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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
BELLS AS INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC Fer
WORSHIP,

In Russia the bell is an instrument O.
music for the worship Of God as truly ard
really as is the organ in any other coun.
try.
This fact is not mentioned in the ac-
counts we have of the wonderful, enor.
nous, and almost Incredibly heavy bell.
that have been cast in Moscow, but it i.
the key to which it would otherwise bt
difficult to explain. 1t appears bound tt
cast bells so large as to be next to impos-
sible for convenient use, in danger always
Of filling and dragging others to ruin il
their fall.
But when the bell is u means OF com.
muuication with the Infinite, and the wol-
ship Of people and an empire finds ex-
preston in the majestic tones of a bell, il
ceases to be a wonder that bell should
have tongue which requires twepty-ioul
men to move, and whose music should
send a thrill of praise into every house
in the city, aud float away beyond the
river into the plains afar.
Moscow is the holy city Of the Greek
Church, Pilgrims hither from thou
sands of miles off, and on foot, and some
times without shoes. | have seen them,
with slaves in their hands and travel-worn
feet, bound up in cloths, vending then
way to the sacred hills. And when they
draw nigh unto the city, aud on the eve
ming air the music Of these bells is borne
to their ears, they fall upon their faces
PROSTATE and worship God. If they
could GO no further, they would be con.
tent TO die there, for they have heard tn;
bells of Moscow, and on thoir majestic
tones their souls have been taken up tt
heaven This is the sentiment Of thu
peasant, and it is beautiful sentiment
ideal indeed, but all the more dclicatt
aud exalted. IA E.s .f l...i.,
i As long as five hundred years ago, thi
casting Of bells was an art in Russia. !
is one Of the fine arts now.
Perhaps our great bell founders, th
! Meneelys, will not admit that. the four
dcrs there have any more skill in the'
manufacture than We have, and am nc
sure that their bells have any tones NOR
exquisite than ours would have it u
: would put as much silver and gold in'
our bell metal as they do. But 50 lor
o as the precious metals are at their pre-
| s"HN HAtl ifNNH N-HNHA ~
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
Poe t l. y.
SONGS OF SIXPENSE.

~ SONGS Or SIxPtNSt.
THE DRoKEY-HEARTED CLIENTS ADDRESS TO HEr
4i.t.t m LAWYER. sf,, ...
Drink to me only in thine ink.
Pledge me in legal draught
Urge me to action with thy wink,
Aid me with subtle craft.
wreathe codicils around thy brow,
Burn bonfrcs unto Coke;
Record in writing each fond vow.
Thy true love ever spoke.
Let me thy Dom-bec be Thy Act
And Deed I'll sign and seal ;
Accessories before the fact
Shall at our wedding kneel.
Yes twas the mystic hour we met,
It was 'twixt 10 and 4;
BE mine, my own Processus stet!
Be mine forovermore
All was thy conduct Cadgcry'
You signed no contract, true;
For scriJere est dgere,
Which maxim well you know.
You did proposc-(you BalaamD
You sent friend to me, i.sl lIH.
,e Qui facit, Sir, per alum,
Faca, you know, per Sc,
Facit, indeed, you'll face IL out,
That you did no such thing; I'
Don't you remember port and stout,
And promising the ringf 8a
Qui peecdt CIRRUS, as you've said ,N
Often to me while guy,
lie so5rius ludi-this poor maid
WIN take your heart as pay,
II was simple coatrart-plain, b EI
h It was upon each part frgig
A HaJeas Corpus I'll obtain,
Then cry, "I'll have your heart '"
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08

to direct its own course, with about as
much success as that Of balloon How
then is NJ. Cheval;er to know when Q
asccnds from Landmarks Park next July,
whether he is about to cross the Atlantic
or the Pacific The answcris, that though
Chevalier does not believe in balloons, he
does believe in currents. In every ascent
during his long career, he says, he foun,;
en- reaching an altitude anywhere between
5000 and 10000 feet that the wind was
invariably from the west or rather from
the northwest; however was the wind was
blowing near the ground in each Of his
one hundred and sixty-fvc ascents he
found northwest current in the atmo.
sphere. Cheyalier believes this current
to be discovery Of his own, and it is for
the glory Of establishing his theory, rather
than that of sailing three or four thousand
miles over the water, (Which he regards
quite an everyday aHair) that he under
takes his balloon voyage from North
America 10 Europe, "'
FINAL PREPARATION FOR THE VOYAGE.
Mons Chevaler may be seen almost
any morning quitely at work putting the
finishing touches on his balloon at Land.
mann's Park.-Ilc is quiet, unobtrusivc,
yet prcpossessing young man Of 80 years,
Of dark complexion and with black hail
and moustache. lie has a large and kind
I ~ black eye. and countenancc which
impresscs one that its owner is a stranger
to physical fear. lie converses and writes
in excellent English, though he speaks
and writes in French, German and Rus.
sian as well. He is very communicative
and entertaining in elucidating his plans
and theories. lie has not yet determined
as to how many and what companions he
will take along with him on his voyage
The applications for passage on the rare
but porilous journey have been pouring ii
on him by hundreds An opportunity It
try the accommodations of The ship vii
be given these aspiring candidates fol
|
acronautic fame during the several pre-.
liminary asccnts at the end Of a rope
which will be made at Landmann's Park
next week. A lifc-raR has been presented
L Ejpetance which will be suspended
beneath the ear of the balloon in readi
ness for use should the aeronaut find il
desirable to take to the watery element
The balloon is 05 feet high, 65 feet il
diameter and has buoyancy capable o.
sustaining tons.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08

each day, the only condition or stipula-
ton being, that they should come as clean
as their case would admit, to the food
depot.
| will not venture to describe the har-
rowing scenes which presented themselves
to these gentlemen and their assistants
/ will not dilate upon the "sliding coffin"
through which so many bodies were pass
ed into the same open grave, it being i'm
possible to procure cofiius for all; nor up,
on the emaciatei forms which crawled for
food to the newly stationed rendezvous! !!
Suffice it to say, that | VI never to wit
ness again such scenes Of suffering and
heiplessness. ,a'l-
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
Nj i - c G IL "a II y .
THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE.


HOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
Ireland was not like any part Of India,
cut off from extraneous supplies 1t was
true the potatoes had rotted and it was
true the people had depended on the po-
tatoes almost alone for food But there
was abundance Of corn, abundance Of
-four, and abundance of meal in the coun-
try, not to speak Of herds of sheep and
cattle innumerablc; and, in the midst OF
such plenty, why should the people die ?
There was also abundance Of money to
purchase food : money was freely offered
from many quarters, and was ready to
flow forth in mighty stream from the
charitable people of England, to almost
any extent. lfso, may again ask, why
should the people die?
TO solve this question some friends and
relatives Of mine proposed to visit the
then notoriously distressed district of Schulz
in the west of the county of Cork, and en-
deavor to ascertain for themselves the
cause Of this extraordinary position Of
affairs.
Accordingly, the Rev. Frederick T.
French, gentleman well known for his
philanthropy, and the Rev. G. Trench,
then rector Of Itchenstoke in Hampshire,
now archbishop of Dublin, agreed to visit
the district In person.
The result of their inquiries was very
simple. There was, as | have stated,
abundance of meal within some few miles
of the district, and no lack Of funds to
purchase these provisions; and yet, in
near proximity to this plenty, the people
were dying by hundreds, Of actual dire
starvation, merely for want of some one
with sufficient energy and powers of or
ganizaton to bring the food and the peo-
pie together This was the apparently
simple problem to solve, and to effect it
they set themselves vigorously to work.
In one place they found a most benevolent
clergyman, who, having obtained large
funds from England to mitigate the fam
inc, appeared in tho morning at his own
hall door, and threw handiuls Of shilings
and sixpences amongst the crowd who had
collected to receive the charity. Amiable
gentleman no doubt he was, and most
honorable in the distribution Of all he
had received but he forgot that starving
people could not cat sixpences or shilling
and the t. cd was some ten miles off. The
people had no strength or energy to seek,
purchase or cook meal or -four, and with
the silver in their hands, they died. In
another place they found the priest of the
parish utterly paralyzcd by the magnitude
of the desolation around him. lie had
|
given all he had to the people, there was
no food whatever IN his house. ana ne
stood really in danger OF being starved
himself, with money IN his pocket ana
abundance of corn near at hand.
Such was the position OF aiialrs-tne
neonle dyino. plenty of food within reach,
plenty of money to purchase IT. plenty oi
tish in the sea adJolning'--out no one WIN
forethought ana arrangement. enough 10
so across the mountains anu orinS inc
food and the people togethcr
The plan adopted by 'hese energe.'c
phllanthropls's was very pam an slmple'
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
Insurance.
HAS. C. DODGE, General Agent,

CIIAS. c. DODGE, General Agent,
for tho FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE Co.,
For I,amoille County.
He takes this opportunity Of informing the public
that he is now authorized to insure
VILLAGE DWELLINGS 4.
at from one-half to one-thrd less rates than they
can insure the same risks in the Vermont Mutul. -
All farm property insured upon as equally favorable
terms All personal property insured at its full val
ue Orders left at the American House will be
promptly attended To, ..
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
SECOND PART-NEw MOVEMENT.

SECOND PART-NEw MOVEMENT.
What am wild are you still free
viii I crouch, fawn or beg? No!
.MdndamHs qHid pro quo in re +!
Ha ha ! ne ereGt rc2no
You've called me Prochein ami Fie
In accents hot and fiery;
Where's now your feri facias3
Shall get premunire.
WED you! Don't suppose it Ma'an,
lie used to say Cecilia y
Wed you, the Ler non cogit, Ma'am,
III Ma'an, impossibilia.
He has a femme and Infants three,
saw them out last Sunday,
So back I'll go and married be
To sone one else on Monday. Punch.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
Dentists.
n. q. GILBERT, Dentists,

N. G.. GILBERT, Dentists,
fding, opposite Post10lIlce, Montpclicr,Vt.
RANCH OFFICE AT M0HRIsvtLL,
be kept open By the supscriDcr for Q ieM
jcs wear, commencing the ist Of JUNE
during which he will be pleased
Fhis old friends and the public, 70 whomhe
6lrc satisfaction In every instance, or no
b required. All work warranted, and
|rsasonsbls Yisss - sre charged by any
y asu1ksA - - susDny.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08

SUDDEN DEATu.--A little girl named
Ellen Palmer, of Holland, was taken sud.
denly i'll, Tuesday Of last week, vomit.
ing, cramps aud .convulsions, which con.
| TUNED till Friday. when she died Ply.
sicians ascribe her death 70 poison, caused
by eating sorrel, as she, supposed, bot
really some poisonous substance resembl-
ing it--Traascrips
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-13

ter, go that the property of said corporation
shal! be subject to taxation in conformity to
and said consent be certifed under the seal Of
company. to the Comptroller-General and
Secretary OF State. Upon the fling Of said
consent. tho said charter shall bo deemed and
held to be modified in conformity with said
section OF the constitution: Provided, that no
tax shall be assessed or levied upon said road
until the same shall have been completed.
We trust that measure at once so just
to the State and so important as on agency
in the recuperation of the most desolated
region of South Carolina, will become a
law without delay, so that the early spring
may witness the road in active process of
reconstruction, giving active employment
to thousands Of suffering laborers, and add
ing one more substantial token of our re-
turning prosperity.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-13

connect herself by rail with Charleston. "
Now, let us suppose all this done, and
how will the affair looka Passengers will go
easily and comfortably to the waters Of the
Atlantic in Twenty-Five hours, and freight will
go in forty-four hours. Arrived there, steam
ship awaits you for any part of Europe, and
another for the Wesl india Islands. You will
find yoursefin the tropics or in tho Louvre
Gallery at Paris before you know it. In vain
do New York and Boston think they have
monopoly ofthe Atlantic trade. Time is neces-
sary for all human things, but little time
will divest them of this delusion The great
Mississippi Valley will soon make it's own way
to the Atlantic and Pacific, aud that way will
not be via New York and Boston; not at all,
sir. 1t was absolutely necessary we should
destroy slavery, before we could bring the
West and South into fair understanding with
one another. But we shall have it now."
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-13
Motifes in Daakruptfn.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TEIlz
Il UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF
SOUTH oAKCLINA-I IN THE MATTER OF
John j., NV; "; RlN2, BsNKRUpT. BY WHOM A
PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF BANK
AtRII., A. D. 1868, IN SAID COURT-IN BANK
RUPICY.-This is to give notice tht on the
Bankruptcy issued against the Estate of
JOHN w. KING, Of limmonsville, in the Coun-
ty of Darlington, and State of South Carolina who
has been adjudged Bankrupt, on his own petition
that the payment of any debts and delivery of any
property belonging to said Bankrupt. to him
or for his use and the transfer Of any property by
him are forbidden by law; that meeting Of the
creditors OF the said Bankrupt to prove their debts
and to choose one or more sssgnees of his Estate,
w'ii be held at Court Of Bankruptcy, to be holden
Q. CARPENTER, Registrar, on the TwENTY.sE SEVENTH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. d. 1869, at O'Clock p. M
j. P. M EtPING,
United States Marshal as Messenger.
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@ertilbrrs.
PATAPSCO GUANO.
Letter from James Pagan.

CHESTER, SOUTH CAR LIMA. January 6, 1859
Dear Sir--I have just received u communication
from Geo. w. Graffiin. Esq, Treasurer Of Patapsc,
Guano Company, requesting my opinion of the ..pA-
IAPSCO," to be sent direct to you-which take
pleasure in doing as sincerely boeve that 1t is the
best fertilizer now In use. have tested it's merits
fuly. and find those who have used it alongside of
other popular fertilizers, do not hesitate to give it
the preference; there are many kinds in use here
as there are merchants who deal in it, No two
houses recommend the kind, but during the
last season had good opportunity of introducing
the "PATApsco" GUANo to some extent.
gave to ton 10) different planters 500 pounds
GUANo TO put each on ono of land and agreed TO
take part OF the product for pay They all succeeded
Well got nearly LOO per cent. profit from the ten
acres, and the planters that they got so
to leo yer cont than they could have expected
ON the same land without the GUANo. also sold
small quantities to some twenty or thirty planters
%sc ts:oa is on all sorts of land. Some of them
certify to wonderful results and every one of them
nave engaged to take mora for tho coming season.
expect to sell ten times the amount which was taken
last season.
began in 1867, and have not heard one man say
it did not over-pay him for his outlay In some re-
spects 1t must be superior to the Peruvian Guano.
For instance, you mix the seed with the PArAps
co, ana tne peruvian must be covered before plant
ing. The "PATAPsco" acts ut once upon the sprouts
assoon as 1t comes from the seed and makes it start
right OIL growing, and prevents the sickly stage
which cotton, without the stimulus has to 60
through-you know this. For two or three weeks
the cotton plant is in condition which is so pre-
carious that no planter say that he has certain
stand believe the sPATAPsCo' secures bette
and more healthy stand than can be had by the ap.
plicntion OF any other fertilizer. 1 speak from cx-
periments made for two years have planted lit
tie cotton for the purpose of Watching the result
and am sure that rolling the seed in PArApsco
GUANo will secure an early and healthy stand of cot
ton, which is like getting good start In any kind of
race.
would recommend 25o to 800 pounds to the acre
made 800 pounds lint from acre by planting 500
pounds OF "PATAPsco," which made 260 pounds the
year before without it, and the season Of 1867 was
better for cotton than 1868. The same field on the
part not fertiized made moro in 1867 than 10 '6s
think 1t woult pay best, however, for about 500
pounds to the acre. Respectfully,
tSlRned) JAMES PAGAN.
For further information. apply 10
COURTENAY <x TRENHOLM.
General Agents, Union Wharf,
feDruary IL SO Charleston, S. G.
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United States Marshal as Messenger
February l3 I


TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF The
Il UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF
SOUTH CAROLINA-IN THE MATTER OF ISAAC
\. TEAGUE. BANKRUPT, BY WHOM PETITION
FILED ON IHE 3lsT DAY OF DECEMBER
A. D. 1868, IN SAID COURT-IN BANKRUPTCY
This is to give notice. that the ELEVENTH DAY
was issued against the Estate of ISAAU N.
TEAGUE, OF Barnwell, in the County of Barnwell,
and state of south Carolina, who has been
that The payment of any debts and delivery Of
any property belonging to said Bankrupt to him for
are forbidden by law; that meeting Of the Credi-
tors of the said Bankrupt to prove their debts and
to choose one or more Assgnoes Of his Estate will
No. ~ Broad-street. Charleston. South Carolina
before J. O. cARPEN Err Registrar, on the
TwENTYskvENTH DAY OF FEBRU .RY, a. d. 1869, at
12 o'clock M. j. p Nj FPpTNG
United States Marshal as Messenger.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-13
G H a r. L e S It ON
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1869.
Tho Incoming Administration.

Who are to compose the Cabinet of the
PRESIDENT elect This, with the press and
politicians of the North, is the great ques
tlon of the hour. 1t was hoped that the
day which witnessed the counting of the
electoral votes and the official announce
ment of General Grants election, would
have solved the riddle; but that day has
come and gone, and the mystery is mys-
terry still. 1t would seem that the hero of
Appomattox is willing to test the value, in
civic policy, of that taciturnity which has
already served him so well, in popular es-
TEEN, as an evidence of-or, perhaps, q
substitute for-omniscienoe in the art of
war. But aside from the manifest conside-
rations that would incline Grant to re-
main the same sphynx at the White House
that he was in the field, there are yery
good reasons to justify him in Withholding
the announcement of his Cabinet as long
as is consistent with a proper respect for
the convenience of those whom he nav
have singled out as it's members By this
time he must have learned something of the
ways of Washington politics, and he might
very well dread the tremendous pressure
to which such an announcement would sub
ject him, during the interval between now
and the 4th of March, in order to secure
a change of purpose with regard to some
or all of the men selected. Nor could the
Cabinet officers themselves, thus nominated
IN advance, hope to escape. Each of them
would be exposed to a still more formidable
onset from the grand army of office seek
ers who would consider the scramble for
the spoils fairly begun, and each of them
would have to make for himself host of
enemies among the disappointed, before he
had himself assumed the office to which he
had been assigned.
But though unheralded, as yet, there is
reason 10 believe that the choice of the
President elect is already fixed. When
he sees tit to give it to the public, we
shall have the best index, in the character
OF the men chosen, of the spirit that
Will really govern his administration
For, In the formation Of the future Cabinet,
be is understood to have resolutely held
himself aloof from any and all outside in
fuences, following only the bent of his own
will. More than once he has remarkad in
conversation on the subject, that he would
as soon seek and expect advice in the Sc
lection of a sOife, as of member of his
Cabinet;-that the relations and duties in
volved in the position are of so close and
confidential character as to make it indis
pensable that the President should be left
entirely free to select his advisers for him.
self, and that he would regard all efforts to
overrule his personal wishes, or to induces
change of purpose in this regard, as so
improper and out of place as to SAVIOR of
impertinence. These being his views, the
people Of the South, who are so largely
interested in the results of his administra-
tion, will naturally await with keen inter
est the nominations that he is to make.
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We PUBLISH this morning, in full, the
opinion of Judge Carpenter, declaring the
Homestead law of this State in conflict with
the Constitution Of the United States, so far
as it affects contracts made prior to its pas
sage, and therefore void as regards such
contracts. The law is very clear and ex-
pilot on the question raised, and in his
opinion Judge Carpenter has shown himself
acquainted with the law, and determined to
enforce it,
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st. Vale nt7ne's Day.

The days of madrigals and valentines
have passed. Tomorrow will be ST. VAL
entine's anniversary; but few people have
thought of it, and fewer still care to OBJ
serve the ancient fashion for which the
saint in some way became responsible. 1t
is true that valentines are to be seen ex-
posed in the chop windows, but many of
the dealers have only brought out their old
stock this season and made no new pur-
chases. 1t seems almost safe to prophesy
that in few years more the practice of
sending sentimental or comic missives to
friends or enemies will altogether die out,
and St. Valentines day will be blotted from
the calendar. The original fashion, in its
legitimate shape, was pretty enough; but
ocarseness and vulgarity have begun of
late years to 80 encroach on sentiment that
it has become ''custom more honored in
'the breach than the observance" It is
much better that there should be no more
valentines, until the world grows purer.