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Smyrna times., 1870-03-30

We are offering for sale the following Rail
road First Mortgage per Cent. Gold Bonds
Central K. r. of Iowa, at 95 and interest.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Minnesota Railroad at 95
Kansas Pacific r. r. at 96 "
Lake Superior & Mississippi
Rallroad, at &c
We can recommend the above bonds as be-
ing, in our Judgment, first class Pamphlets
and particulars furnished on application Jno.
McLear Il Son, Bankers, No. COZ Market St
Smyrna times., 1870-03-30
DRY GOODS,

viz: Silks, POPlins, Alpacas, Challies, An.Wool
Delaines' Cotton Deaines, aud Cacoes, with many
OF the latest styles of Dress Goods Ginghams,
Jeans Osnaburgs, FIanneIs, Tlckings, Table Cloths,
Sack Flanneis, Napkins, Sheetings, Pillow Case
Musllns, Swiss Stripings, CambrSs Paper Muslins,
DENNIS, Checks, DrIIlIngs, NAnkeen, Linens, Mus
Inns, PlaIds, Shawls, Diaper, Lawns Chambruys,
fIques' and all the goods usually found in first
class country store.
Smyrna times., 1870-03-30

PRESIDENT GRANT on OUR SHIPPING Tho
President, OF Wednesday, sent a message n
Congress on the decline OF cur commerce and
the means for its restoration. He says it is n
national humiliation that we should have tn
pay from twenty to thirty millions of dollars
annually to foreign steamship companies on
the Atlantic, exclusive Of passage money. Tbi.
service should be performed 10 ships owned and
named by Americans. The expense is now
virtually throwing away the whole amount
without return. The size. position and resonr-
ces CT the nation entitle it to a share of tho
commerce OF both seas; and delay only increas-
es the cost OF obtaining it. He therefore nroos
immediate action to restore our cnrmorc;oI
power. In considering the action to he ,aken
the President thinks that any method certain
OF securing the result will be wise. For the in.
erement CT cur commerce makes a homie mar
Aet l'T ''.' i.''7 of the farm and shop; it
gives capital quickencd circulation at home
dlmlnishes the foreign balances of trade and
19cuIe' ",'F "a. "'r in the event of war.
IN ne Iv.......- al furnished the nation with
SIX hundred ships and seventy thousand men.
ana Is therefore, to be considered as a means
of defence as well Of business. He favors di-
rect rather than indirect subsidies; thinks
that general assistance should be given as we'll
as that which is specific. Both bills are urged
as highly desirable. The matter, therefore
comes before Congress with the weight of
fresldentlal influence, in addition to that flow
ing from the conclusions of the committee
based on long and careful investigation.
Smyrna times., 1870-03-30
Wood and WiIIOw-Ware.

Washing Tubs, Buckets, Keelers, Churns, Brooms
Clothes Pins, Clolhes Brushes, Hair Brushes. Scrnt
Brushes, Fancy and Market Baskets. Curry Combs
butter Prints, Butter Bowls, Wash Boards, Wal
brushes, Halt. Bushe and Peck Measures, Oil
cloths, Mats, and all sizes of Rope.
Smyrna times., 1870-03-30
q . O ID 8
CHEAPER
THAN EVER!

The undersigned respectfully announces 10 the
citizens of Smyrna and vicinity That he has JUS,
opened his
Smyrna times., 1870-03-30

8 COST OF CoNGREssMEN. "A full Senate con-
sls's OF seventy four members, ami their united
expenses, Including compensation, mileage.
ooiflcers, and . contingencies amount to s657 ;,
z2o or o,S82 tor each member. The House,
when all the States are fully renrrsented os
they soon will be, and including the delegates
from the Territories; numbers PSI members,
whose expenses similar to the above foot nm
Sl,yo3'Gl3, which gives 1854 to each. I'm
poth cases the amounts are exclusive of the
burdens entalled upon the country by tile
manklng abuse, the printing of worthless docu-
ment@, the interest on the cost of the ooroenuv
ea'nc which was built for the accomnodatior
~ C9ngressmen, and various other items which
arc 700 numerous to MENTION" as we'll az
some that do not expose themselves to the
sSoon gisss gaze gaze. Il a Congressman's salary of
SoooO embraced all or even half, of the eT.
pense to which the country is subjected hv bis
,g. UoSggrehssonal h existence, he would be almost
Smyrna times., 1870-03-30
NEW STOCK OF Spring GOODS,

which he intends TO sell cheaper than any sold in
tins market for years, consisting Of
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in all respects the idolized pursuit which
poets are so ready to proclaim it and ora
tors so delighted to represent it. Let us
struggle to make it all that fancy has ever
painted it; but SO long as it is not, let US
respect undeniable facts, and characterize
it exactly what it is.
Y. If our counties were thoroughly can
yassed by township committees, and each
tiller of the soil asked to pledge himself in
writing to exhibit something at the next
county fair, we should soon witness a de-
cided improvement. Many would be in
cited to attend who now stay away; while
the very general complaint that there is
nothing worth coming to see would be heard
no more. As yet, majority of farmers
regard the fair much as they do circus
or travelling menagerie taking no interest
in it except as it may afford them enter
tainment for the passing hour. We must
change this essentially; and the first step
is to influence, by concerted solicitation
at least half the farmers in the county tc
pledge themselves each to exhibit some.
| thing at the ne xt annual fair.
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Pumpkin Pie.---An English. Recipe.

Peel and cut sufficient quantity into
thin slices, first scraping out the seeds, and
set it, with some died currants and sugar,
in saucepan, over the fire, the heat of
which draws the juice of the pumpkin, and
makes it tender. No water is required.
As this process occupies about three
hours, it is better to stew the pumpkin the
evening before it is wanted. By stewing
the currants and sugar with the pumpkin,
a better flavor is impaired to it. When
thoroughly tender, so that it might, if re-
CURED, be passed through colander, the
stewed pumpkin, which dissolyes in boil
ing, is to be put into crust, like mince pies,
which it much resembles in appearance
and flavor; or shallow dish may be COW
cred with thin crust, on which the mash
ed pumpkin and currants are to be spread !;
it is then to be covered with crust and
baked
A little candied lemon or orange peel is
an improvement. In this form pumpkin
pie is a wholesome and cheap substitute
for mince pies The pumpkin is in season
in autumn and winter.
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Each great gift is trust from God
The function of tie man of great genius
is to do for the rest what they cannot do
for themselves. Every faculty that man
has is amenable to the conscience and
Gods law, and is to be used for its owners
but for mankind's behoof not
less. What if Raphael had painted for
his own eye, and then burned up his pic
lures; what if Shakespeare had written dra-
mas for his family and few friends; what
If Newton had shown his diagrams and
calculations to the great gownsmen at
Cambridge, and then destroyed them =
it would not be at all more selfish than
the course of the merchant, scholar, trades.
man or politician, who works for himself
and himself alone.
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In an article in the United States Econ
omist, written in the interest of the East
ern wool dealers, the fact IS stated that
manufacturers had gone West to buy wool,
while Eastern dealers prefer to stay at
home"
OF course they do; for if they should
conc here, they must pay the wool grower
his price or not get his wool; but if they
can keep the manufacturer at home and
persuade the growers to consign their wool
to them, the Dealers then they can man
ipulate the matter to suit themselyes.-
They are sure of storage and commission,
and how much more they get the producer
never knows. The writer proceeds to say
I'VE suppose farmers hold for the best
prices, and we can find no fault with them
for trying to sell their wool at the best
rates; this is the duty of every one, yet we
do not see why a buyer should pay more
for an article than it is worth, simply be-
cause he is buyer. Men had better do
nothing than trade at q loss, though this
has been the fate of numbers the past few
years. 1t is time that this was stop
ped"
Exactly! Let them quit, and let the
manufacturer come directly to the produc-
er and buy his wool. He can transport it
to his mills, by shipping in large lots,
cheaper than they can send it in their
small parcels to the commission merchant,
in which case the manufacturer might save
the full amount of storage, commission,
and at least part the drayage.
All the profits of the dealer, the middle
man, may be divided between the manu-
facturer and the producer, and thus both
be gamers by this manner of doing bust
ness. Since the manufacturers show dis
position to go to the producers for supplies
let the mere traders quit and go at some
| productive labor,
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Harvest Soma,

Hail to the merry autumn days, when yellow corn
fields shine
Far brighter than the costly cup that holds the mon
archs winei
Hail to the merry harvest tme the gayest of the year.
The time of rich and bounteous crops rejoicing and
good cheer!
It's pleasant, fine spring morn, to see the bud
expand;
IT'S pleasant in the summer time to view the teeming
land;
IT'S pleasant on winters night, to crouch around
the blaze;
But what are joys, like these, my boys, to autumns
merry days?
Then hail to merry autumn days, when yellow corn
fields shine,
Far brighter than the costly cup that holds the mon
arch's wine!
All hail to merry harvest time, the gayest of the
year.
The time of rich and and bounteous crop rejoicing
and good cheer.
by.yEae VlfoT.5,
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Only a Word.

\ frivolous word, a sharp retort,
a parting in angry haste
The sun that rose on a bower of bliss,
The loving look, and the tender kiss,
Has set on a barren waste,
Where pilgrims tread with weary feet
Paths destined never more to meet
A frivolous word, a sharp retort,
An arrow at random sped,
1t has cut in twain the mystic tic
That had bound two souls in harmony.
Sweet love lies bleeding or dead!
a poisoned shaft. with scarce an aim,
Has done a mischief sad as shame
a frivolous word, sharp retort,
Alas for the loves and lives
So little cause has rent apart;
Tearing the fondest heart from heart
As a whirlwind rends and rives,
Never to reunte again,
But live and die in secret pain.
A frivolous word, sharp retort,
Alas! that it should be sol
The petulant speech, the careless tongue,
Have wrought more evil, and done more wrong,
Have brought to the world more woe,
Than all the armies, age to age
Records on history's blood-stained page.
-Rdrpers BGsdr.
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How to make Home Attractive

1t is practicable to make home 50 delight
ful that children shall have no disposition
to wander from it or prefer any other
place; it is possible to make it so attract
i've that it shall not only firmly hold
its own loved ones, but shall draw others
into its cheerful circle Let the house, all
day long, be the scene Of pleasant looks,
pleasant words, kind and afectionate acts;
let the table be the happy meeting place
of merry group, and not dull board
where a silent, if not sullen company of
animals come to feed let the meal be the
time when cheerful laugh is heard and
good things are said let the sitting room,
at evening, be the place where a smiling
company settle themselves to books or
games till the round of good night kisses
are in order let there be some music in
the household, music not kept ike silks
and satins to show to company. but
music in which father and mother and sis
ter and brother john let the young COM
panion be welcomed and made for the
time part of the group, so that daughters
shall not deem it necessary to seek the OBJ
security ofback parlors with intimate friends
or to drive father and mother to distant
apartments; in word, let the home be
surrounded by an air of coy and cheerful
good will; then children need not be ex-
horted to love it, you will not be able 10
tempt them away from it.
The ties which bind Il child to home are
created not 50 much ont of great as from
little things; some of them l have limited
at, and many more will suggest themselves
to wise parent. There should be q good
many holidays in the home. believe in
anniversaries, and ! love, by observing
them, to connect time with events, and so
to give both a deeper interest The birth
days of family should be always noticed,
and, in some way, celebrated The busy
preparation of the household to make some
present to the father or mother or sister OF
brother on birth day or holiday; the
many plannings, the workings in by-cor-
ners and at odd times the bundling o.
work out Of sight as the step of the favor
ed one is heard the careful slowing Of
gifts away until the appointed time; and
then, when the looked for day has come
the presentations, the confused and merry
voices, the filed eye, the choked voice, the
heart too full to speak in words, memory
touched as with an angels hand, love that
can only look its thanks-all thesel who
can tell their sweet and mighty power A
home familiar to such scenes, will it, car
it be one that children shall not love No
no, from it, when the memorable time
comes to go away, daughters shall pass will
sobs Of sorrow. and sons with pressed lip
and swimming eyes, and while mother live,
it will be home still, home, though year
have gone and other homes have claimed
them.-AikmaR's Life at Home.
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The following is the recipe for making
tomato figs, which we have known tried
with the best results:
Collect lot of ripe tomatoes about one
inch in diameter; skin and stew them in
the usual manner; when done, lay on dish
es, fatten them slightly, and spread over
them light layer of pulverized white or
best brown sugar; expose them to sum-
mer's sun, or place them ina drying house
when as dry as fresh figs, pack in old fig
or small boxes, with sugar between each
layer. If properly managed, the difference
cannot be detected from the yeritable arti-
cle."
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out the Bible; these are to be supplied
And, too, public opinion is to be educated
to a higher standard with regard to public
and general acknowledgment of the Bible
as the foundation of our life as well as of
our belief The reading of the Bible in
our schools is a question which Ito our
shame as a christian nation) is being open
ly discussed: and our individual opinions
and influence are called for. Shall we
hesitate to give them, in favor of this pub
lie Bible reading in those institutions which
are making the men and women of the
next generation? When, a few months
ago, this question was brought before the
people of Cincinnati, and the Fifteenth
Amendment came into force just in time
to save the Bible in the schools of that city
by the colored vote, was it not God who
spoke? And will not every lover of the
Bible in our land ratify that divine decis-
ion and declare with an emphasis that
shall make the answer ring from shore to
shore that it must, it SHALL, be so?
But, secondly, there is the foreign work
TO do In this we cannot act as distribu-
tors but we can give of our substance to
enable others to do so. The society which
our churches aid is worthy one; and
surely the cause itselfis one of the noblest
in the world Then too, we can pray for
the speedy dissemination of the word thro'-
out all lands, among all people; and let US
remember that the duty of prayer is both
general and special. And not only are we
to give and to pray, butwe are also to expect
the full and speedy triumph of the Bible
over al! opposition. God has promised !;
His word is sure; and faith in prayer is
just as much duty as prayer itself.
Here then is the work we have to do
with respect to the Bible, 20 distribute, to
influence others, to give, to prey, to expect.
Shall not we, a little band of christians,
pledge ourselves each to the other today
to be faithful in the great work? As We
sing the closing stanzas of our missionary
hymn, let us sing the stirring words with
self-sacrificing enthusiasm,
"Shall we. whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Sh all we to man benighted
The lamps of life deny
Salvation, oh salvation;
Tue joyful sound proclaim,
Till earth's remotest nation
Has leaned Messiah's name"
And as our voices swell the chorus of thost
sublime last words, let the prayer be fer
vent, and let US all look forward with full
JOY and expectation to the glorious tri
umph Of that latter day.
! ''Waft, wait, we winds His story,
And you, We waters roll;
Till, like a sea of Glory,
1t spreads from pole to pole;
l Till DER our ransOmed nature,
= The Lamb for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,
4. In bliss returns to reign
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How 10 Raise Cows for the Dairx

Seattle Breeder" in the Rural Ameri-
lean, says that heifer that is designed for
the dairy, should be brought up with great
care, and in a manner that will tend to
make her growth, and bring out all her
good qualities,
We will suppose that heifer has been
brought up in such way to the age of IF
teen months. that she is in a thrifty con-
dition, and has every indication Of becom-
ing good COW. We should recommend
that she should now be mated with the
bull, as by beginning thus early, we can
control in a great measure her future de-
velopment. As the ensuing FIVE or six
years will bring out whatever of dairy
quality she may possess, we cannot be too
careful at first in our training. And first
we should be careful about feeding too high,
as heifers kept in high condition are liable
to have inaammatory action set up in the
udder towards the close of their term,
which often destroys the usefulness of a
portion OF the organ, and tends to hinder
the secretion Of milk, thereby injuring the
future reputation of the COW as a mixer
As there is always more or less of infam-
nation during the first stages Of Iactation,
the young heifer should be MIXED as clean
as possible at least three times a day; and
her food should be light, with sufficient
water, until the feverishness is gone, when
it will be safe to adopt more liberal policy.
In the early stages of lactation, COWS
have tendency to dispose of their surplus
nutrition through the milk secreting or
gans; consequently they should have a
liberal supply Of good food at this period,
50 that not only natures demands may be
met, but that their milk producing quail
/ ties may be stimulated beyond this. In
order to accomplish this, we should feed
not only all the moist food the cow will
! bear and assimilate, but whatever Of rich
food will have tendency to produce the
largest and best results always keeping in
mind never 10 impair her digestive powers
nor promote a secretion Of fat The COW
that does not respond to such treatment a;
this, should not be kept for dairy purposes
as those COWS only are profitable who's,
milk producing organs are capable of be
ing improved by judieious feeding.
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DISSOLUTION.

The copartnership heretofore existing between
US is hereby dissolved by mutual consent, to date
from Sept. LIST, and tie business will hereafter
be conducted by Stephen L. Leavltt. All ac-
counts must be settled either by cash or note i'm
mediately.
LEROY A. KENT.
S. L. LEAVITT.
Crafsbury. Sept. 10, 1870. 3Sw6
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CLIiaQX! CLIMAX! CLIMAX F!
Old Style Shuttle Superseded!
Vertical Feed! Self Adjusting Needle.
SEHYNG MACHINE FOLKS
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produceu anew Shuttle Sewing Machine whichis
SIMPLER THAN ANY SINGLETHREADER
Anybody can run it. The feed can be raised
or lowered for light or heavy work.
No more bother with the Old style shuttle
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The Improved Shuttle adpits of being instant
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from LEATHER to ONE THICKNESS OF
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Their superior workmanship, style of finish,
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the thread or miss stitch conmendS them TO
the general favor of all.
Ifyou desire to secure the best Shuttle Ma
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Price, with cover, lock and key, hemmer, cor
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Also the Gold Medal Machine, universally
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market with hemmers to turn both ways and
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Machines hereafter sold by me or my agents will
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| DIES, invented by the undersigned for which
I patent is pending.
! On exhibition and for sale at J. n. Kebstert
/ Daguerrean Rooms, Barton, and at the resi-
dence of Henry Dudley, Greensboro VT.
Agents wanted IN the Counties of Orleans
| Essex, Lamoile and Caledonia.
Orders by mail promptly attended tA and sat
isfaetion guaranteed.
F. P. CHENEY. Glover, VT,
Manufacturers Agent.
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Every moderate drinker could abandon
the intoxicating cup if he would; every
inebriate would if he could.
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TO THE TRADE.
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS,

MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.
We keep in stock many articles not to be found
in wholesale houses, but which are often wanted
by dealers for particular customers. Many of
these goods are made to our special order, and
are imported by Us direc- from manufacturers or
large dealers Without intending a regular Fob
business, we offer the trade anything from orr
stock, in larger or smaller quantities, at far
wholesale prices, specifying the fcllowing:
Cartwright & Warmers Shirts, Drawers, Long
Hose and Half Hose, in all che different grades
Geo Brettle & Co.'S heavy and medium SILK
Shirts and Drawers
Scotch Lambs Wool Shirts aud Drawers.
French Fancy Shirtings-Percales and Creton-
mes.
Paris Stitched and Embroidered Shirt Fronts,
Welch, Margetson & Co.'S Best Black Egltn-
ton Ties.
Very Rich Fancy Scarfs and Ties.
| Lined Gloves and Mitteus; many styles of
/ Driving Gloves; English Cardigan Jackets,
| Scotch Shawls, English Collars, Suspenders,
silk Handkerchiefs, Balbriggdn Half Hose, Calf
Gloves, &c, sc.