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mitted to the bar, when he obtained with
out difficulty considerable practice. His
first appearance in political life was in
the legislature of New Hampshire, in
1862. At that period he adopted and
supported the principles of the Demo-
cratic party. From 1884 to 1S41 he ac-
ted as United States Attorney. In 1843
he was elected to the popular branch of
Congress, but in 1S45 he was denounced
by his Democratic constituents as trail
tor to the party, and failed to receive
the compliment of reelection, although
he run as independent candidate. In
1916 he was elected to the New Hamp-
shire house of representatives, over which
body he was chosen to preside.
In the same year he entered the Unit
ed States Senate, from which he return
ed in 1853. In 1851 he won distinction
as counsel for parties who were impli-
Gated in the rescue of Shadrack, the fu-
gitve slave, from the custody of the
United States Marshal and in the fol-
lowing year stood as the candidate of
the Free Soil party for the presi-
denecy. In 1866 he re-entered the SEN
ate, where he served for ten years. Up
on his retirement from that body in 1866
he was appointedted to represent the
United States at the court of Spain,a po-
sition which he held until 1869 when he
returned to this country. Since that pc
riod he has lived in retirement at Dover
the last years of his life being years of
sickness and suffering. Mr. Hale will
always be noted in American history as
one of the earliest and warmest cham
pions of the slaves of the South. On
the floor of the Senate, as well as on the
soil of the Northern States, he espoused
their cause ardently and couragously. His
wit was fine and effective, his sarcasm
keen, his temper perturbable. The adj
vocates of the peculiar institution found
in him an opponent whom they could
not awe, and whose ability they could
not fail to respect. 1t is a sad illustra-
ton of the perishability of human influ-
ence that the termination of the career
of statesman once so distinguished
will scarcely obtain momentary consid-
Grafton.
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RUTLAND, VT. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER

side" He declares that all the evidence
tends to show that the safe side is prob
ably with the large figures. He reviews
the various attempts to determine the
antiquity of human remains or works of
art, and finds the Bronze Age in Europe
to have been pretty accurately fixed at
5000 to 1000 years ago, the Stone Age of
the Swiss Lake dwellings at 5000 to 1000
years, g and an indefinite anterior peri
od." The burnt brick found sixty feet
deep in the Nile alluvium indicates an
antiquity of 10000 years another frag-
ment at seventytwo feet gives 10000
years. !" A. human ekeleton found at
the depth of sixteen feet below four
buried forests superposed upon each
other, has been calculated by Dr. Dowler
to have an antiquity of $4,000 years"
But all these estimates pale before those
which Kents Cavern af Torquay legiti-
mates. Here the drip of the stalagmite
is the chief factor of our computations,
giving us an upper floor which s. divides
the relics of the last two or three thou
sand years from deposit full of the
bones of extinct mammalia, many of
which, like the reindeer, mammoth, and
glutton, indicate an arctic climate.
Names cut into this stalag1nitc more than
two hundred years ago are still legible;
in other words, where the stalagmite is
twelve feet thick and the drip still very
copious, not more than a hundredth of
a foot has been deposited in two centu-
ries-a rate of five feet in 1000, 900 years.
Below this, however, we have thick,
much older, and more crystalling q. e.,
more slowly formed stalagmite, be-
meath which again, I" in solid breccia,
very different from the cave-eartb, un-
doubtedly works of art have been
found" Mr. Wallace assumes only
100000 years for the upper floor, and
about $50, 600 for the lower, and adds
$50, 900 for the intermediate cave-earth,
by which he arrives at the "sum of half
million as representing the years that
have probably elapsed since fiints of hu-
man workmanship were buried in the
lowest deposits of Kent's Cavern"
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Breeding Colts.

This is an art requiring freedom from
old fOgy ideas. Any one can put great
number of animals together and let them
run in nearly a natural state bat breed
ing to produce naught but high-priced
and genuinely valuable stock is another
matter. One person will have lambs
and calves of good average sort for the
purpose desired, and will spoil them by
bad management and neglect just at the
time they would, by attention and good
feeding, be set up and gain constitution
to carry them through life; while an
other breeder would study the needs of
the young animals at critical times and
by comfort and plenty of nourishing
food bring them round to their full
growth much better animals than those
they sprang from.
Breeders of horses are sadly behind in
attaining desirable results; they don't
know how to breed one superior horse
oct of ten, and with the same horse pro-
duce progeny totally dissimilar. 1t is a
kind of chance work good mares are
mated with good horses and then the
colts are SO mismanaged the first winter
that they never recover the check re-
ceiyed great and would-be renowned
breeders of colts allow them to lose flesh
after weaving and actually are so igno-
rant as to bring them to grass, at a year
old, disgraceful-looking objects.
Colts ought not TO lose the blooming
appearance gained while with the mare
for if during the first winter the condi-
tiOn is such as to force growth and to
cause the young animals to be full of
play and to have their hair lie close and
smooth to the skin, without grooming,
not feeling the cold when running out,
as they should dD daily, they will de-
velop all the best traits of the race they
came from. On the contrary, a course
of treatment which brings the animals
to standstill, which causes them to
look rough and set up their hair, and
whoever knows no better than have his
colts in such plight, breeding lice, too,
as unthrifty young stock viii do, de-
stroys all the good in the blood, and not
one in twenty of the poor creatures will
ever recover sufficient to distinguish it
self or repay for raising. Yet there are
scores of men who uphold each other in
such senseless management-some not
knowing better, others too stingy TO
bring them out in the style of the Eng
lish thoroughbreds, which are more than
a year in advance at their third year
in fact, are horses, and have won all the
great races before the American animals
have emerged from colthood.
A WORKING FARMER
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How TO LEAD A Cow.-The Ames,
Iowa, InteEligeacer has the following
Every woman will tell you that a man
can he lead easier by putting an arm
around his neck than by pulling his hair,
but we never knew until recently that
the reason you can't lead cow behind
a wagon is because she objects to having
her horns pulled. The other day rcd
shirted emigrant passed through here ON
his way to Carroll county. His family
and household possessions were 10 a COW
cred wagon, to the hind end of which a
cow was fastened. Behind her with a
sharp stick walked the emigrant, giving
her smart welt occasionally when she
hung back. Every now and then she
would brace herself and stop the team.
and then in Hnclerical language he would
beseech her to go on, marking each
forcible period with prod of the sharp
stick. The poor cow rolled her eyes
and rolled her tongue. The poor emf
grant, too, was dusty and tired, but bis
voice and stick didn't fail him. She had
suddenly halted the procession in front
of the post office, and was shaking her
head in reply to his earnest entreaties,
when a man called out to red-shirt that
he didn't understand cows worth a
cent.
"Well, what are you going TO DO about
it r asked Red Shirt.
"Why, Just take that rope off her
horns, and put it around her neck, and
she'll lead as quiet as a lamb. If she
don't I'll follow her mile myself.
The rope was tied TO her neck, and
the team started. The cow gave look
of surprise and walked along. swell,
out word of thanks he mounted his
wagon. The procession moved slowly
on toward Carroll county, and the COW
followed with countenance as placid as
if she were walking home at milking
time
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PAY YOUR DEBTs.-In times like
these every person ought to pay his
debts. Keep the filthy lucre circulating
gentlemen, and it viii result to the ad-
vantage of yourself and everyone else.
Some persons-alas that there are SO.
many extant-don't pay their debts
when times are easy, although they may
be perfectly able to pay the same, how
ever there are Others who desire to be
honest and cancel their obligations as
general thing, but who in times of pan
ic, being seized with fear, imagine it is
the best policy to hoard their cash, deny
the possession of it, and thereby get rid
of all payments whatsoever. Money,
money, money, has been the cry for
centuries, and will be the cry till the
millennium men will ruin their health,
sacrifice all social enjoyment, and almost
barter their souls for money. However,
it is useless to cry against this absurd
cupidity OF humanity. but it is just and
reasonable t6 cry out against the unnec-
essary, mean, and sinful boarding of
money, when you ought to pay your
debts, The panic has not injured us
up here in Vermont; the crisis is
now passed the financial outlook is
brighter throughout the country; money
will be easier soon; hence let each one
by proper and right action do his best
to restore confidence, and ease the money
market in his vicinity.
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was in order, and it was his duty to make
1t, and the court by his snarling refusal
to hear argument on the question dis
graced the high Office he occupies. He,
however, rctracted and came to his
senses and did what he should have done
at first, entertained the motion. If Judge
Davis would control his temper he would
be one of the brightest ornaments of
the New York bench, otherwise he will
destroy his usefulness and have to retire
from a place that his temper units him
to occupy.
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MANURING IL THE HILL.-In the Rur0t
Neao Yorker, w. b. w. inquiries if it Is
best to put fresh manure In the hill.
With your permission, Twill give my ex-
perience the past season. / planted
about four acres of sweet corn for this
market, putting manure in every hill
My earliest planting was marked with a
plow, using a handful OF manure COM
posed of hen manure, ashes, chip man
ure and little plaster; also a little air
slaked lime to each hill. My second
planting was prepared the same way,
except the manure, which was simply
well rotted, clean, horse manure, a good
handful in each hill My third and
fourth paintings prepared the same,
using fresh manure from the horse and
COW stables, mixed, using large hand
full in eachahill. l could see no differ
ence in coming up or growth in the
whole field. In fact, it was remarked TO
me several times during the summer how
even my corn had come up; and l
thought it singular, as all my neighbors
complained of their corn coming up so
bad. Some hills put the manure in
first and corn directly on it.
J. G. LYON.
lrl,ar,,Y,sr 20 ~
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a Esrighter Leeis.

The panic .is certainly abatings Manu-
featuring establishments that have sus-
pended operations. are resIining work to
a moderate extent. This is, observable
here, as elsewhere, The fact must be
borne in. mind that this is always the
3 dull season, when manufacturers either
shut down entirely or very much lessen
their productions. In some branches
there is. usually a suspension of work for
two months, beginning about this period
of the year The only exceptional fact
now is, that work was suspended. or
much sIackeped considerably earlier than
usual on account of the monetary press
ure, and the consequent. .dullhess of trade:
And now our manufactured are proceed
inc. cautiously and moderately with a ju-
diciolls view to safety. With large
shFinlxage of values. and a downward
market, wages have generally been, re-
duced, and in some instances operations
are restricted to half or three-q quarters
time. AZ half loaf is better than no
bread. earning a little is surely prefera-
F, BILE to doing nothing. We are ,rejoiced
to know that IN this manufacturing
district there are hundreds of workmen
/ now partially or wholly employed who
had been for some weeks idle, and until
I recently without much hope of getting
/. employment at any rate of wages for
some time to come. a generous policy
as; circumstances. viii allow. on the part
of. employers, and: a ready and cheerful
disposition to- avail themselves, OF. the
best opportunities presented, though not
as satisfactory as conld be .desifed. ON. the
part of worllingnien, will be of. mutual
sdx,o,,ta, go tS bOth The apirit of for
bearanee and concession may dc. much
toward relieving the situation: and stlre-
| ly the improvement already percepdble
affords much encouragement with re
speet to the future. - Troy Times ~
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rsef.tn of John. H. Hale.

This distinguished American: states
man. died in Dover, New Hampshire, last.
Wednesday evening, as announced by.
telegraph yesterday throughout the coun-
try. Mr.. Hale was born ia Rochester,
N. H.. March 81; 1896: Educated at
Phillips academy and Bowdoin College,
where his associates were Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Henry w; I9ongfellow,
Franklin Pierce aid S.. S. Prentiss, he
began the study of law at Dover, IN his
native State in 1923; and in. 1880 was ,aa-
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PRICE $3.50 PER ANNUM

Much better, therefore, if our compan-
ion views a thing in different light
from what we do, to leave bin in quiet
possession of his view. What is the use
of rectifying him if the thing be unim-
portant And, if important, let it pass
for the present, and wait softer mo-
ment and more conciliatory occasion of
revising the subject together. 1t is
wonderful how many persons are rem
dered unhappy by inattention to the
rules of prudenee.-I Thomas Jefferson.
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WHEN MEN ARE AT THEIR BEsT.-Dr.
Beard states that from an analysis of the
lives of a thousand representative men
in all the great branches. of human eff
fort, he had made the discovery that the
golden decade was between 30 and 40,
the silver between 40 and so, the brazen
between. 20 and 80, the iron between so
and 60. The superiority of youth and
middle life over old age in original work
appears all the greater, when we con-
slider the fact that nearly all the posi-
tions of honor and profit and prestige
professorships and public stations-a are in
the hands of the old. Reputation, like
money and position, is mainly confined
to the old. Men are not widely known
until long after they have done the
work that gives them their fame. Por-
traits of great men are delusion sta
tues are lies. They are taken when
men have become famous, which, on
the average, is at least twenty-five years
after they did the work which gave
them, their fame. Original work re-
euires enthusiasm. If all the original
work done by men under 45 were ami
hilated, the world would be reduced to
barbarisrn. Men are at their best at
that time when enthusiasm and expert
ence are most evenly balanced; this pc
ripd On the average is from 80 to 40.
After this the law IS that experience in
creases but enthusiasm declines. In the
life Of almost every old man there comes
a point, sooner or later, when expert
:ence ceases to have any educating pow
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t
A gentleman from Schaghticoke made
a visit to the house in this city where
Jones, the missing man, spent the night
of October 23d, but he has not been
there since he left on the morning after.
The people say that he acted strangely
while there. I'll, John Clark, conductor
on the Troy and Boston road, does not
remember of any man who got on the
train ON the 25th of October, asking
him to stop at Schaghticokei to take on
baggage. He thinks he would remem-
Der If any such thing had been asked of
him. Rev. Mr.. Jones left Schaghticoke
yesternoon for his home in Hubbardton.
He took with him the baggage that be-
longed to his son that was broken open
by burglars in the Schaghticoke depot
on the night of November 3d.-1roy
Press.
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TpE PopE's REaARKAeLE MEMORY


J = THE PoPE's REMARKABLE MEMORY
The Catholic Review relates the follow
ing g Here is curious proof of the
astonishing memory of Pious TX: The
other day certain Father Bartolino was
introduced to him by the Marquis Lez-
zani. Il heard you preach twenty years
ago, father, said the pope, when he saw
the priest, in the church of the Ter
mini. 1t was on st. Bernard's day. i
came there unexpectedly The pope
had never seen him before or since, and
yet he recognized him Immediately. The
memoryo of Plus TX for faces is certainly
extraordinary. Some twelve years ago
he received Catholic lady of our ac-
quaintance in a general audience. Seven
years afterward she again visited the
Vatican the pope knew her at once,
and said, 'Ah, am glad to see you, and
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so well, madame. / perceive you are
quite cured of cicatrice, from which
you suffered when last saw you. This
was true; the lady had a small cicatrice
upon her left temple when she first saw
the pope. 1t was very small, and the
wonder is that the pope should have no.
ticed it at all, and the still greater won
der that, out of the thousands of faces
he is constantly seeing, he should have
remembered that of the lady in question.
But it is well known fact that his ho-
illness never forgets face he has once
seen, or a name he has once heard.
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THR. ScuAGHrreeKE MYsTER1;-Jus

y THE. ScHAGHTfce41E MYsTER1;-Jus-
tice Butts, yesterday received. a letter
from Chase Brothers of Rochester, stat
ing that they had paid young Tomlinson
two drafts for services corresponding IN
amount with those he had. had cashed,
and which It was. supposed might have
been stolen from Jones, the missing
man. This fully. corrobates Tonalinsonss
story and frees him entirely from any.
SUSPICION of knowledge of the mystery
The Rochester. firIn, in whose. employ
Jones was, says that they have heard
nothing from him. !. It is generally be.
1ieved that he is off on, q little .tear, "
and will turn up all right when his. mo- n
.nny gives. out. u =.
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SALT on WHEAT.-It is asked: "Win
it pay to SOW salt on wheat If so,
how much to the acre. and when should
it be applieT-salt So per Dbl. of $50
lbs land sandy loan that washes bad
ly?T No. We would not s'sow salt on
wheat. But there are few soils To
which salt may not profitably be applied.
1t should be composted with the manure
to be put on land-that is, mixed with
it-or applied direct to the soil before
seeding. How much may pr0fitably be
sown depends upon the chemical con-
dition of the soil, and this cannot be de-
terrnined without chemical analysis.
Salt sown on some soils seems to show
no gain in the crop; on Others its effect
is very marked. Three TO fifteen bushels
per acre are sown broadcast, or, which
is better, may be incorporated with the
manure in the compost heap and this ap-
piled to the land.
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West Rutland Notes.

VT. clcF hleIly, IOr many years
resident of West Rutland and a very
highly respected and honored citizen,
died, after short illness, on Monday.
1t is seldom we have to report the de-
mise of so exemplary and generally re-
spected a man, whose untimely death
has cast a gloom over wide circle of
friends and acquaintances. Within the
past year, two children and the mother
of the deceased have been borne to the
grave, and now the noble father and af-
fectionate son has gone to join his loved
ones in the spirit land. The funeral
was attended from st. Bridget's Church,
on Wednesday, by a large eoncourse of
people, who evinced by their presence
and earnest sympathy, how greatly be-
loved was the departed, as well as his
sorowing wife and little ones.
Mr.. Peter Gaffeny, son of P. Gaf-
feny, has entered Montreal Catholic Col
lege. He is very promising young
man. ....'
We wonder if responsible parents
know how injurious it is to teach their
children that the school-room is only
place in which to spend their few leisure
moments, after their superlatively inn
portant /" chores are performed at
home
MissM ], Glazier has been re-engaged
to teach the village school for the Win
ter term. Miss G.. is an accomplished
and painstal1ing instructress, and has
given general satisfaction. She has had
lengthy western experience. Miss O..
Felt has been engaged as assistant.
Mr.. F. A. Morse, one of our most en-
ergetic business men, IS looked upon
here as a kind of general benefactor of
the public at large, since through his in
defatigable exertions we find at our
doors innumerahle and luxurious. neees-
saries, which heretofore Rutland had to:
supply. u. ~. s. .4sg. III s., =. e. :.
Several of our prominent citizens took
parts in a little drama growing out of
the stringeney of the; Maine law, last
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! : MANS. .AE1iq1ITY .=5In a recent issue
Of Nature Mr.. ALFRED Russell Wallace
.indulges; in some speculations on the
probable antiahityof the human species,
which may vel, startIe even, those who
have long since come to the conclusion
that 6oe0 years carry US but a small way
back to the original home In fact, in.
Mr.. Wallaee's reckoning, 5000 years are
but as a day. He begins by comp plaining
of the tinidity of scientific men when
treating of, this subject, and points out
the faiIacy Of always preferring the low
est estimate in. order TO be s.i.on the safe
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Tommy was cautioned against eating
too much luncheon, because he would
spoil his appetite for dinner but Tom
my said he would rather have good
luncheon than a good appetite any time.
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b Mr.. Franklin Woodward is erecting
a house on the. south side of the river,
near the railroad crossing. The village.
is growing very fast, in this direction.
We understand other dwellings are to
be built in that vicinity the coming
spring. ...1I il -, isss.s
HI "A grand benefit ball will he, held at
Bardwell's New Hall, Thursday evening,
:NoY. 81, .ls733s The proceeds Of this
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wALLINGFORD.

Among the many improvements
that have been and are being made in
the appearance of our village which de-
serve mention, is the residence Of our
energetic townsman Captain Norman
w. johnson, which the "captain" has
fitted up in a style that many of our cit
izens would do well to initiate, and we
must not forget to add that the captain
is chief watchman at the works of the
Bachelor manufacturing company.
Mr.. Russell Sherman has a pallet
six months old who can shake the
feathers off" of any other pullett 10
Wallingford on laying big eggs. The
first sample shown us measures seven
and fiye-eights inches in length and six
inches in circumfrance. ;. b..
Wallingford, Nov. 20, 1873.