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among the members of the. Association,
and to compare experiences and elicit facts

among the members of the. Association,
and to compare experiences and elicit facts
by discussions.
The constitution provides for a three
days meeting, substantially upon the plan
pursued in like meetings, under various
names, in the other New England States,
New York, Ohio and the Northwestern
States, which meeting will probably be
held during the third week of January
next, at such place as may offer the great
est inducements in members, ETC., etc.
The committee are not yet prepared to
announce any programme for the first
Winter meeting, but it may not be prem.
ature to announce that they have already
made preliminary arrangements with DR..
George b. I4oring ofSalem, Massachusetts,
President of the New England Agricul.
tural Society, an accomplished speaker,
one of the most, if not the most thorough.
ly competent man for that purpose in this
country, to address the Association on the
breeding and feeding of dairy stock. They
have also made positive arrangement with
y. A. Willard, A. NJ, of Herkimer
County, n. Y, practical dairyman who
has given years of time to the investiga.
tion of the subject, both in this country
and in Europe, under the auspices of the
American Dairymens Association, form.
erly the New York Cheese Makers Asso.
citation, and who is believed by the prae.
teal dairymen Of New York and the
West, to have added untold thousands to
their wealth in the last six or eight years
by his counsel and advice. They are al
so in correspondence with other gentle.
men who will be engaged as fast as the
accumulation of funds will warrant
1t may be proper to remark for the in
formation of those parties who We're not
in attendance upon the Convention for the
organization of the Association, that
majority of the officers were present and
entered heartily into the spirit of the
meeting and are thoroughly in earnest ia
their endeavors to make the Association
a success, and that its success is already
fully guaranteed, altogether large acces.
sion to the list of members il still desira
Bile.
We repeat what We have said on
former occasion, that none should refrain
from becoming members, fearing they may
not be able to attend the meeting, as the
constitution provides that the transactions
shall be published and distributed to all
the members, thus returning them full
consideration for the two dollars invested
in membership.
o. $. BLIss, Georgia
Secretary. !. h. a.
Hopj".ec, No, l2M 1869
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PYRAMID LAKE-The peculiar rock
formations, from which this lake derives
its name, are remarkable even among the
Rockies" The principal pyramid tow
ers above the lake to a height Of more
than 500 feet, presenting in its general
out line remarkably perfect pyramidal
form. Close scrutiny shows portions of
its sides to consist of volcanic tufa, which
greatly resembles a vegetable growth of
vast size. In color the pyramidal mounds
vary with the vayring light. At some
moments they convey the impression of a
rich, warm, brown tint at others the hue
is cool gray more nearly resembles the
color which close examination will prove
to be the true one.
A visit to the largest pyramid devel-
oped the fact that it was occupied by ten
ants entirely capable Of holding inviolate
their prior right of possession against all
human visitors. From every crevice
there seemed to come hiss. The rattl-
ing, too, was sharp and long continued.
The whole rock was evidently alive with
rattlesnakes In every party that ever
yentured into a country infested by rat
tlesnakes are some men who derive great
pleasure in killing every snake that may
show its head or sound its rattle. A loud
shout of Snakes rattlers ~ brought out
the band of exterminators f; but such a
number of snakes came upon the field that
it was clearly beyond the power of our
snake-haters to carry on the combat with
any hope of final victory They gave up
aud abandoned the locality to the serpen-
tine tribe, which will probably retain the
ownership for a period of time indefinite
and unlimited.
The water of Pyramid Lake is clear
sparkling, aud very salt. 1t abounds in
fish, among which are the co'oe,, spright-
" fish, having flesh the color of salmon
and quite as game. In weight this fish
ranges from three to twenty pounds, and
an occasional specimen rises to the fly
that will scale quite twenty-five pounds
Besides the coaier there is an abundance
of trout, not precisely the speckled beau
ties of the Lake Superior region neither
do they bear very close resemblance to
the sluggish, black, spotted trout of oul
more Southern States. 1t is trout, new
ertheless which rises readily to the arti
fetal fly, and is a pleasing morsel for th'
epicurean palate. Cooked in various
STYLES known to the campers, this tisl
will compare favorably with its eastern
brethern. Other varieties of the finn
tribe of the Pyramid Lake but these arr
the ones which will be most sought aite
by any courageous disciple of lzaak Wal
ton, who leaves the cars of the Centra
Pacific Railroad where it strikes thu
Truckee, and who ventures down to it
outlet in this curious lake.-T. r. DAVIS
in Hd'per's .Nogdsme for September.
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al. | will not take the name OF the
Lord in vain nor make use Of vile or
proiaue language.
Iii. | will not use tobacco in any
form
"(Signed) HAIRY GOODWIN
" An excellent pledge, my son. said
Mrs. Goodwin "only you should have a
hundred names signed to it instead of
yours only And they talked the mat
ter together
The next day at recess Harry collected
the boys of his class together, and said
Il hold in my hand the Constitution of
new society called the Anti-Society.
My name is already down. Shall read
it? All who are in favor, say Ay."
GAY, ay," ran around the circle.
Harry read it slowly and distinctly.
A deep silence followed. The boys look
ed at each other with sober, questioning
faces.
"My name is down, repeated Harry, as
he placed the paper on which the pledge
was written upon the desk before him.
"Nho VIII JON
Another moments silence and them
James Williams, pale and serious, but
with look of stern resolution on his face,
stepped corward and amidst unbroken
stiffness affixed his signature 10 the
pledge.
No other argument was needed. One
after another the boys came up until ev-
cry one had signed his name. This So
ciety, formed by one boys influence,
became regular organization in the school
the teachers giving their hearty ap-
proval. Various officers were chosen,
Harry Goodwin being elected President.
And, what is better than any thing else,
the boys have nobly kept the pledge.
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2
WRECKED IN A WHIRLPOOL

WRECKED IN A WHIRLPOOL
Da, in ii e'er recurring course
Bear unto man an added force
Nipht on the broad Pacifc's breast
Brings to the waves no peaceful ret,
Night and day an endlcs. whole,
Hear the same hollow denfcning roll.
Ear from the caverns OF the deep,
softly at first the billows creep;
Far from the choral studded planes,
Lightly they toss their silver names,
stronger and stronger do they grow,
Till their silver manes are turned to snow
Broader and broader do they sweep,
Till they kiss the sky, so high the leap,
Heaven above, hell at their feet
Both in mighty column meet,
Heaven above with threatening harm
Hell underneath with open arms
over the grnndly rolling sea
Dancing along right merrily
Homewaid the Iladriatic speeds,
Swift in her course the wild wave lead.
swift ns the wind, with tightened sheet
While the laughing isles -pring mp TO greet
slightly the suns declining ray
BeckonH her hasten to meet the day,
Dawn with hi. Phoeban steed- aud eur
Leads her a race through the vast aiar
Black in the Heavens gathers night
Close are the sails reefed for the fight
Down to the very billow's crest
iI.yers the tcmpe5ts awful breast
The storm in it, widest fury breaks
Luried and lSd flames that hiss
Beckon her down to dark abyss;
fiends Of the tempest guide her way
On through the fercely tossing spray
Into the vortex black and vast
Parting her timbers, she is cast
Captain and crew upon ber deck,
Cling to the rushing, rceling wreck
Face that probe the deep'ning night
Lit by the lightnings lurid light,
ulaie as the ghosts glare from the tomb
treaking the deep, uncarthly gloon,
stare from the vessel. phantom form
Like the ioaiiened spirits OF the storm
5Sitter aud -Wliter from the verge
Wildly the -cething waters urge
wifter and sWiter to the hell
laNning 80 deep, no tongue can tell
Euund aud around the mouth So black
MadlS he keep hei certain track,
Round and around. and with a swnop.
Down 10 the very brink doth stoop.
Down to the btink, and all i o'rr,
li= mi" p"it on the other 'hore
+ VI p,
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LNARM FOR SALE.

Il The subscriber offers ini sale the larm ior-
merlv owned by jacob Hoyt. more recently by
Norman Sturdevait, containing about 250 acres.
Also the farm adjoining, recently owned and occu-
pied by r. Jacobs, containing about li0 acres.
located about one and half miles south o. th'
meeting house, on the road leading to Gen. Wm
Nasb's.
THERON STI RDEYANI
New Haven. Sept. l2, 1869 52t
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Bread Loaf Inn Nov ylth Is
7StcIeid5y. J. y. A
Nootr..ec, Noc l2M 1869

Bread Loaf Inn. Nov. 22th, lsuY
ALBERT CHAPMAN, EsQ.,-Dear Sir 80:
Like an old friend your name met inc
last night at the head of the Agricultural
department in the REGISTER. Truly
gratifed | was to see this new depart
ment in our County paper, and that it
was to be edited by you.
have recently made experiments from
two heifers to discover the amount OF
milk necessary for pound of butter with
the following results: From my three.
year old Alderney heifer Juno, We made
at the rate Of pound of butter to 4 l-2
of milk. Juno was bred by j. q. yelling
ton Esq, of Middlebury From my two
year old hefer Flora, we made at the
rate Of Il pound of butter to eight quarts
of milk. Flora was bred by Rodman
Chapman, Esq, of Nergennes, and is
three-quarter blood Alderney. The
butter from both cows was yellow with.
out coloring matter, that from juno the
most so. Feed, hay, with six quarts OF
turnips day.
Your article on {" Pampered Stock "
seemed to me timely, but have got some
valuable ideas recently from new book,
published by Zeigler, McCurdy 4 Co,
Springfield, Mass, entitled How to make
the Farm Pay" that am putting into
practice. 1t advocates the cutting and
steaming of food, las saving one-third of the
fodder; also carding COWS. The book is
a very practical and evidently an honest
work. 1t is not in all respects as com.
prehensive as it might be,-ought to
give prices Of farm implements that it
advises using, and more financial statistic
generally, but | know of no work that
more earnestly stirs up the farmer to an
active effort for a better and hence more
profitable system offarming and we be-
lieve that eventually its ideas will become
universally adopted by prosperous farmers.
as certainly so as that moving machines
and horse rakes have superseded the old
fashioned scythes and hand rakes. Its
facts too, experiments, and descriptions
are valuable every farmer could well
afford to buy the book, and to have it
always within his reach to refer to for
advice.
Our winter on the Mountain has set il
sharp; Snow covers the ground and cold
covers the hills do not speak of the
! clouds, for they are Aeeting like the sun
shine Yours Truly
JOSEPH BArTELL.
: As the per cent Of butter from our
+ friends cow Juno is extraordinary, W.
would respectfully ask if the hay and
turnips fed her We're not cooked and sea
, soned by that queen of fcooks Mrs. Wood
: bury if so any one who has partaken OF
e the bountiful cheer provided by mine
! host and cooked with such superb skill
by the cook of the Bread Loaf Inn will
find ready explanation of the large per
cent Of cream from the milk of Juno
If We are not mistaken juno calyeI
early in the season. while Flora cslved
2 quite late, this would account for some OF
the difference in the richness of the milk
while the fact that two-year old heifer
with her first calf seldom gives as rich
milk as after, would account for some
more.
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SASH. 4 BLINDS. The

- subscribers would give notice that they
sre prepared to fill orders on short notice for all
sizes and styles of Doors sash and Blinds, from
thoroughly seasoned and kiln-dried lumber. We
also keep constantly on hand large stock Of ready
made collins and trimmings large stock Of
euInber constantly on hand
HOWDFS BOSWOhTH 4 co
~ Bristol. VI
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EnlGuns FRkE Pass Ann TRIEs
There seems to be some want of intor-
nation in regard to the Vermont Dairy
mems Association recently organized if
we may Judge from the many inquiries on
the subject We therefore beg leave TO
make use of Your columns once more To
enunciate the principle upon which II Is
founded and the rnd> proposed to be at
tanned,
1t is dcm0nstrahlc that Vermont dairy
products, though hearing Il Jod general
reputation, are not ~ whole strictly
zens of the State 80 much money, by
many thousand dollar, per annum, AS they
ought that the product per COW is not 50
large as it light and ought to be that
the number of COWS kept, as compared
with the number of acres of tillage lands
is much too small that the prevailing
system of marketing the product is radi-
cally faulty. in there is not u proper dis
elimination between the several grades
and the better are made to compensate
IuI tue loSS 10 lnt nilil'tlt ultH oi tnt lboi'
er, which inevitably results from the sys.
tenn that the supply of labor, specially
of female labor, is inadequate to the want'
of the State, imperiliug the dairy interest
of many towns, and that these and many
other defects and evils of our system may
be remedied by proper diffusion of in'
formation among the people.
To investigate all these defects and
evils, and propose practicable remedies, i
the office of the Dairymen's Association
The manner in which it proposes to ac'
complish these purposes is to invite ad
dresses from practical men who have in,
yestigated and experimental upon tn,
several subjects until they have establish
ed certain facts and principals; to cause in,
quiries and investigations to be made and
reported by committees appointed from
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A Frenchman tested his wiie's affection
by jumping from New York ferry-boat
Saturday, and is now perfectly satisfied.
Her affection stood the test without a
murmur, and she said, "Let him go---he's
an old fool"
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agricultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN.

We would call the attention Of our read
ers to the following letter fiom Mr.. Q. S.
Bliss, of Georgia, Secretary of the Yer
mont Dairymen's Association, explaining
the objects, and the means proposed to be
used to accomplish them, &c, and pub
lished in the Burlington Free Press and
Times of the 18th. 1t will readily be
seen that great good may be accomplished
if the Association is enabled to carry
ont the proposed programme. Whether
they will be enabled to do so or not, will
depend hpon the assistance the officers re-
ceived from the Dairymen of the States,
and We hope Addison County will not be
behind any county in the State, in the
numbers or zeal of the members she will
furnish for the Association
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LIrrLE's LIVING AeE is pronounced by
the Nation, New York, to be "the best of
ell our eclectic publications" 1t is Is
sued every Saturday, giving 6fty-two
numbers, of sixty-four pages each,or more
than Three Thousand double-column octa-
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THE WIDowER's Within, the
widower found consolation, and this time
the wife was young and prctty-that is
to say, she was generally so esteemed,
beng white, plump, hard, and crisp as :,
turnip just pulled from the ground. She
was selfish, indolent, pettish, with small
intelligence and no reason-a white blind
force. TO be married was to be married
that was all she knew, except that it in
volved new dresses, a white veil, and some
flowers. After that she entertained some
vague notion that generous living and all
sorts of holiday delights flowed perpetu-
ally in of themselves, and that She, at any
rate, had only to stand and wait. llel
ideas of marital felicity underwent, III
company with her tatalistic yoke-tellow
singularly sudden transformation, and
she went blindly sumping about her house
/ like bat when the sunshine is all at one,
let in upon it. ''Leander, | want this :
and "Leander why don't you get m,
that? Mrs. So-and-so has it, and | wan
it and will have !" These and such lik,
were her staple of conversation. Before
long came threats. "fll 60 back to my
father see if don't You might ge
me things like other folks | Away
had sweet-cake at home Ifyou haven
got money, tell them to give you some
I'll have blue satin dress and pearl ear
rings. or I'll go home to my fathers =
And her round white face would founde
among her pillows as she thus teased 70
half the night. And, sure enough, tn
threat got itself executed at last an'
with u little white head, much like he
own, rolling about on her shoulder, an
little bundle Of blankets crushed in he
arm, she one day took up line of march
leaving the cupboard bare.-ALI CA
REX, in Hape,'S HayaEme for .SePtroIhe,
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LIFE I.NSU RANCE.

The weekly expense Of lhluianes ioi : 900 IN
the HoM6opAIHIc MuIUAL LIFE INsuEASCt
OsIFANr Of New York IS a. fOllows
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One hundred and fifty Bishops, many
of them from America, have arrived at
Rome.
A Londen dispatch says the Sultan
protest against the proclamation of the
neutralitp of the Suez Canal by the
Niceroy as an encroachment on his sove-
reignty.
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~ L. ROSS, NJ. d., Surgeon u Ply
". sician Office next door to Ira Clark'
Law Office Room at c. j. Sopers IL
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\ZRO MEACHAM, Dealer in Ready
~ Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Va
hses, Furnishing Goods, &c. BhANDoN' VI
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THK December Riverside, in closina
the volume, brings forward some of it,
old and favoritc contributors Mr. Her
rick gives the irontispiece, Wood Haul
ing,"--a picturesque scene familiar to
country eyes; Hans Andersen tells q
Danish story the Editor completes his
account of book making by description
of binding, illustrated by eight sketches,
and also tells Christmas story. Mis-
Thomas has thrilling account of some
children who once were caught on a
Mississippi foe of ice. The Yosemite
Fall" has a picture, and Mother Goose
has four pretty vignettes. Hunting in
South Africa is described by AN old
hunter Sophie May, of Prudy fame, tells
of her "Iiggins Fright :" and an anony-
nous writer describes old-fashioned time,
in New England. barley, the artist, H.
lustrates some scenes frome Scott and
Harry Bolingbroke describes a mimic en-
counter in a duck pond. Finally, a
"Christmas Carol" from the French, with
an English translation, holds the last
page so that music is heard as Volume
Ill. disappears, and all young eyes. are
Volume w., of which an ample program
me is given. Published by HuRD AM
HouGHroS, New York. Subscription,
$3.50.
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TnE AMERICAN ODD FELLOW -Thi,
Magazine (the official organ of the Order
for November contains an excellent origi
nal story, entitled THE Death Plot :;
together with an attractive variety oi
reading matter of genera
interest, and vast amount of yaluabl,
information for the fraternity. 1t should
be taken by every Odd Fellow. Tn,
American Odd Fellow will next year b,
greatly enlarged and improved, when tn,
price will be $3.50 year, OF sl.2 ;
volume. Published by John W Orr
No 90 Nassau St., New York.
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NJ II. EDDY, NJ. D., Physician and
VI Surgeon. Re.dence two doors north oi
Or Kitchols, On Weybridge Street Uaiee IN
brew.ter's Block, Main Street
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A writer in "Packard's Monthly" tells
the following story of scene to which he
was witness during his presentation at the
Court of Queen Victoria. 1t curiously
illustrates the jealous regard the English
show for established privileges:
Only one incident worth mentioning
occurred during the ceremony of present
alton. A young nobleman, whose family
had not been at court since the accession
of Her Majesty fine, tall fellow, Of
manly bearing, was presented towards
the last. As his name, Lord George AL
fred Connaught, was being announced, he
passed Prince Albert and the young Prin-
cess and Prince in an apparently naughty
manner, without removing his choYed0
They seemed enraged, but as it might be
a mistake, arising from embarrassment in
a young nobleman first approaching his
sovereign, no notice was taken Of the ap-
parent rudeness. When he had reached
the Queen, however, he uncovered his
head, knelt gracefully before her, kissed
the proffered hand arose thrust his chm
pedu in positive manner upon his head,
and turned to address Prince Albert
The latter drew back his face flushed
scarlet. 1t looked like an intended insult
to the Princes Consort in the presence Of
the sovereign. 4 murmur Indignation
ran through the throne room. The old
Duke Of Wellington, bending under the
weight Of - years, and covered with
decorations, stepped forward to interfere
The Lord CHAMBERLAIN, however, was
before him, and when just upon the point
of arresting the offender, the Queen inter-
posed saying the words, Right, right I!
Lord Connaught is right :" and then
turning, explained the transaction to the
Prince, the young nobleman meanwhile
looking on. 1t was some time before this
strange conduct was understood by most
of those present; Lord Connaught, the
only person whose head was covered,
moving with great self-possession among
bishops and chancellors, leaders of the
Commons and dons of the universities the
observed Of all observers 1t seemed
that, for personal services rendered to the
king by Lord Connaught in the reign
of Henry VII, right had been given
by patent in perpetuity to the head Of
the house in every succeeding generation
to remain with covered head in the pres.
ence of the ruling sovereign. This right
had been in allegiance during the minority
of the present Lord Connaught and had
been forgotten by all but the Queen. He
had uncovered to her as woman, but
jealous of the inherited privilege, had re
sumed his ctaaea" upon rising, and con
tinued to wear it afterwards
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l., W. JUDD, Manufacturer and deal
L.. er in all kinds Of American and Foreign
Marble, Granite Work, Sc. With Old Middle
bury Marble Co. III
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the army should once pass into the hands
of the republicans, they would then hold
the citadel of Francois strongly as Louis
Napoleon now does, and even more strong
ly, for four-ffths of the population are
decidedly republican.
The death Of the Emperor would pro-
duce hardly any change in European pol
itics, for international affairs would re-
main nearly the same and the policy of
France toward the rest of the world is
not dependent on a dynasty Whatever
power is supreme in Paris, it must pursue
the traditional policy of France Ty
Ubm
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