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THE ADDRESS ATTHEF FAIR.

The Directors of the Agricultural
Association made a happy selection
when they authorized the President
of the Association to endeavor to in
duce the ripe scholar and pungent
wit, Hon. J. Proctor Knott, of KY,
to deliver an address at the next An
Fair. Our people will undoubtedly
be well entertained, and we know
Mr.. Knots national reputation as a
thinker and orator will bring to him
a very large and willing audience
We believe we have heretofore given
a short notice of this fact, and as our
watchful critic, the eminent, honora-
BILE and beautiful unmentionable has
Enthusiastically called our attention to
our duty, we take pleasure in making
this, we hope, satisfactory and full
notice.
We would be glad to publish the
correspondence between Hon. G. j.
Faulkner and Mr.. Knott, but as the
letters were never placed before the
Directors, or handed to the commit
tee on catalogue and programme, it
has not come into our hands for pub
LEGATION. OF course, it is in the ma
ture OF private correspondence, and
perfectly proper for Mr.. Faulkner to
furnish it to the press either daily OF
weekly, for publication. We have
accommodated him in such matters
heretofore, and we suppose when he
has anything he desires to reach the
public through the INDEPENDENT,
he will either send it to us, or by
making it a matter of official record,
enable us to use it.
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The EHeasa Alive.

WORCESTER, Mass June 15.-
Frederick Bates, the brakeman on
the Norwich Railroad, whose death
was reported Saturday night, caused
by breaking his neck by a fall from a
wood pile, appeared at the breakfast
table Of his boarding house this NOR
ming, apparently in his usual good
health. 1t appears that 500 after
Bates had been picked up, to all APP
pearances ~lifeless, and a physician
had given his opinion that his neck
was broken, it was noticed that the
man breathed family. He was quick
ly taken to the hospital, but contin-
ued unconscious until late at night.
An examination by physicians show
ed that the upper vertebrn of the
spinal column had been dislocated.
With slight surgical aid the disloca-
tion was remedied, and the man re-
covered consciousness. This morn
ing, when his breakfast, coffee and
biscuits was brought to him, he
spurned the meal as not sufficiently
elaborate, arose from his bed. dress
ed himself and walked down street.
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BUNKER HELL.
A Great Day as the Hub.

BOSTON, June 1.-THE e~xpectant
thousands thronging the city on the
occasion Of this, the most eventful
anniversary, and in the day that ev-
erything that conduces to the enjoy
ment of the magnificent pageant
The sun roSe upon a cloudless day,
with a temperature BETTING a per-
feet June day. From early dawn the
many lines Of railroad entering the
city have been pouring in their con-
tributions by thousands, the streets
becoming one dense mass of humani-
ty. Teams are prohibited from the
streets, which are given up to sight
seers. Notwithstanding the crowd,
the order is excellent, and but few
arrests have been made.
The first event of the day was a re-
view of the Massachusetts, militia
and the military visitors. A large
stand was erected on the sidewalk
in front of the gate, from which Gov.
CASTOR, the Legislature and invited
guests viewed the troops. The state
troops were well received, but genu-
inc enthusiasm was reserved for Wis
iting soldiers, especially the Phila-
delphia regiment, the New York 18th,
the Maryland 9Th, and the Charles
ton Light Infantry. The Maryland
regiment bore the elegant flag pre-
sented to them yesterday. Although
drawn in comparison with many of
the crack regiments from other
States aud cities, it was received
with the enthusiasm which has al
ways attended its appearance inpub-
lie. This is, evidently, the favorite
regiment with the Boston people,
THE MILITARY DIVISION
of the procession was over two hours
in passing the State House, and was
the finest display ever made by the
State militia. Among the distin-
guished guests We're the members of
the Diplomatic Corps, Vice Presi-
dent Wilson, General Sherman ,Haw-
ley, Burnside, the Chief Justices of
the Supreme Conrt, the Governors,
Senators and Congressmen from Mas
sachusetts and Maine, the Govern
ors of New Hampshire, Rhode Is
land, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Michigan and MISSISSIPPI.
The procession was under COM
mand of General ID. f. Butler, who
ranks as major general of the State
Militia. While the military review
was proceeding at the State House
the DeMola C0mmandery of Knights
Templar, of Boston, escorted their
visiting brethren Of the Richmond
Commandery to Charlestown, where
they were received by the Occur De
Lion Commmandery, and thence to
the Odd Fellows Hall.
ADDRESSES OF WELCOME
We're made by Hon. Richard Froth-
ingham, of the Occur de Lion Com
mandery, and by Grand Commander
w. b. I~saacs, which were responded
to by Ex-Governor Walker, of Viz
ginia. Speeches were also made by
Eminent Commander Patterson, Of
the Occur de Leon Commandery and
Eminent Commander w. II. Tan
ner. A collation. closed the evening
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BUNKER HILL.

One hundred years ago Thursday,
near the city of Boston, the battle
of Bunker Hill was fought. 1t was
one of the early struggles of the rev.
olution, and consequently it's true
history has become mixed with a
great deal of sentiment and fiction.
Yet, for its time, it was a great bat
tie, and considered in the light OF
modern advancement in warlike APP
pliances and education, it was a Sc
we're contest, in which neither side
gained much advantage. The battle
lasted from noon till five O'Clock in
the evening, and the British loss foot
ed up 1854 and the American 45O,
out Of a total Of eight thousand en-
gagged on both Sides. To-day the GER
emonies of celebrating its centennial
anniversary will consume more time
than it took to fight the battle.
In'this hundred years we look back
over to-day, there is much food for
study and much cause for %congratu-
lation. The theory of government
which that struggle began has been
tested and its stability has been es-
tablished by the stern test of practi-
cal application. Many of the prob
lens that were then just given out
for solution have been worked out
long since, and other new and more
important ones that arose with our
advancement have been solved in a
manner ~lattering to our comprehen-
sion and ability, and the result set up
as an example to nations, old when
we began. Contrasting the history
Of our own with other countries dur
ring the last hundred years, we find
that the ~practicability of a Republi-
can government has been established
and given a quiet to nationalconduct
not known by m~onarchical govern
ments. One war with England and
one with Mexico are the only con-
licts in which we have engaged since
Bunker Hill, while no European ma
ton of Importance has escaped a doz-
en-. Touching the question Of inter-
nal disturbances, we have only had
one rebellion, while England has had
two within the same period, and 9th
er foreign nations from one to a doZ-
en- each. No overthrow of the gov
eminent has ever taken place, while
there is no European nation of any
magnitude whose form of govern
ment has not been o%yerthroWn by vi
olence and revolution. Instances
need not be given, for the history is
so new that it is familiar to all. The
progress of popular government has
been rapid, and as we have shown.
successful. The results to beattain-
ed by it's undisturbed continuance
are many and important, for it is
yet crude, and its perfection means
the grandest of results to all civiliza-
ton. During the coming year there
will be many celebrations like the
one being held to-day, to call to the
mind the history of the hundred years
just passed, and much will be said
and written that will be new in our
history. This calling up of the past
will do us much good, make us love
our country better and go farther
toward reconciling the sections, by
calling up the scenes of American
glory, in which all Il forefathers
had an undivided interest, than any
thing else.
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JOHN CHINAMEN.

NJ WV tl0 obttbtt Sdaot u IN ltttAJ
Mountains have not yet felt the eff
fects of Chinese immigration for the
colonies in the east; in Massachu-
sets, New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
and the cotton cultivators in a few
localities of the south, have been so
few in number, so isolated and so
confined to special branches Of labor,
that not even competition gave inter-
est to an inquiry as tothe future stat
US of John Cinnamon in our midst.
From time to time u%tterances of dire
protest have been heard from the
Pacific States, and now and then ac-
counts of an incipient attempt at ex-
termination haYe reached us.
The municipal councils of Califor-
MIA have in the past, and still are try
ing their hands at remedy
ing what they seem to think
course of in the events, and
have done everything from the
imposition of tremendous taxes
to the cutting off of ''pig tails"
but still John Cinnamon comes, fills
what places are open to him in lei
Dorado, and when elbow room gets
contracted, finds his way through
the gaps of the mountains and is sure
ly and steadily coming east. His pro-
gress is not rapid, for he is travelling
against the tide of emigration and
public prejudice, aud just now the
stagnation in all branches of indus
try is a strong barrier to his APP
proach.
AS a race, the class of Cinnamon
that come to this country do not
amount to much in the scale of hui
manity, as we know it. They are
not even Cinnamon, but Tartars, of
the Mongol breed AN understood, cat
eyed, quiet, docile kind of beings pos
sessed of great initiative, but littleor
no inventive faculties, staid, saving
and patient. The real Chinaman is
intelligent to a remarkable degree,
and few if any ever immigrate to
this country for the reason, perhaps,
that they not numerous in China.
The Tartars are the numerous class
and consequently it is an inferior
grade of Celestials we have to deal
with in this country, and the prob
lem of theirreception and status here
becomes the more difficult in view
thereof.
The question of just how to deal
with the matter is not receiving
much attention, as yet, because it is
not yet before us in the light o fprac-
tical experience but ten years from
to-day it viii be a subject of wide
spread and earnest debate. Toavoid
trouble then, a proper and careful
consideration Of the matter now
would not be unwise on the part OF
all who feel aninterest in the growth
and prospriety of the country.
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THE CAPITL INJUNCTION.

Anotice was served on Monday last
in the Capital injunction case,to the
effect that the appeal in said cause
would be brought on for argument
and a hearing be insisted OF before
the Supreme Court of Appeals at its
next session at Charlestown, in the
county of Jefferson, co mmencing on
the first Wednesday of August next.
The work of excavation on the
Capital grounds at Wheeling has been
commenced.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-28
Sing More.

Cultivate singing in the family. Begin
when the child Is not yet three years old.
The songs and hymns your childhood sang,
bring them all back to your memory and
teach them TO your little ones; mix them
altogether, to meet the similar moods rs in
after life they come over Us so mysteriously
sometimes. Many a time and oft, in the
very whirl Of business, in the sunshine and
gavety of Fifth avenue and amid the splen-
dor of the drive in Central Park, some little
thing wakes up the memories of early youth
the old mill the cool spring; the shady
tree hy the little esohoo-house-and the next
instant we almost see again the ruddy
cheeks, the smiling faces, and the merry eyes
Of school-mates, some gray-headed now, most
" lie mouldering in the grave And anon,
" the song my mother sang springs unbid-
den to the lips and soothes and sweetens all
these memories.
At other times, amid the crushing mis-
haps of business, merry ditty of the olden
time pops up its little head, breaks in
upon the ugly train Of thought, throws
the mind into another channel; light breaks
from behind the cloud In the sky, and a new
courage is given 10 rs. The honest man
goes singing TO his work and when the days
labor is done, his tools laid aside aud he is
on his way home, where wife aud child, and
tidy table and CHEEKY fireside await him
he cannot help but whistle or sing. The
burglar never sings Moody silence, moi
merry song Weighs down the dishonest
/ tradesman, the perhdious clerk the uniaith
| full servant, the perjured partner.
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Happy Husbands.

II is a mans own fault if he is unhappy
with his wife, in nine cases out Of ten. It's
very exceptional woman who will not be
all she can be 10 an attentive husband, and
more exceptional one who will not be very
disagreeable if she finds herself wilfully ne
elected. II would be very easy 10 hate a
man who, having bound woman 10 him,
made no effort TO make her happy; hard not
20 love one who was constant and tender;
and when woman loves she always strives
to please.
The great men Of this world have often
been wretched in their domestic relations,
while mean and common men have been ex-
ceedingly happy. The reason is very plain.
Absorbed in themselves. those who desire
the worlds applause were careless of the
little world at home; while those who had
none Of this egotism, strove TO keep the hearts
that were their own, and were happy in their
tenderness.
No woman will love man the better for
being renowned or prominent. Though he
be first among men she will only be prouder,
not fondor, aud if she loses him through this
renown, AS is often the case she will not even
be proud But give her love, appreciation,
kindness, and there is no sacrifice she would
not make for his content and comfort The
man who loves her well is her hero and her
king. No less hero TO her though he is not
one to any other no less a king, though his
only kingdom is her heart and home
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What pity It's that young married folks
will not emulate the example of Japanese
housekeepers They are troubled very little
hy household cares. A few mats chest of
drawers for clothing two or three quilts for
bed on the floor some simple kitchen uten-
sils, and their houses are furnished. They
have never known the use of bedstead,
chair, or a table, as we understand these ar
ticles aud yet these people have all the vir-
tues of civilization, and perhaps not quite all
its vices They are polite, generous, hos
pitable, perform their religious duties with
exemplary piety, and II cleanliness be next
TO godliness, they are much more godly than
we are, for they are the cleanest people on
earth, according To the general testimony of
travellers
We have certainly much 10 learn before
our HOUSES can he as Immediately neat as
theirs are. Their habit of doiiing street
boots and assuming slippers before entering
a room does much towards keeping their
houses cleaner than our own. A poor Jap
anese housewife really enjoys more ease
after her simple duties are done, than many
Of our wealthiest danes, who are weighed
down with the cares of an extrayagant es
tablishment. And as for young people just
entering life-compare their lot with that o
the people under discussion, aud, il an ease
loving person, YOU will soon render a verde
in favor of japanese housekeepers.
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Maternal Affeetinn.

Men talk Of the silver cord Of friendship
VI the silken ties which bind young lovers
together-of the pure affection Of husband
and wife, az il they were durable as adamant,
and as pure as the love Of angels. But a
hasty wortl q thoughtless action, miscOn-
strued expression, may break the first; a
slight neglect some inconsistency, or a tri-
fling favor denied. may destroy the last,for the
green-eyed monster may find some entrance,
and blight the fairest flowers Of this sweetest
earthly paradise. But there is a love which
neglect cannot weaken-which injury cannot
destroy-and which even jealousy cannot ex-
tinguish. IL is the pure, the holy the en-
dearing love of mother. 1t is as gentle as
the breeze Of evening, firm as the oak, and
ceases only when hfe's last gleam goes out
into death. During al the viscissitudes Of
this changing world in sickness or in sor-
row-in life or IN death-in childhoOd's hal
cyon days---in youths uutroubled hour-or
in manhood's vigorous prime--the mother
clings with the same unwearied affection to
her child. Ii is the same amid SHOWS and
frosts OF Siberia, the temperate regions Of
our own fair land, aud the arid sands OF
Africa.
The anxious cares and tender attentions,
and oft-repeated words of a mothers love,
are not without their happy Influence upon
the lives and characters of their sous. The
stern rebuke Of justly offended father may
check, for a season, the rising and struggling
passions of youth, but the sacred lessons
learnt from a mothers lips are engraved on
the heart, and retain their power through
life; in virtues paths, and even in the ca
reer of vice, they are continually recurring
to our mind, and bring with them, as further
indictments a. do good. all the hallowed
scenes of childhood and innocenoe. Hard
is the heart that will not melt at the recot
lection of mothers prayer, and more
obdurate still the heart Of him who, by a
course of vice, can willingly wiring her soul
with anguish, and bring down her gray hair
with sorrow TO the grave.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-04-28
Who Rob 0rchardsl

In certain village, in the far West, was
an atheist. This man, Of course, never en-
tered any place Of worship Indeed, in the
fruit season, he was specially busy, on the
Sundays, in defending his orchard from his
great enemies, the woodpecker, and the idle,
proligate persons of the village, who, on that
day, usually made sad havoc among his ap-
pies and peaches.
One day, while at work with his son-in-
law-an atheist like himself, although a
more kind and courteous gentleman--as a
pastor Of a congregation was passing, he very
rudely accosted the minister:
Sir, what is the use of your preaching ?
What good do YOU do by it ? Why don't
You teach these fellows better morals 2 Why
don't you tell them something at'uut -.-aiinG
in your sermons, and keep them from rob
bing my orchards ? "
To this the minister pleasantly replied,
" My dear sir, | am sorry that you are so an
noyed, and | should most willingly read
the fellows who rob your orchard lecture
on thieving, but, the truth is, they are all so
like you and the major here that never get
a chance"
Good, good" replied the major, laughing :
on which the elder atheist, blushing little,
and in an apologize tone, said,
"Well, well. believe it is true enough /;
it is not the church-going people that steal
my applrs."
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LITTLE Folks DIcrioSARY.-A writer in
the .Schooi-,iay Mdgdrine has gathered to-
gether the following dictionary words as de-
fined by certain small people here and there
Backbiter-A flea.
Shut-eye tune.
Dust--Mud, with the juice squeezed out.
Fan--A thing to brush warm off with.
Fins-A fsh's wings.
Ice--water that stayed out in the cold and
went TO sleep.
Monkey-A very little boy with tail.
Nestegg-The egg that the old hen mea-
sures by to make new ones.
Pig-A hogs little boy.
Salt--What makes your potato taste bad
when you don't put any on.
Snoring of sleep.
Snow-Rain all popped out white.
Stars-The moons eggs.
Trunk (of an elephauO Ills front tail.
Waksfulness-Eyes all the time coming
unbuttoned.
A small Observation-Disclosures.
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The Saw OF Contention.

90 Frank, come and see how hot my saw
gets when rub it, When draw il through
the board a while, it's almost hot enough TO
set fire to it,"
"That's the friction" said Frank, with all
the superior wisdom of two years more than
Eddie boosted
"Yes," said sister Mary, who was pass
ing, 4" its the friction but do you know what
il makes me think of ~
No, what ?" asked both the boys at once.
"Of two little boys who were quarreling
over trihe this morning, and the more they
talked the hotter their tempers grew, until
there was no knowing what might have hap
pened, il mother had not thrown cold water
ON the fire by sending them into separate
rooms" Theboys hung therheads and Mary
went on.
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Ghe Uome GnrIc.
SIonr rnouaurs.

ny ns. y. a. rANrs.
The 81, days' work i done
The harsh feantiei. thu rough turnoils
rli, close consuming carts ths tsskinz tui..
That hang aruund ons'. feet In cankcring coii.--
Their weekly course e run.
si thou lu Sabbath peace,
Compose Thy weary limbs in lauguof sweet
flii Thy tiroi hands and r'.t Thy faiierng feet
o. gratefully ihis mortal frame viii greet
From car short release.
wipe from Thy dusty brow
Careful and troubled about many things"
unloose the cumbrous iionsr work rohe Witch cihgs
70 closely that the struggling spirits wings
Hang heavily aud low.
sun on thee on thee yet
The spirit II de-i-ndency T. stfongi
sun croNdng cares unto Thy lot triong.
stll must tllu strive with outward III and Nrpug
And many q vain rrgrrt
u. hurried life of mlnei
How few and far between Thy dreaming hoursi
How .houll,i thou turn aside o. gather noweu
froiu fairy -land. when on Thy human bowers
The sun forrfis To shineg
My ye,unv yearuing he,ui
l. This intense aspiring to b. free
A Ahappy or a momnful thing for thee
fof. q. hath but little harmony
wnh earthly lot and part.
Ye-. there b. pain In this
Most passionate iousin. 60 o'ercaeh the ci,y-
THIS sxne-ihirst which stronger grows cichdsy
10 take the mornins uings and Nee away
To re,lms uf purer bliss
Aud yet nai all In vaiui
~ no, ihcse cravings in the hanuiei bnan
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A Coon lIousEwIFE.-A good housewife
Is one of the first blessings in the economy
Of life. Men put great value upon the
qualifications OF their partners after marri-
age however they may weigh with them be
fore, and there is nothing which tends more
10 mar the felicities Of married life than
recklessness or want of knowledge of the new
housekeeper of the duties which belong TO
her station. Men admire beauty, order and
system in everything, and men admire good
fare II these are found in their dwellings,
and are seasoned with good nature and good
sense, men will seek their chief enjoyment
at home.-they will love their home and their
partners, and strive to reciprocate the kind
offices Of duty and affection. Mothers who
study the welfare of their daughters will not
fail to instruct them in the qualifications of
married life, and daughters who appreciate
the value Of these qualifications, willnot fail
10 acquire them.