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WONDERFUL SAGACITY OF A Doc
The following story, strange as it may
appear, is vouched for by several wit
nesses whose testimony is unimpeach-
able, and may be placed on a par with
the stories told of DIR. Gilman's horse,
which our citizens know to be true.
A short time ago female Newfound-
land dog was in the habit of coming
to the house ofa lady in this city, who
gave to it piece of cold meat. which
the dog would eat, and, having salts
fed its hunger, go away again. So
confirmed did this habit become that
at certain hour every day the lady
expected the dog, and the animal was
sure to appear. A few days ago. be-
fore feeding her, the lady said to her,
" Why don't you bring me one of your
puppies ?" Repeating the question
several times as she stood at the
window, the dog looked in the face
with an expression OF intelligence, as
if it understood every word the lady
said. The next day, to the lady's as
tonishment, at the usual hour, the dog
returned, and 10 and behold was &C
companied by little puppy. The Ia
dy then fed both dogs and then took
up the puppy into the window, when
the old dog scampered off, and did
not return for three days. At the
end of that time the dog again ap-
peared, "Next time bring all your
puppies; l want to see them;;" and
yesterday morning, sure enough, the
dog returned accompanied by three
Newfoundland pups Several of the
neighbors saw the whole transaction
and declared that they considered
this one of the most wonderful proofs
of the sagacity of the dog they have
ever known. Where the dog came
from or to whom it belongs is not
known, but we have the name of the
lady, and also of those who were eye
witnesses to the occurrences narrated
by us.-Portland Press.
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What will you Have ?"

So they said to a frank young trades
man, in fustian jacket and with a
bundle of tools in his hand, as he
came home from his work. The group
stood beside the marble slab that
formed the bar of a gin palace, for the
people were too busy there to sit down.
A hundred lights flashed from its glass
chandeliers, an1 showed well the fine
proportion Of the lofty room built by
poor mems money. The lad looked
round and said,"Bitter ale" There
was nothing to do but to press a lever,
and the tall cut-glass tankard with its
foamy crown was at his hand and lips !;
and he was "as good as another" and
so the glass was filed and re-flled.
When he went home to his mothers,
there were no marble table, no flashing
lights, no brown ale; and he was
short in his temper and bard in his
speech, ay, even to his mother And
he found his way back evening after
evening, and had bitter ale, whisky
and water, porter, brandy and water,
and gin; for you must increase or
strengthen dose as you proceed. And
now he has young wife, in whose
eye there is no more the old light
and in whose heart is little hope and
he has four little children, who 60 to
no school, for they have nothing tc
wear, and hardly enough to 1T. And
he has blotches on that orce frank
and pleasant face. There is an
unhealthy redness about his eyes; his
lips are iabby, swollen, and of sick
, ly whitish color. His hand is very
unsteady. He has been twice dis
missed and taken back by his employer
at the request Of minister, who knew
: the broken-hearted wife in better
, days; and who attended his mother
t sorrowful funeral, for her son wa,
, drunk at it and if cholera or feyeI
: came to his cherries room-you coult
: not call that bare and dreary place
: home-his wife would likely be
/ widow and his children without
father, and, worst of all, it would o
t no great loss to them. And oh think
{ reader, would it be gain to him, a
r death is to a Christian
He did not mean to have all thes
7 when he said Bitter ale." But al
these have come, for fire will burr
and folly will injure, and vice vii
: curse us whether we mean it or moi
All it has been " bitter" ale to him
r My friend, you earn your money hare
} and you love your own kin dearly
{ don't you ? and you wish to do we
here and hereafter, / hope; so whe
a any one asks, "What will you have
+ look beyond the hour and the glasI
and think of the future. "There
e death in the potr' However it look
e to the eye, or taste in the lips, " o
r, the last it biteth like serpent, an
8, stingeth like an adder"
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The Chinese Wall.

Since writing my last letter from
the tower of Piangtu, which was for
warded via Pekin to Shanghai, by the
kind Father Tumslia, who was re-
turning from his mission in Paris, |
have traversed over the side and ruins
of the ancient outworks of the Chinese
wall proper, as far as Suetschen, on
the border of the desert Of Kobi or
Schamo and through the aid of my
kind friend and interpreter, Chung
Wo, have collected much valuable
information with regard to the object
which led to the construction of these
gigantic barriers, which, in defiance of
modern enigeering, still remain the
great architectural wonders of the
world, in comparison with which the
pyramids and temples of Egypt are
mere specks. This curtain wall varies
in distance from the true wall from
Que mile to ten, and for engineering
skill in the selection Of defensible
points, when we consider that the esca-
lade was the only means by which
| the northern hordes of Mandschuri
and Tsiaiggiand attempted its pas
sage, it would have tasked the judg-
ment of Todleben to have found a
better line Of defence. The material
used for building the first or outer
wall was kiln burnt brick, and its
construction was evidently intended
to cover the progress of the more
substantial inner fOrtifcation of stone.
According to the information derived
from Father Ing %, a learned Bopse,
of the Buddhist Seminary Jaaing Poo,
the construction of the first wall of
brick occupied a period Of eight hun
dred years, during which 100000
of workmen were constantly employed.
Like the frontiersmen of America,
they were obliged to combine the
occupations of warrior, artisan, and
possibly, agriculturist.
During its progress there were up
wards $4,000 forays and diversions,
which must have greatly retarded the
work. The inner or stone forti-
fcations were commenced, according
to the best authenticated accounts,
about 1900 years before the advent
of our era, and with its completion,
the temporary outworks Of brick
were probably abandoned as its line
is through a country incapable of pro,
ducing enough to supply the want Of
a garrison such as would be required
for its defense. And the economy oi
the ancient Chinese government re.
quired that its military organization
duty engaged in the cultivation of the
ioil, or such mechanical employments
as were adapted to the wants Of the
army. The existence of these two
walls has led to the discrepancy il
the relation of travellers those who
have visited it from the north and wes
contending that it is structure o
brick in a ruinous condition, and those
through the empire, from the south
that it is built of stone, supremely
grand in It's architectural design, anC
in wonderful state of preservation
considering that it has withstood tht
assaults of time and the machination
of man to accomplish its destruction
for at least $500 years since the las
J stone was laid.-China Cor. Altl
California.
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She sets the time, and he tries to
hitch it off; but she gets in On him,
calls him her sweet balsam of Peru,
her angel darling, her cherub, her spot
ted fawn, her dear duck, until she
willis like a butterfly in a hailstorm
and she exclaims:
Do with me as thou wilt l am
thine, all thine.
He, poor, detected, distressed look
ing idiot, sneaks away, feeling toe
mean to look a manly lamp post in
the face, and starts to hunt up a tail
or who will sell him a black suit on
six months time, while she goes shop
ping, and brings home samples Of silk.
Old aunts call upon her, and with
tears ofpity rolling down their cheeks,
advise her to submit cheerfully to her
fate, for, although they know it is
hard for a poor, timid lawn like her
to leave home, yet such is woman's
lo:, and it is duty.
The fatal day approaches, and some
dark night the poor fooF can be seen
sneaking along to engage the parson.
The day comes.
First, one carriage drives to the
church door, then another.
Then comes three more, With the
mourners.
Everybody makes a rush for the
church.
Three or four girls done up il
white lace, get out Of the carriages.
Then the bearers, wrapped up in
broadcloth, hitch on to the handles oI
lace.
They get to the church door, fz
their rigging, then sail majestically
up the centre aisle, amid murmurs of
There they comel
Amt they sweet
And such like.
Then the dominee jine: them thi:
wiser:
You hereby swear that what yor
affirm is true, SO help you God! Wha
God has put asuuder let no man ioir
apart. Know all men by these pres
ents. And do you hereby swear tn,
same to he the truth, the Whole truth
and nothing but the truth. Now b,
the power invested in me by the Con
.stitution of the United STATES, | pro
no1nce you to be one, AMI your let
ters of recommendation VIII be hand
ed you as soon as convenient.
The deed is did; that is, part did
and they start to get away from thei
native heath by the first train.
That night they join hands togeth
er, and register a VOW in Heaven tba
they will always be good To each 9th
er, never fight, never be cross, nevc
have spats, never give sour looks, new
er hit each other, and in less tha'
eight months that girl will make
race course around his eye with
broom handle, and call him a grissl
headed sour kraut, while he will pla
base ball with her waterfall, an
Wednesdays and Saturdays, instea
of going to matinees she'll get q rous
ing old thrashing, and that's what
the matter.
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The Basket Maker.
BY ROBERT F. GREELEY

Fallen!
How coldly strikes the words upon
the ears of the man of the world, who
in the multifarious pursuits of a bust
ling city, can find no time to consider
the claims of the unfortunate, or to
relieve their woes. With what
thrill it comes to the heart of the
dweller in districts remote from the
haunts of trade, whose ears can listen
with eager interest to the tale of the
oppressed and for8aken.
In one Of the quieter purlieus of
San Francisco, not many years since,
the attention of the passer was often
directed to a poor basket maker who
busily piled his craft through the day
light hours, improving each moment
by which he could earn a dime, and
carelessly singing, needless apparent
ly Of the busy world tnat thronged
about him.
Ladies, arrayed in their Haunting
silks and laces, brushed fauntingly by,
and youthful blades Of fashion would
sometimes pause in mere wantonneSs,
to pass a jest with him at the expense
Of his wares but he rarely looked
up, for by his side, with her taper
fingers working pliantly in and out
among the mesheS of osier, or gliding
to and fro like sylph among the do
mestic appliances Of the half screened
apartment in the rear, was always
one whose buXom presence fell like a
ray of sunlight upon the obscurity of
his surroundings, and rendered all
outer objects dull by contrast.
To all intents and purposes he
might have been machine, so quietly
sat he there, twisting the osier twigs
into the various shapes required by
his art, and sometimes exchanging a
merry thought with the fair compan-
ion, whose blither song betimes en-
lIvened the quietude of his shop.
But so needless were all who saunt-
cred thither, and many were the bright
golden pieces which found their way
into the crafsman's pocket from
chance customers, attracted by the
display of his wares.
Spite Of his coarse blue apron and
homely attire, there was a nobility
in the mans features and bearing, as
he stood erect and confronted bis
patrons, which combined with Ger
tain propriety of language, told of al
origin above his humble calling.
If happiness unalloyed dwelt there
and doubtless more than one occupan
of carriage, surrounded by the &C
cessories of wealth, sighed for the
measureless content observable in ev
-. erything about the premises of tn
basket maker.
Never theless, in the midst of thi
seeming content, there came tim
: when those, whom business or pleas
ure led in that direction, missed fror
his accustomed post the worker i,
willow, and his pretty partner. Th
scarlet geraniums that had bloome
in the window ledges above, gre,
limp aud faded, the stock of basket
s and tasty weaker ornaments disar
peared, and the cobwebs grew thic
i in the hooks and crevices.
d mFor many years thereafter, a poor
a broken down wretch was seen to loi
er about the public resorts of the city
Il outskirts or the lower retreats of th
e Spanish quarter, seeking to drown b
'f cares in the poisoned bowl, who's
s. pallid face bore resemblance to th;
E. of the missing artisan-a story
s. ruin and desertion was interwoye
for brief space with the undercu
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rude box, a sailor brought. believe
l laid the coarse wreath in as careful
ly as though it had been the choicest
bit of twining for bride or burial
and, just before the box was closed,
the old sailor put in his hand and
touched the seal OF his promise, kept
at last, saying, as he did so, "I won
der if Susan Dean goes in Winter to
visit the boys grave. l should some
how like to have her know It's lying
there, with the snow. And then John
Danforth's heart seemed to break
forth into words as he said mournful-
ly, "There'll never be anybody to cast
anchor by my grave-never !!
On Christmas night John Danforth
died.-ChriStian Union.
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For the French people, in the midst
of their present calamities, and for
the French army, which under what
ever leadership still exhibits on every
field its historic heroism, there is not,
never has been, never can be, any
other feeling in American hearts than
one ofprofound pity and admiration.
The general exultation over the pro.
gress of the war is an exultation not
over the beaten French, but over the
ruined gambler who by heartless
butcheries made himself their Emper-
or. He has been a perpetual disturb
er of the peace since his accession
He has now forced war upon Prussia
wantonly and without even decent
pretext. When he falls, the war ought
to end; and, if the French people are
chastened rather than maddened by
adversely, it will. King William has
no war with France; it is only with
Napoleon.-Iribune.
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she uttered terrified cry, and turn
ing, fled precipitately with her child.
She fed, but not so quickly but
that her companion overlook her.
Winding one sinewy arm about
her waist, he dragged her to the
verge.
A splash, struggle in the water,
the screams of a terrified child and
two lite dramas had come to a sudden
end
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10 the honor, to the eternal honor

10 the honor, to the eternal honor
of woman be it stated, that in the path
of duty no sacrifice is to them too
high or too dear. Nothing is with
them impossible, but to shrink from
love, honor, innocence and religion.
The voice of pleasure or of power,
may pass by unheeded: but the voice
of aff1iction-never The chamber of
the sick-the pillow of the dying
the vigils of the dead-the altars of
religion, never missed the presence or
the sympathies of woman. Timid
though she be, and so delicate that
the "winds of heaven may not too
roughly visit her." on such occasions
she loses all sense Of danger, and as
sumes preternatural courage, which
knows not and fears not consequences.
Then she displays that undaunted
spirit which neither courts difficulties
nor evades them; that resignation
which utters neither murmurs nor re-
gret; and that patience in suffering
which seems victorious even unto death
itsell.-BaJoW.
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I'll D vi r. $
FOR THE ION

Rare opportunities are now offered for secur-
ing homes in mild healthy, and congenial eli
mate, for one-tenth Of their value five years hence
THE NATIONAL REAL ESTATE AGENCY
has for sale real estate Of every description, To-
Gated in the Middle and suutheTn States impTov-
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city, village, and rural residences, and business
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Write for Land Bcgiste- containing a descrip-
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3Mother," said little shaver, the
other day, II know what I would do
If was at sea and the men were all
starving, and they should draw lots
to see who should be killed and eaten,
and it should be-I'd jump into the
water" "But," said the mother,
athey would fish you up." aNo they
wouldn't" said she, Il wouldn't bite
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Masonic PEN.-The Rondout Cour-

MASONIC PEN.-The Rondout Cour-
ier gets the following from telegraph
operator in that village: A member
Of the Masonic order telegraphed to
companion down the river some.
where, "Make room fer ten Royal
Arch Masons. Coming to-day" When
the companions arrived they found
that pen had been built for their
accommodation, the telegram at its
destination reading" Make room for
ten R A Ms. Coming to day.
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The chairman of an Iowa vigilance
committee, who was instructed to duck
an obnoxious citizen, thus reported to
his constituents ave took the thief
down to the river, made a hole in the
ice, and proceeded to duck him: but
he slipped through our hands and hid
under the ice. All our efforts to entice
him to come out failed, and he has
now retained his advantage some
hours"
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Song of the Fifteenth Amendment.

Come all you happy darkies,
Dinah, Pomp and Crow,
De 'mendment passed de Later,
Now we habit blow;
Pompey wild de banjo,
Caesar wild de bones,
Gumbo wild de tamboreen,
Scrusheatin' tones.
Bring forth the de little 'Publicaus;
Ned and Gizzardfoot-
Ebry one ticket.
Ebry one vote;
Ebry one a subbren,
Ekil fore de law
Ching-a-ring, a ching airing,
Ching-a-ring chaw.
Oh, Caesar 'Gustus,
How you gwin to vote;
Ebrything is lubly,
How de darkies float;
Iwote for Freddy Douglass
To be de president;
Revels for de 'Sisfant-
How's you gwine to went?
Pompey on de jury,
Williams on de bench,
Gumbo in de Senate,
Sluginatin' French
Douglass in de White House,
Dis chile for Mr.. Dent,
Possum fat and coon greaseI
Won't de nation went?
Go away, white man,
Don't you come anigh,
Gizzardfoot and Shinbones
Chalk in de eye.
We are now all votIsts,
Ekil fore de law,
Ching-a-ring ring-a-ching.
Ching-a-ring chaw.
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The army bill having abolished military
Indian agents, the Secretary of the Interi-
or has made arrangements for restoring
the agencies to civil control.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen having concluded to
decline the mission to England, President
Grant has offered the place to Senator
Trumbull but it is said he will not accept.
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Il X IRA B A r G AIN
SUMMER DRESS GOODS
EARN FOR SALE.

On account Of i'll health, the subscriber offers
for sale his farm situated in Sutton, 3 miles from
Sutton Corner, and l-2 miles from West Burke.
Said farm contains 1876 acres, suitably divided
into tillage, pasture, and woodland, with a small
apple orchard, sugar orchards-one of $50 trees,
the other $50. Pasture well watered House
26 by 26 with L, two good barns, one 80 by 60,
the other Sc by co. and all necessary out-build-
ngs. Price and terms reasonable. For further
particulars inquire of the subscriber on the prem
ises. NJ. b. MOVES.
Sutton, VT, July 2S, 1870. 3lwS
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that an application will
be made to the Legislature Of Vermont, at its
next session, to have the charter of the Missis-
quoi and Clyde Rivers Railroad Company amen
ded.
newport, August 8, 1870. 34w3
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SUMMER 1870.
AUSTIN & JOSLYN

Are happy TO express thanks for a most liberal
patronage which has given them the most salts
factory assurance that their Ready Pay System
ing we have had larger monthly receipts than
ever UNDER THE POOR OLD WAY We
now offer
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q. 3. RAMSEY

o. 3. RAMSEY,
ARIA PAIN NTING
BARTON VERMONT.
Over Uford's Carriage Shop.
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PAIN TING,

GRAIN G, G L A Il I N G
PAPER HANGING,
w II | T Z W A S II | n G..
Shop at my residence opposite G. Ellis
shop, Barton village.
I7mG FRED IL. MORSE, Painter.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-15

TIE ultra Radicals will never forgive
Gov. Senter, and they lose no opportunity
to deal him a sharp thrust. Thus the
Washington correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Press, one of "my two papers,
both daily" writes April IL:
"GoV. Senter does not appear to have
accomplished much toward his plan OF
securing the assistance of United States
troops TO aid the civil authorities in main
tanning order in Tennessee, by his visit
here and interview with the Reconstruc-
ton Committee. General Butler had
sifted the matter pretty carefully, and
though favorable at first to granting Sen
ter's request, he finally received some
impressions which led him to reverse his
opinions, aud to decide to let Tennessee
alone for the present. Senter was rather
puzzled by some of the questions put to
him by members Of the Reconstruction
Committee on Saturday, and has at length
got the idea that members have not for
gotten his dealings with the Republican
party in the last State election, and place
no great amount of reliance on the state
ments Of man who deliberately acted as
he did. Several of the members are in
clined to the opinion that the assistance
of troops may be needed to prevent law
lessness in Tennessee mot always growing
out of political reasons, however,, and
that if sent there they should be under
the exclusive control of their regular
officers instead of that of Senter, as is
asked