Some mean fell
low has recently taken down the en-
tire conversation between two ladies
during fashionable call, and reports
verbatim all that was said, as follows
"How do you do my dear ?"
putty well, thank you" They
kiss.
"How have you been this age ?"
putty well. How have you been 2
VERY well. thank YOU
pheasant to-day"
ayes very bright-but we had a
shower yesterday"
"Are your people we'll ?''
"Quite well, thank you; how are
yours ?"
"Very well, Tm obliged to you"
Have you seen Mary B--late-
ly?"
"No, but | have seen Susan c.
"You don't say SO Is she we'll %
"Very well, | believe" Rising.
"Must you go?"
"Yes, indeed | have seven calls tc
make.
do call again soon.'
Thank you; but you don't call OF
me once in an age"
"Oh, you shouldn't say so; I'm sure
| TIM vary UOod
"Good-byeI' y
"Good-bye."
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A Democratic Campaign Orator il
the Wrong Box.

Sociable persons always make ac-
quaintances when travelling, and it
was upon this journey that [ fell in
with the inimitable Fitz Smith, whom
| now number in my list of friends.
Fitz is something of politician, and
in spite of his intelligence and .jovial
good nature, he is democrat. 1t is
paradoxical, know, but Fitz Smith is
a phenomenon.
1t was he who, week or two since,
while actively canvassing in a local
election in Maine, made an engage
ment to speak at mass meeting in
Berwick, upon certain evening, at
which time he expected to carry con-
viction to the souls of the unterrifed.
By blunder, perhaps malicious
one, on the part of the driver, he was
taken to Somcrsworth, just over the
border in New Hampshire, in which
State there was to be no election
Fitz Smith got out of the carriage
and walked briskly to the only large
building in the town, repeating the
thrilling portions of his speech to him
self as be went along. When he ar
rived the room was full, and two or
three men were upon the PLATFORM
Fitz walked up the aisle, and introduc-
ing himself said my name is Fitz
Smith. | have come to address the
meeting"
He was cordially welcomed, and he
took his seat. The audience was an
uncommonly respectable one, and Mr..
t'ltz thought they were the cleanest
and most genteel democrats he had
ever seen. He began to have misgiv-
ings. These grew to doubts, when
one Of the gentlemen expressed a de-
sire to know if "Brother Fitz Smith
would lead US in prayer"
OF course he wouldn't. He never
heard Of such proceeding at a dem
ocratic meeting. But he held his
peace, and gave no expression to his
astOni>hment, while another person
proceeued with the devotional exer-
else.
When he concluded Fitz was called
upon for few remarks, and rising,
he got rid of about one-third of one
of the most exciting democratic speech
es ever spoken north of Texas, before
he perceived that the audience was
strangely agitated. He was engaged
in an elaborate disquisition upon the
curve in the negro shinbone, when a
man stepped up and said;
Excuse me, sir, but that is a little
out of place here"
Excuse me- said Fitz, ri guess
| know what I'm about. Wait till
get through"
"Dut you can 90 on, sir, we Can
!. not be disturbed in this outraoeou:
! manner"
disturbed " said Fitz Smith, "dis
Why this is legitimate demo
~ doctrine. Let me alone,
lvn't come to the exciting part yet =
Fand Fitz began again.
> Really, sir, you cannot proceed;
? prayer meeting is no place for sucl
discussions"
, Prayer meeting Good gracious
you don't mean to say this is a prayer
! meeting, do you? Amt this Berwick
, and isn't this democratic mass meet
ing"
mo, sir; this is Somersworth
Q and I'm the pastor of this flock"
= Mr.. Fitz Smith went back to tn,
t hotel sadly, with two-thirds of one of
! the best speeches you ever heard ly
h ing like lead upon his brain. The
!. Maine election went republican th'
next day, and Fitz gave up polite
in disgust.-John Quill IN the Phila
delphio Bulletin.
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A Rocky Mountain correspondent
of the Athens News says that he has
seen both Grant and Colfax at differ
eht times riding on the drivers seat
down those mountains. where the
grade is so steep that the boot of the
coach will sometimes be in advance
of the head horses!
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DnrrIsso on ELEcrIoNG-A SAFE
WAGER.-A very amusing incident of
travel is related by gentleman as
having occurred recently on one of
the railroads leading into Utica, New
York. A number of Second Advent
lists were aboard the train, returning
from one Of their religious demonstra-
tions, at which the doctrine that this
world would wind up its affairs about
the first of the new year had been ex-
tensively held up. Two of them sit
ting near him opened a conversation
on the election prospects, when one
remarked:
Il havn't the slightest doubt that
the democrats will elect Seymour and
Blair this fall, and | believe that it
ought to he done, too"
81 don't see how you figure in that
way" remarked the other; "Grant
and Colfax will be elected as sure as
November comes, and if | were bet
ting man Id put up money on it"
At this another Adventist, with a
long funeral countenance, very owl
of transcendant wisdom, drawled SOL
emnly:
"You are both mistaken, my friends ;
the Lord Jesus Christ will be presi-
dent of the United States in 1862"
Hardly had this sage prediction
been uttered when big Kentuckian,
on the other side Of the aisle, who had
heard the last speaker rather indis-
tinctly, jumped to his feet. and bring
ing down his fist, shouted, ''I'll bet
you twenty-five dollars he don't carry
Kentucky"
In five minutes the whole car was
in a roar as the joke went around,
and the discussion was abruptly wound
up, leaving the enthusiastic Corncrack-
er very much astonished and puzzled
at the result of his share in it.
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BODY FoUND.-On Sunday after
noon last, at about five o'clock, suit
of clothes was found on the banks of
the river in Westminster, few miles
below this village, and every appear
ance indicated that somebody had
committed suicide at that place. We
were informed of the discovery Sun
day evening, and Immediately inform
ed the parties of a notice which had
appeared in the Rutland Herald on
Friday and Saturday last, and which
notice had attracted our particular
attention both days. On Monday
morning a body was found floating
some distance below where the clothes
were found. Meantime, messages had
been sent to Henry Clarke of the
Herald, (who was at Burlington,) and
the result was, the friends of the de-
ceased came down on the early train
Tuesday morning and identified the
body as that of Rev. N. P. Camp6eld,
a Presbyterian clergyman of Cazeno-
via, n. 7. The act was undoubtedly
done in state of insanity brought On
by severe mental labor. He is said
to have been man held in high es-
TEEN by all who knew him. He was
about % or 80 years of age. He
went to Saratoga for his health from
which place he suddenly disappeared
leaving articles of value and fare
we'll note to his wife, but probably for
got his watch. Nothing was further
known of him till his watch was re-
ceived from him by mail from Rutland,
when on inquiry it was ascertained
that he had been at the jewelry store
of Clark & Co., Rutland, and bought
a box suitable for sending the watch,
and had also mailed it at the post-of-
fee there on Saturday, Aug. 29th,
since which no trace of him could be
had till the finding of the clothes
above mentioned.
The above facts appearing in the
Herald, and the finding of a watch
key in the clothes were among the
first evidences which led to identif-
cation. His insanity had been notice
able far some time. Rev. D. B. Camp
field, father Of the deceased, took the
body at Westminster depot, on Tues
day afternoon to Newark, N. j. for in
terment.-Belloscs Falls Times.
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The Passumpsic river is aptly de-
scribed as liquid corkscrew. 1t is
fully entitled to the name given it by
some unknown local genius. The
stream is not large one. but furnish
es motive power to many mills and
manufactures, and is therefore re-
garded with very kindly feelings by
the inhabitants. The railway is
obliged to cross it about 80 times in
25 miles, and in one section of seven
miles there are IL bridges. averaging
35 feet in length.
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The Mobile Register talks in this

The Mobile Register talks IN this
way:
ave are asked to get on our knees
and confess lie which we do not be-
lieve, to dishonor ourselves as self
convicted traitors and beg pardon for
committing treason, while in our in
nermost hearts we believe we only
fought for the principles of free gov
ernment embodied in our common
Constitution. And we are of those
who to-day believe that the blood
poured out in this war as a protest
against the "unconstitutionalism" of
the Republican party was a necessary
libation to the genius of free Ameri
can institutions, and will yet, under
Heaven, prove the salvation Of the
American Constitution.
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A X. B A l L e
L" PATENT BUTTER TUB

Rights for sale. Send for circular. Sold IN
thirty-One Dairymen IN two days in ElmoreW
Not three men in town that keeps dairy but
have it or say they want it. The best thing ont
just as good as a keg with only half the cost.
Dealers in the country like it. Dealers in the
city write me that they like it. Address,
A. r. BAILEY.
Elmore, VT.
Maj, L. NJ. Grant says he would use no other
ifhe could have them free of cost.
A. NJ. Kelly says he would use no other. "a
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-09-29

SECRET PRAYER.-MeG never take
so firm a hold of God as in secret.
Remember Jacob. Thou shouldst
pray alone, for thou hast sinned alone,
and thou art to die alone, and to be
Judged alone. Alone thou wilt have
to appear before the Judgment seat.
Why not get alone to the mercy seat ?
In the great transaction between thee
and God, thou canst have no human
helper. You are not going to tell
him any secret. You may be sure he
will not betray your confidence
Whatever reasons there may be for
any species of devotion, there are
more and stronger reasons for secret
devotion. Nothing is more embarass-
ing and disturbing in secret prayer
than unpropitious circumstances
Great attention ought always to be
paid to this point-"Enter into thy
closet" says Christ. He says not a
closet, but thy closet. The habit of
secret communion is supposed to be
formed. The man is supposed to
have a closet-some place in which he
is accustomed to retire for prayer
some spot consecrated by many a
meeting there with God-some place
that has often been to him a Bethel.
The Saviour uses the word to mean
any place where, with no enbarass-
ment either from the fear or pride of
observation, we can freely pour out
our hearts in prayer to God. No
matter what are the dimensions of the
place, what is flooring or canopy
Christ's closet was a mountain, Isaac's 8
a field, Peters the house-top.-Neu-
ms.
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Eight women rowed a boat race for
800, at Watch Hill, on Long Island,
recently, four in boat. The defeat
ed crew came in in tears.
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This is what George E. Pugh 0

Ohio says of the 18th amendment:
Il would not give them three cent
postage stamp for their 14th amend
ment. 1t is not part of the Constitu-
ton, and never will be. 1t is a base
fraud, and say, as Frank Blair said.
these carpet-bag governments must be
overthrown."
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M A R B L e w o R K S
NJ. J. n X, T.. SMITH

have bought the Marble Works in Barton, and
removed them to the basement of Kimball &
Pierces Store, where they can do as neat work
as at any other shop in the County. They war
rant their work to please all who may have it.
by calling upon them before purchasing else
where. Remember the place.
UNDER KIMBALL & PIERCE'S STORE.
Barton. Nav 30. lS6S-22
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GRANT Is GOING TO BE PRES

~ ident, and he is willing should sell my
Home Farm, very cheap, and will do SO if l
can.
1t is situated IA of mile from Barton village
contains about lis acres of excellent land, under
a good state of cultivation, well divided into
moving, pasturing, tillage and wood land; a
good sugar lot of $50 trees; fine young orchard
in good bearing state, plums, cherries, cur
rants aud other small fruit. 1t is really chance
for bargain and must be sold.
SILAS WHEELER.
Barton, August l, 1868. 81
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A lynx lately chased girl through
the streets of the "city" of Oshkosh,
Wis.
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Miscellaneous Items.

There are sixty thousand Chinese
in California. "
The salary of Louis Napoleon is
only S1494O per day.
A New York lager beer saloon is
papered with fy-paper.
Jeremiah Cahart, inventor of the
melodeon, died recently.
Ned Price, the pugilist, is now prac-
ticing law in Washington.
There are four paupers to be found
in England for one pauper in Ireland.
A dispatch from Cheyenne says
that 600 Sioux Indians are on the war
path.
Hsnry Ward Beecher has been
for twenty-one years pastor of Plym-
outh church.
Four thousand female soldiers are
said to be now fighting in the Para
guayan army.
A prize wheat crop in Georgia was
forty-three bushels to the acre.
The tagging stones in front of Mr..
Vanderbilt's new house cost $1,000
each.
1t is estimated that one of the Long
Branch hotels took this season up
wards of a quarter of a million dollars.
A tape worm 81 1-2 feet long, has
been extracted from a lady in Fort
Wayne, Ind.
The Cliff copper mine on Lake Su-
perior is now one thousand six hum
dred feet deep-below the bottom of
the lake.
In Cincinnati, last Friday, man
named Thompson ran red-hot iron
rod through the body of man named
Kember, killing him instantly.
Brigham Young declares that those
who enter polygamy to get rich make
mistake His own returns have
been only small prophets.
Hon. William Tilden of New York
has made donation of twenty thous-
and dollars to the Tilden Ladies
Seminary at West Lebanon, N. H.
The venerable Methodist pioneer,
Peter Cartwright, after an active SER
vice of sixty-four years, is now report
ed as seriously failing in health.
Mr.. Aaron G. Pitts of Benson rails
ed this season from one potato of the
Early Rose variety, one hundred
good sized potatoes, weighing in the
aggregate twenty-eight pounds.
The receipts at the Custom House
in Richford during the month of Au-
gust were S4019,95. About $4,000
pounds of butter were imported, and
nearly 500 head OF cattle.
$ Mason Peters of Bakersfield, VT,
fifty years of age, ran few rods on
v Saturday, and after sitting down fell
: back dead. Enlargement of the heart
2 was the cause.
John Meigs, of St. Albans, died on
, the 4th inst, aged about so years.
He was the first male child born in
that town.
1t is reported that jeff Davis will
, be rendered the Presidency of Ran
dolph Macon College, at Ashland, Va,
as soon as he is freed from the legal
! embarrassments by which he is now
fettered.
Having natural curiosity as to his
t pedigree, Brick Pomeroy wrote to
t senator Pomeroy ofKansas, inquiring
) to what branch of the Pomeroy fami-
. ly he belonged. The senator replied
that "Brick" might take which branch
he pleased, but he (the senator) be-
longed to the other branch.
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o. III. AU STIN,

DEALER IN
DRY & w. 1. GODS, & c.
large assortment of Hats and Caps of new
styles. Also a great variety of Boots and Shoes.
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SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTISTRY

~ NJ PERRY, the old and experienced Ben
Il tist ofOrleans County is still at Barton,
and in readiness TO attended to all work pertain
ing to his profession in a prompt and efficient
manner. Also to extract teeth without pain, by
the use Of Nitrous Oxide Having one of the
best Apparatus in use. Charges reasonable as
those Of any respectable Dentist. Please call.
Advice gratis
Barton. Oct. q. 1867.
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9 WING MAC HINES

- y " I n q NJ A = Il I n Z ; :.
~ All persons wanting Improved Sewing Ma
chimes that will work, will find it for their inter-
est to call upon, or address the undersigned, Civ
ing kind of stitch and style of machine wanted.
l will send machines on trial of 20 days, to par
ties whose post masters will become responsible.
Agents wanted everywhere.
F.P. CHENEY, Manf's. Agent.
SANS Glover, VT.
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New York ladies now carry revol-
vers.