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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-06

MINK GRowlNa. IA correspondent of the
Fall River News states that Mr. Owen, Of
Westerly, Mass, some two years since, pur-
chased pair of miuks, of species commonly
called by fur dealers and trappers the 'Amerl-
can Sable, for $500; that he had got his money
back. and now has 81 minks on hand, one pair
of which lie has refused S4O0 for The sable
mink is rather smaller in size and of Il darker
hue than New England minks This minkery
is attracting considerable attention among far,
mers in Westport Mass, and elsewhere, and
doubtless the example Of MIR. Owen might be
followed to advantage in many localities
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-06

.--------.Dyspepsia, headache jaun-
dice costiveness, sick head
ache, chronic diarrhpa, af-
fections ofthe bladder, camp
kes"iator' dysentery, affections of the
kidneys fever, nervousness,
chills diseases of the skin,
-ailnpurity of the blood, mel
ancholy, or depression OF spirits, heart thurn collie
or pains in the bowels, pain in the head, fever
"'P Pregparei Sgas 'nl' only by W +. ii. ZEILIN ! co.
Druggists Macon, Georgia.
Price 81; by mail 81 25. For sale by
ianl6-lv E. s. LEADBEATER l. BRO.
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lCOMMUNICATED

FEMALE SOCIETY. What makes those men
who associate habituaAly with women, superior
to others? What makes that woman who is ac-
customed and at ease in the society of men, su-
perior to her sex in general? Solely because
they are in the habit Of free, graceful, contln-
ued conversations with the other sex. Wo-
luen in this way lose their frivolty their facul-
ties awaken their deicacies and peculiarities
unfold all their beauty and cultivation in the
spirit of intellectual rivalry And the men
lose their pedantic, rude, declamatory or sulle1
manner. The coin of the understanding and
the heart is changed continually The asperi
ties are rubbed off, their better materials pol
xhed and frightened, and their richness, like
fine gold, is wrought into finer workmanship
by the fingers of women than it ever could be
by those of men, The iron and steel OF their
characters are hidden, like the harness and ar,
NOR of u giant, in studs and knots of gold and
precious stones, when they are not wanted in
actual warfare
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YOUNG MEN

Who have injured themselves by a certain prac-
tice, already described, II habit frequently learn
ed from evil companions or at school, the effects
of which arc nightly felt even when asleep, and
if not cured, renders marriage impossible, and
destroys both mind and body, should apply i'm
mediately.
What 4 pity that young man. the hope of
his country, the pride of his parents, should be-
snatchod from all prospects and enjoyment OF
path Of nature and indulging in p"rncious
habits Such persons must, before contemplate
ing
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Alexandria, Va, Sept. 10, 1870.

Alexandria, Va, Sept lU, lSiU
Nh Arthur Nattans: SirTl have great pleas
ure in testfying to the excellence of your Crys-
tai Discovery for the Hair. Ny back hair IS re-
markably long and thick and became, prema-
turely gray (ths being hereditary In eight
days it resumed its natural color, chestnut-Drown,
its purity, pleasant odor, and freedom from all
mineral and poisonous substances as well as It's
other cycellencies will recommend 1t to my
acquantances. Very respectfully, Miss L'*s'e
Even the most incredulous must be convinced,
by such proofs rs the above, from persons we'll
known in Washington. The originals are open
to any one wishing to see them
ARTHUR NATTANS,
Inventor and Proprietor,c
Washington, d. {.
To whom address all orders. Q.
For sale in Alexandria by WARF1ELD &
HALL, and druggists generally: Jan
NEW GOODS AT VERY LOW PRICES
3 hhds Dcmcrara P r. and n. O. Sugars.
Is hbls Refined Sugars.
- sacks Rio, Laguyra and Java Cotiees.
Is tierces prime Western Leaf Lard
:, tierccs choice Sugar-cured Hams.
3 hhds George II Jenkins Shoulders ana
Breakfast Bacon.
70 boxes Adamantine Paratne and Sperm
Candles
10 boxes prime Factory Cheese.
10 boxes Fox Pearl Starch.
~ boxes Stcarine, Babbitts, Warfelds and
other Soaps.
Prime New Orleans and P. r. Molasses and
Golden Syrup, together with full assortment OF
other goods making complete assortment $50 1,r "'
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERl Els.
We call attention to tn. fact that the above
goods have all been purchased since the rcduc-
ton of the tariff and decline in prices, and we
are therefore, enabled to offer them at such
prices as shall defy competition.
AVERY l. DAVIDSON,
jim lS-tf .2i King St, cor. Alfred.
A TMORES MINCE MEAT Sweet Cider,
IA Layer Raisins Pruncs, Dried Peaches and
Dried Apples for sale by
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MARRIAGE.

Reflect that sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites to promote connubml
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blightcd with own.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-06

Physician Of this celebrated institution has dis,
covered the most Certain Speedy, Pleasant and
Efectual Remedy in the world for all
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pARACELSUS.-Dr Backetts Paracclsus.
/ a certain cure for Corns and Bunions. Just
received and for sale by
inn : MARFIELD s. HALL.
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NJ OTICE-The interest of Mr.. ZEPH ENG
~ LLSH and Mr. JOSEPH Pa VI in our
firm ceased this dav. GREGORY & CO.
Alexandria, Va, December 81, 1870.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10
PastUriHg in Uintcr.

\ writer, in referring to the adran-
tagcs of the climate in reference TO ag-
ricultural pursuits i'll the section OF our
country to be newly opened from the head
Of Lake Superior, west to the shores OF
the Pacific ocean, says there will ne no
need of shcltcring or feeding stock during
the winter season. The climate is mild
and the ground SO free from snow, that
stock will thrive left to run the year
round. If this Is so,-and we know rot
that the statement Is to be questioned
the advantages to stock raiscrs will be
great indeed for the expense of gather
ing fodder for stock, and feeding it out,
occupies a large share Of the farmers
time in tue eastern section of this coun-
try.
Yet this feature OF the climate is not
singular. We have it in Vermont, strange
as it may seem. Upon the shore Of Lake
Champlain farmers leave their colts and
unsound horses out, unGed, all winter,
with no shelter except such as they find
themselves. In the spring they ARE fat,
and unsound ones often become sound
uhe unsoundness is Jiocen o"t-is the us
ual cxprcssion) with their hair three or
four inches long. Ezra Mech of Shell
burn, with 4 farm of |, 800 or 400 acres
raises good many horses i'll this way.
Others also do il, but Mr. Mech, we be-
lieve, cultivatcs the LARGEST farm upon the
shores Of the lake lie values his pllcc
at 50 per acre.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

GEN. GRANTS DEMOCRATIC HABITS.
-Thc President and Vice President are
REGULAR attendants ut the Metropolitan
Methodist Church., which is IL new thing
under the sun; for even Mr. Lincoln,
with his devotional and religious tcnden,
cics, could not always lind time to visit
the temple on Sundays. MIR. Johnson
seldom went TO church, or any public
place, for that matter. Very different
i'll that respect is Gen. Grant, who seems
to enjoy daily promenade on the aven-
Tie, scanning with his sharp, restless eye,
all the novelties of dress and figure which
ornament that magnificent thorouahlare
in the mellow, sunny afternoons of this
charming climate. The President and
Mrs. Grant, somewhat to the chagrin of
the old regime, have both broken the
old law of etiquette which forbade visit
INC, and are seen among their friends
Just the same as though they were made
of the same clay, and possessed common
and human sympathics, all of which we,
the common people, rather like and COM
mend Washington Letter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10
ez~ The particulars of another of those

H. Tie particulars of another OF those
nnriodical horrors with which this coun-
trv Is becoming too familiar, are given
elsewhere. There is one mitigating cir
cums,ance in the accident near Pough-
kccpsie-it appears to have occurred
through no ones carclcssness, but rather
the cause must be attributed TO Il system
which permits all classes of freight trains
including intlammable oil-to be run
upon the same roads with passengers
And yet it is worthy of notice that this
accident was on Il double track road, us
ualy considered the safest, and that Just
such an accident could not have occurred
on Il single track road. The freight was
going in one direction and the passenger
train in the other The breaking Of an
axle of one Of the freight cars threw the
freight train on the other track i'll front
Of the passenger train, which was SO near
that it could not be warned Of the dan
ger, much less stopped. When we add
that the oil of the freight train at once
took fire, and that the smash-up was on
a bridge which WAS Immediately broken
through, adding the terrible elements of
fire and wafer to what would otherwise
have been serious disaster, it is seen at
once how appalling was the catastrophe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

fIFrY-EIGIrT BELOW ZERo-During
the last cold snap the weather was cool
and salubrious on the top Of Mount
Washington, judging from Prof. Hunt
ington's report. The residents of that
prominent point enjoyed the gale, togeth-
cr with the rest of mankind, and the on
ly wonder is that they were not blown
clean from the mountain top, house and
all. They report:
at was one OF those gales that keep
lis wide awake wien it might be more
agreeable to sleep. On Saturday morn
iiiS IL was quite cool, 20 below zero, and
alter Il day OF intense cold, the thermom-
eter at p. m, settled TO - degrees be-
low zero, the wind blowing severely all
the time. In such an atmosnhcre il
would not take many minutes for = ncr-
son to be numbered among the thinrs that
were. When the record was 10 below
zero we thought the bottom had been
touched, but the mercury continued to
fall until o'clock, Sunday morning,
when it was tiityeight degrees below ze-
70. During the night the gusts Of wind
must have been more than 100 miles rer
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

If we could have carefully conducted
experiments Of the most prominent modes
of cultivation on the different soils, each
field being treated in sections with all the
modes, something might be determined
of great value to the community. Slch
trial would take considerable time,
and the sooner it is commenced the bet
ter Would it be of any avail for the
agricultural society TO offer premiums for
the best conducted series OF experiments
in that direction, and also for the best
conducted trial of commercial manurcs,
embracing the percentage of loss or gain
in the use of them. We find many who
say that commercial manurcS are too cX-
pcnsive and therefore do not use them.
The percentage Of gain or loss may be
accurately determined by trial, and such
trials should be made on different soils
and under different conditions, SO that
none need be in doubt in regard to their
use f. r. CARPENTER.
The subject of the day, ''would it pay
to make dairying a specially i'll Caledonia
county = was then discussed by Mcssrs.
J. p. Foster, Andrew Warden, L. \.
Parks, G. j. BJwkcr and II. l. Harvey.
The conclusion seeming 20 be, that al
though it would not be best TO run any
one thing to the exclusion Of all others,
yet the dairy paid the farmer as well a:
anything on the farm, in the long run.
The subject for the 10th inst. is,
'.What kind Of stock is the most proiita
| bic for Caledonia county ,"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

DISEErUTABLE-Thcr was a hot time
IN the Senate, Thursday, on the question
of confirming MIR. Kramer, the president
brothcr-ln-law, as minister to the Hague
Senator Chandler charged that the COM
mittee on foreign relations kept back the
nomination of Mr.. Kramer ont of spite
to the president, but Mr.. Sumner, with
much warmth, disclalmrd anything OF
that kind, and said the nomination of
Kramer had been kept back To enable the
committee to find out something about
him that what hns been discovered is to
his discrc,lit, and that the committee was
now waiting for more information. Du-
ring the discussion Mr.. Trumbull called
those senators who wanted Kramer con
lirme! at once "lackcys" Of The president,
one of the democratic senators read list
of twcnly-six relatives whom he said the
president had appointed TO office, and
there was very disreputable time gen
orally.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10
IMPROVE TIE. SOIL.

the following communication WIS read
from Jude Carpenter:
IMPROVE TIE SOIL
See. Of Pass. f;umcrs CLaJ :-D,,u.
Sir: In the report Ct the transactions OF
your club for Jan 2oth, You say, ''let
our agricultural society in ISL inauLu-
rate 4 system Of improvement of the soil. -
And it is hoped That measures looking
in that direction Will receive the earnest
attention OF thc managers Of that iustlu-
ton, for certainly Improvement Of the
soil is the key note OF successful farming.
There is unquc-iionably some best mode
and that must include the permanent I'M
provcment OF the soil. The making OF
manure and the saving and utilizing ref
Use matter, is very important subject
and should occupy the attention OF
farmers 10 Il greater extent than hitherto,
for there has been and still Is great ncg-
lCct and loss in not turning 10 best ac-
count the manurial resources of the
farm.
There is no; 50 much lack Of kmowl-
edge how to remedy the evil rs there Is
in the want Of means ana the encrny and
perseverance necessary 10 accomplish it.
The farmer who has little manure NAV
apply it in such Il way as to permanent
ly improve the soil. lie will not 20
over 50 much ground as though he had
double the amount Of manure, neither
will his improvements lie as rapid, vet
it will be steady and real if the riaht
mode is adopted. Then the question is
not that we get good crops by this or
that mode, but do we Mt the same time so
improve the soil that it takes less labour
and manure TO secure the same emil
Some advocate surface manuring
and get good crops; others plough it in,
and they get good crops-olhcrs not only
plough in the manure, but plough deep,
loosen the soil from s to Is inches.
They get good crops. All these Glasses
will give a history of their experience,
and conclude by saying, Il had large
crops, and the land he'll out well, and
therefore conclude that their plan is the
right one. Such opinions may be worth
something, but not much towards set
Ting the question rs to which is the best
mode Of all, Every one knows that by
Il liberal application of manure in almost
any form and by very indifferent cult
walton, good crops may he attained
and some one may give his opinion that
it matters little how we cultivate proyi- |
died you have the manure; and such an
one doe, about as much towards settling
the question as any mere opinion. But
some back up their opinions by saying
that their farm yields larger crops than
formerly. But such increase may all
he due to extra care and munro rather
than TO the mode pursued
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

y WONDERFUL. REvIvAI.-The COA-
WryutiOndlSt has letter from Bristol,
y. H., which gives an account ola won
deriul revival of religion in that place.
The writer SAYS:
at Logan on the first of January,
when fourteen young ladies were received
into the Congregational church. First,
Christians began to pray and labor +;
then the young became interested, then
older people, TILL all classes were reached.
The pastor writes EVERY merchant.
every doctor, the lawyer, the hotel keep
cr, every rumseller, every drunkard but
two, every business man in the place but
two, are rejoicing in Christ. Whole
families again and again wcrc seen COM
ing to ask Tor prayers. At present up
wards Of four hundred are induIging hope.
Three -fourths of the inhabitants of Bris-
tol of responsible age are seeking or have
found Jesus The work is still progress
sing The inquiry now is, not who 'cdl
come, but who has uUt come.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

EXPLOSIVE INsANIrY-Thc heather
Chlnce adaptS himself with encouraging
readiness TO the pccularitics of our civil
E%ation. II amy evidence We're needed,
beside Bill Nye's, 10 prove that he is Il
man and Il brother, we have it in Il re
cent little incident at san Francisco. All
Gin found ALI sam far too iniin ate
with pretty Mrs, All Gin. lie remon-
siralcd, she denied, ALI sam laughed. -
The jealous husband and the presumably
periidIous friend had hot and passionate
alteration and All Gin went off into "A
fit OF explosive insanity and shot All Sam
very savagely, just inside the thigh. Then
he went 10 the station and got locked up
IN Il most lunaiic manner. If the iury's
Caucasian charity extends 10 the Mon9o-
h;n, 1t Is easy 10 see that the verdict will
he mot guilty" Such lacilc appreciation
OF one OF our most cherished national
customs surely indicates valuable ca
paclty Tor citizenship which places the
Celestial ALI Gin quite on Il level with
the Irish Dan Mcfarland.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10
The Terms Of Pc0ce.

The full text of the Armi-ticc maxi Is
clear some points which were stated
rather loosely in the first brief summary.
The contribution levied upon Paris Is
200, 100000 francs $4,000, OOO).
which Is TO be paid before the fifteenth
day Of the armi>tice. At the expiration
OF the armisticc, ii peace has not then
been concluded, AL combatants belong
ing 10 the army confined within the walls
OF Paris shall constitute themselves priS-
oncrs of war TO the Germans, the officers
10 retain their side arms The second
article, which relates to the assembly, is
worth quoting in full, in view of the
possible complications arising from Gam
hetta's decree of disqualification. The
arnl,iicc thus agreed upon has for its
object 10 permit the government OF ma
tlonal defense OF France 10 cunvokc an
assembly freely elected, which will pro-
nounCc on the question whether the war
shall be continued or what terms of
peace shall be made. The assembly will
meet at Bordeaux, and every facility
will be given by the commanders of the
German armies for the election and meet
ing of the deputies who compose the as
scmhly." The ''inc OF dcmarcation,"
which separates the bcliigcrcnt armies,
places in Il more iorcib!e light than all
the accounts which have heretofore
reached uS, the extent of territory with
in which the German conquest may be
SAID to be virtually complete. This line
commences on the northern coast ut the
mouth of the Seine, leaving the French
the port and peninsula of lIavrc, runs
nearly south to a point southwest of
Tours and thence caStwardly TO the Swiss
frontier, leaving Alcncon, LeAIans,
Tours, BloiS, Orleans, Auxcrre, Dion
and HcSancon i'll the hands of the Ger
mans. 1t viii thus be seen that besides
the city of Paris and the whole Ct Cham
payne the most rich and pupuluus dis
trc;S of northeastern and central France,
almost 4 third Of the whole
area and Il greater proportion than that
OF the population and wealth of the ma
ton, are in the unliSputcd control of the
Germans.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

The CoMgrgationali%t ridiculcs the idea
OF amending the Constitution so that it
shall directly recognize God, as proposed
by the recent convention in Philadelphia.
1t says: "Ihc effort is sure TO fail. as it
ought to fail. II the thing could be done,
and the whole Athanasian creed were
made 4 part of the instrument of govern
mcnt, there wOul not be an ounce weight
more of Christianity in the nation. No
Christianity in the Constitution because
the words are not there. Is there no
salt in the sea? There are no humps of
salt visible. Go 10, now; let us form 4
national society to put salt into the At
lantic ocean,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

The rapid rise of towns and cities il
lustIate the growth Of our country. We
in New England, unless we have become
personally familiar with the present ma @
nitule of towns and cities in the western
section Of or country, cannot appreciate,
only in 4 limited sense, the expansive
power of our people.
The city of Chicago, forty years ago
scarcely anything more than a small mil
itary and tradin. post, and west there
from one vast how ling willcrncSs-is
now, i'll some respects, the second city of
the | nitcd States. The business of the
Chicago post Office is only second to that
Of New York city. In that Office, and
in the letter delivery TO and thcrcirom,
nearly two hundred and fifty persons are
employed, in the necessary day and night
work. 1t is central, and therefore n
large distributing office. In the report
Of the postmaster, showing the business
of the Office for 1870, we find the follow
ing items:
Received for sale Of stamp aud
stamped envelopes, Si-i,2.3.C.
Money order business, - 10, 20. OF
Registry department Ii ttc.s aud
packages, 4ioG,i;.2Oo
No. Of letters mailed to foreign couur.,, 1GC5 G9n
No. newspapers, do, 40 g2u
No. letters received from foreign countrirs, J2i1
No. newspapers do, i.5,3.3
No. Letters delivered from Lovc+ aud gem
eril delivery, Loot, 2S3
No. sent to dead Letter office, 9g,O~T
No. letters delivered b. carrier, 1l,S55o21
No. papers do, 2,2i1,aGl
No. letters collect d by carriers, $50, IL
No. letters received for distrhution 5s.5lo,Iuo
No. letters deposited in ollie, and from
street boxe,, 25,-I4,52i
No. letters cent from the office, =. ,3ii g5I
No. laGs of newspapers r,ccir aid Dis
trihutcd, 223 iou, or G1U, .t' bushels.
No lock lag received and dispatched, 24o,u0o
This indeed tells lis how Chicago has
developed. Forty years ago, if there WAS
a +. NJ. there, he doubtless kept the post
Office in his hat.
The present postmaster Is Col Fran
els n. Eastman, graduate of the Cah-
do"am office. His graduation day, as an
apprentice, was April ,, 1852, though
he remained in the office brief period
as . Journcyman After acting as asSis
tant editor awhile ut Concord, y. H.,
and Montpelier, VI, lie went west, and
finally settled in Chicago, connecting
himself with a newspaper establishment
there rs associate editor. lie has been
successful in his undertakings, and hon
ored and esteemed by the people of his
adopted city.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-10

TIE GOLDEN Ace" is TO be the
name of the new weekly journal to be
edited by Theodore Iilton, late editor of
the /"cIape'.ica and brooklyn T,don-
The GodtH -1ye will be ''dcvotcd to the
free discussion of all living questions in
church, state, society literature, art and
moral reform" As journalist Mr..
Tillon has shown himself to BE- in the
front rank, and we shall expect II good
thing in the Age.