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FROM LITTLE GEORGETOWN
LITTLE GEORGETOWN.
July 10. 1875,
n tAe .Elilors a Ae MdependeM j.

70 tie Editors Of The Independent
Your correspondent ST." at this
place is a wide-awake reporter, and
rarely misses an item. A little Incl
dent occurred recently, however, of
which he failed to mention. The cor
respondent aforesaid, a few days
since, thought he would try his hand
at bass-fishing. Armed and equip
ped, he started for the River; and,
after hard days fish, returned, ha-
wing caught but a solitary Sun-fish,
and that was actually blind in one
eye. He has been rather silent on
the "Sm-fish man. ever since, and
declares that the next time he goes
fishing he'll stay at home.
- T. NJ
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Economy.

Young ladies can withen their own
straw hats by the following process
Serape thick sulphur with knife,
mix the powder to q mush with wa
ter, plaster It thickly over the straw;
and place it i'll the hot sun for sew
elal hours. Brush off when dry.
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Paul y. Doss is appointed post
master at Waityille, Monroe county,
West Virginia, vice p. Doss, sas-
pended. The postoflice at New Ge-
neva, jackson county, West Yir-
ginia, on the route from jackson
Court House to Walton. is re-estab-
lished, with John Greenleaf, as post
-nlns4n,.
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MORMON. III w est Virginia.

TOFm0ils ~ Y est virginia.
1t is ruInored that the Mormons
have established a branch. of their
church and q newspaper called the
delreatager at Clarksburg, this State.
Wealso understand there are quite a
number Of this sect in Marion coun-
ty. Well, better have Mormonism
than Beecherism.
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anangebIe.

keyseF City has had seven differ
ent names III twenty-five years, as
follows Paddytown, Moselle, Wind
lee, Depot. New Greek, Keyser. 1t
ought 70 lie happy now.
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sATlIRDAY.JULy ~, 1875
Good WING.

TIE canal steamer, IL. L. Weld,
made the trip from Georgetown to
Cumberland. last week, in forty-six
hours. Mule power" will soon be
supereeded on the Z raging eanawl. !"
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The early closing of stores move
ment is again rapidly growingin pub
lie favor in Wheeling. The Martins
burg clerks would also vote for it.
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DRY GOODS GROcERIEs--D. N. shafsr Z Bro.
PUT YOURSELF in his PLACE
If II HAD BOUGHT GOODS AT RUINOUS PRICES
WOULD M YOU GIVE YOUR PA RONS THE
BEN Ell 7. i UST LOOKi

Yafd Wide Brown Mnslir
Yail Wide Bleache! Muslin
II Yards Calico for
BalmrAls worth 90 Gents i7T
Cnrseis worth one ,loIlar 'pr
Giuahams worth IA cfs.fa
Crash worth Is cents for
Ladies Linen Suitings
Yard Wide Percales, best,
Yard Wide Jacohetts,
French Lawns worth 30 ccate. its
Blue Overall Goods worth TO cents.
Best Bleachea Muslin
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

SILvER-PAvED STREETs.-The Virginia
(Nevada) Enterprise says: Our principal
streets being macadamized with refuse ore
taken from the mines in early days, and
being coated with the rich ore that has been
year after year siftsd down upon them
from the ore wagons, are now everywhere
more or less argentiferous. Indeed, there
is not the slightest stretch OF the imagina-
ton in saying that we never take a step in
the town but we are walking on silver
that our streets are literally paved with
silver. While speaking of this fact day
or two since, young man bet his friend
the price Of the assaying and 1.-The cigars
that he would take lump of mud of of
the wheel of bus, then standing before
them, and would get out of it precious
metals to the value Of over s. per ton. An
ounce or two Of mud was taken from the
wheel of the vehicle and placed in the
hands Of an assayer, who was not told
where the sample was obtained, and who
no doubt supposed that he was dealing
with decomposed ore or vein matter from
one of our mines. The assay was made,
and the assayer's certificate showed that
the sample contained "Silver, "a gold,
$3.50; total, $685." After this we may put
on airs, even though our streets are villain
ously muddy occasionally, for the very
mud on our boots contains both siver and
gold-is not the vulgar mud of the "eow
county" towns.
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hing a great, oily painters cloth. gag like,
against the fellow mouth.
"Now, look here said Tom. you
make another sound, or 50 much as move,
ard squeeze your throat with that sash.
Here, stick this book under edgewise, 50
as to ease his neck little. There, thai
will do. Now, hold on, my lad, and be
quiet.
The fellow clung convulsively with his
hands on the sill, his eyes rolling horribly
as they followed Tom Nerris's movements.
my curiosity being moved to the utmost"
"what are you going TO do p 1 said.
ITO do? p said Tom, catching up a board
brush, and some Indian ink-'take him,
Of course. What model could ever do that
so naturally' Make your hay, my boy.
while the sun Shines.
"But that distorted face! Oh, co ne,
Tom, let's have in the police and hand him
over"
"No, my boy-not il | know it. Too
great veneration for my art"
And he went on painting away.
but Of what good?''
"what good? Why my dear boy. where
are you eyes! A Spanish malefactor in
the garottel Titua Gates in the pillory !
Splendid subjects. both Of them. You keep
him quiet, and II get a good sketch.
could almost forgive him. and let him 60"
kept the poor wretch quiet, though be
groaued heavily, and must, I am sure,
have suffered no light punishment. Then
Tom painted away with the rapidity Of a
finished hand bat at one and the same
moment the burglar groaned, family:
II can't stand this much longer, guv' nor
pray let me CO.
And a heavy knock came at the front
door.
l opened 10 the police, who had been
summoned by Milly from the front win
dow, and when two men entered my stu
dio, their satisfied, grim expression was so
telling, that Tom wanted tc make another
SIX etch.
However, that was not done, AMI be was
satisfied with that which he had made,
helping merrily to drag in our prisoner,
while held up the heavy sash.
"Well, sir, al can say is" said the ser
geant, as he fitted on The handouts to
the shivering wretch's wrist; "if you set
that there trap to ketch burglars, it was
very clever; only" he continued. rather
contemptuously, as he glanced round the
bare studio. u don't see no bait"
think need say no more than that her
majesty is to provide for our captive for
some years to come and that Tom Morris
made really telling Spanish picture, al
most equal to 4 Philip, Of a Spanish male
factor in the garrote-said picture nobly
framed, being in the gallery Of a celebrat-
ed connoisseur, who refused deuhle the
sum he gave for it,
As for the burglars, their gang was brok-
en- up, for our friend did turn Queens evil
derce; and our pleasant district has since
enjoyed domestic peace which I trust
may ast.-Once a Week.
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CowPER's MoTHER.-Llttle is known of
the parents OF Cowper, except what he
himself has told US in his letters, and in
his imperishable lines "On the Receipt of
my Mothers Picture out of Norfolk" We
see with his eyes the devotion Of his loving
mother. She visits his chamber nightly to
satisfy herself that he is safe and warmly
laid. She washes his little cheeks with
fragrant waters until they shine and glow,
and she supplies his morning bounties,
''The biscuit, or confectionery plum
When the school hour draws near, she
wraps him in his warm scarlet mantle,
puts on his velvet cap, and placing him,
with a kiss, in his little coach, he is drawn
to school by Robin the gardener. Happy
mother happy child
Cowpers mother died when he was about
six years old, and the troubles of his life
commenced, for shortly ailsr her death he
was sent to a boarding school, where his
sensitive spirit was crushed. The grief of
the child was as profound as the sorrow Of
the man.
my mother when learned that thou vast dead,
Say, vast thou conscious Of the tears l shed
Hovsr'd thy spirit Ter thy sorrowiag son,
Wretch even then, LIES journey Just begun9
Perhaps thou gayest me, though unfelt, kiss;
Perhaps tear, il souls can weep in bliss.
All, that maternal smile! it answers-Yes.
heard the bell tolled on thy burial day,
sAW the heArse that bore thee slow away,
And turning from my nursery window, drew
long. long dgh, and wept last adisnl"
st can truly say" be wrote nearly hly
years afterwards, "that not a week passes
(perhaps might with equal veraeity say
not day in which do not think Of her
such was the impression her tenderness
made upon me, though the opportunity
she had for showing 1t was so short
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The Duty ora woma. TO b. a Lad,

Wildness is a thing which girls cannot
afford. Delicacy is a thing which cannot
be lost and found. No art can restore to
the grape its bloom familiarity without
love, without confidence, without regard,
hobling.
"Thsworld Is vide these things are small
They may be nothing, but they are all"
Nothing' It is the frst duty ola woman
10 be lady. Good breeding is good sense.
Bad manners In a woman is immortality.
Awkwardness may be ineradicable. Bush
fitness is constitutional. Ignorance Of eti-
quette IS the result OF circumstances. All
can be condoned. and do not Danish man
or woman from the amenities Of their kind.
But self-possessed, unshrinknE and az
gressive eoarseness of demeanor may be
recknned as a state prison offence, and GER
tainlV merits that mild form Of restraint
called Imprisonment for life. 1t is a shame
for women TO be leetured on their manners.
1t is a bitter shame that they need it. Wo-
men are the umpires Of society. It is they
to whom all mooted points should be re-
ferred. To be a lady is more than to be a
prince. A lady is always in her right in
alienably worthy Of respect. To a lady,
prince and peasant alike bow. Do not be
restrained. Do not have impulses that
need restraint. Do not wish 10 dance with
the prince unsought; feel differently. Be
such that you confer honor. Carry your
self so loftily that men shall look up to you
for reward, not at you in rebuke. The
natural sentiment of man toward woman is
reverence. He loses a large means OF grace
when he is obliged TO account her being
to be trained into proPrlety. \ mans ideal
is not wounded when a woman fails in
worldly wisdom but if in grace, in tact
in sentiment, in delicaey, in kindness, she
should be found wanting, he receives an
! inward hurt.-Gdit Hamilton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

Tie fact IS, says Sidney Smith, that to
do anything in this world worth doing, we
must not stand back shivering and think
ing Of the cold aud danger, but jump in
and scramble through as well as We can.
He lives in Rhinebeck now-lOs years
Of age, threads a needle at arms length,
slept with Noah when a bog, played mar
bles with Pharaoh, and turned the grind
stone for G. ". to sharpen bis little cherry
cutter.
PROF. Sumner Of Yale College is a very
sensible teacher. In a recent lecture he
said be was careful TO discourage in stu
dents that inclination to a general criticism
OF public men now so common, which
seems TO adopt the principle OF "throwing
mud on a man any way, and If it don't
belong to him he can scrape il off," 1--WE
must" he said, "have practical American
citizens, who, If they must run down poll
ties, can substitute something Ia ;heir
place"
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me vaIue Of Aarer,i.ing.

A number Of years ago, when Orange
Judd, publisher of the American Agrcul-
turist, and his wife, spent their evenings
in putting up packages of seeds, and PEN
ny had its full value to them, be sent boy
with a check for 500 to the New York
Herald office, with instructions to pay
what was due and leave the rest for adver-
tising. The boy, being dull Of comprehen-
sion, did not understand him, and told the
bookkeeper to use 500 for one day. The
next morning what was Mr.. Judds horror
to see, on taking up the Herald, "Read
the American Agriculturist' repeated for
nearly a whole column. He rushed dow n
to the Office for an explanation, and found
that they had only followed instructions.
and there was no help for it. Eve are ru-
ined," he said TO lis wife "a whole years
advertisement gone in one day But in
stead Of being his ruin, it was the beginning
of his success. Immediately subscriptions
poured in from all over the country. The
Agriculturist became an institution, and
its proprietor is one Of the wealthiest men
Of New York. Mr.. Judd has continued
from that day Of bis lucky mistake to be
one OF the most extensive and wealthiest
advertisers in the country.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

We must not call earth vale OF tears.
It is neither pious to do so, nor in any re-
spect proper. We might as well, nay,
with far greater propriety, call it field of
laughter. For, as there is more good than
evil in the world, more action than passion,
more health than disease, more life than
death Qife being thing of years, but death
Of moments), so there is more comfort than
discom fort, more pleasure than pain, and
therefore more laughter than tears. But
as it would be disrespect to sorrow to call
earth field Of laughter, so 1t is a sullen-
ness to joy and an ingratitude to the good
ness Of God, to call it vale Of tears. God
made both tears and laughter, and both for
kind purposes. For as laughter enables
mirth and surprise to breathe freely, 50
tears enable sorrow to vent itself patiently.
Tears hinder sorrow from becoming de-
spair and madness; and laughter is one of
the very privileges Of reason, being con-
dned to the human species. 1t becomes Us
then to receive both gifls thankfully, and
to hold ourselves, on fitting occasions, su-
perior to neither. To be incapable Of tears
would be to lose some of the sweetest emo
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

RELIGIOUS TESDESCIEs.-The evidence
of tendency toward each other of ortho-
doxy-in the wide sense, and not merely
ongregationalist-andU Unitarianism, are
followed up by Rev. Edward Abbott in
the independent and, to show converg-
ence in matters of practice and worship, be
cites the ease with which ministers OF
either body have, OF late, transferred them
selves to the other; DR.. osgood and Mr..
Hepworth, for instance, over to orthodoxy,
Henry Powers and Minot J. Savage from
orthodoxy; also the remarkable case OF
Rev. J. L. Dudley, the distinguished Con-
gregational pastor of Milwaukee, who re-
signed because he hardly felt at hone with
the orthodox, and has since been preaching
for [ Unitarian churches, but whom his
congregation have actually gone afler, so
that be has withdrawn his resignation, at
their request also the cases Of Professors
Swing and MeKaig Of Chicago. Again,
the way ministers of one sort are contrib
uting to reviews and papers of the other
the mutual praise OF each others Christian
books; the ministerial clubs in which
clergy OF both denominations meet the
fellowship of Sunday school conventions
and Young Mems Christian Associations ::
the holding Of special-such as Thanks
giving and Fast Day-services in union
the exchange of pulpits between Unitarian
and orthodox ministers; the sharing of
ministers of one division in the installa-
tons, ordinations, cornerstone layiugs.'
etc.. Of the other, so that in the recent in
stallation Of Universalist pastor in San
Francisco, the sermon was preached by
Congregationalist; these are all signs, Mr..
Abbott points out, Of the dawning merging
OF sect boundaries as between liberal and
orthodox Christianity.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

A PLEA FOR THE PIGs.-We deem it al
so doubtful policy although very eommonj
to make the manure cellar an apartment
for pigs. An animal whose carcass is used
for food should be kept in a clean place,
with pure air. The pig is one of the most
tidy Of all animals, naturally, and will
take more pains to keep its bed clean than
any other farm animal. Nothing is more
false than its proyerbial dirtiness; this
imputation properly belongs to its negli-
gent owner, in not making suitable proyi-
sion and furnishing clean and pure apart
ments.-Albdny Country Gentleman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

"A would-be school teacher in Toledo
recently replied to question by one of the
examiners; "Do you think the world Is
round or 6atr" by saying, "Well, some
people think one way and some another,
and I'll teach round or dat just as the pa
rents please"
George B. Williams, formerly of La
faystte, Ind, has renewed An engagement
with the japanese government, for an in
definite term, as commissioner Of the i'm
perial revenue. he receives a salary OF
$4,000 year, together with a furnished
house, servants, etc. Mr.. Williams has his
family with him in Japan, and is perfectly
satisfied with his situation and surround
ings. Most persons would be.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

PRESERVING MANURE.-The Boston Jour-
nal of Chemistry states that the sources OF
loss in the storage Of manure Are two hrst,
the escape CT volatile ammonia and other
gases; and secondly, the loss of valuable
salts by teaching. The first difficulty may
be obyiated by covering the excrement
with eight or ten inches Of good soil or
loan, which will absorb all escaping gases.
A bushel or so OF plaster may be advan-
tageously scattered over the heap before
the soil is thrown on. The whole mass
should be perfectly covered, leaving no
chimney" for gaseous exudaton. The
danger Of teaching may be avoided by COW
ering the heap with hay or straw sufficient
ly thick to shed most OF the rain. If kept
in this way a sufficient time, the manure
will undergo spontaneous decomposition,
the products Of which will be ready for
immediate assimilation by plants. The
usual process is carting manure to the
fields in the autumn to waste, by both the
above processes, some Of their most valua-
BILE constituents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12
SNOW ia the Mountains.

ALERKD .. sZRKE-.
The snow hAs wrapped its veil about the brow
Of the stern Kiag. and 10 his majesty,
Dark as the thunder-cloud in last ewes Nghf,
softens and brightens See yon cataract,
Whose ic.cles are Ike the Cleaning fanss
of a rouFed lion, yielding one by one
Its trowns ss slow grotto Of pure pearl
Is built up by the fakes! The frosted crAg-
The stopping cedArs, and arrested curve
OF waters turned 10 blocks OF ragged ice,
Are blended In gliitsr.ng bower that cAsts
RainbowS hke fairy wings. Ton hemloek bends
Lower his fingers underneath the weight
OF the swtft-lighting me.eors that glue fast
soon as they touch. His brother, the tall pine
Sees the green robe he eaunis full in the front
OF Winter as though tannting him that he
And all his tribe Of evergreens own not
His sway, but wrap their cloaks in proud disdain
Round their scanned breasts when even the oak Il
driven
To cast his mantle from aim al command
OF the fierce tyrAnt-sees his tasssIlei robe
Changing to white in homage that he hates,
But forced to yield. Behold this laurel bush
The sculptor Of the snow Is carving here
miracle Of beauty, the rolled leaves
More graceful than the curls whose clusters seem
As if each column had burst richly out
At honor Of the burden It upbors;
The stately eagle, front Of that proud fame,
Its makers genius IN immortal shape
Phidias in marble. Mark that clump Of fern!
Its Withersd, brittle yihe-work sparkles now
mound Of delicate lace. Yon thieket gaunt
shows pluinAge stainless a. that Thundsrbolt
OF War, that Centaur Of the Battle Field,
whose plume shone ever, starlike, in the smoke
OF sternest slaughter. As the day declines,
robe Of ermine er The M0nArchs frame
ID hung, and in the sunsets crimson lgst
He spreads imperial front, till on his brow
A peary oresoent-he displays the moon.
N. Y. Observer.