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Year: 1873

The rehearsal, on Wednesday, for the
Rutland Musical Festival was well at
tended. Our citizens begin to realize
their duty in the matter, judging, and
rightly, that the success of the undertake
ing rests principally on their shoulders.
The Rutland chorus now numbers in the
vicinity of seventy-five members, with
the prospect of considerable addition
to the number With fair proportion
from outside, which it is more than like
ly there will be, the full chorus will
number between four and five hundred
voices. The committee have Just is
sued the music, which is printed plainly,
on clear white paper, and very neatly
bound, in book of forty pages, which,
with some of the choicest selections
from the Jubilee music book of 1872,
will comprise the excellent collection to
be performed during the festival. Sing
ers in all parts of the State will, no
doubt, be interested in this enterprise, as
it will be the largest musical gathering
ever held in the State. 1t will be much
superior to an ordinary convention, in
the opportunity it will give for musical
practice, as it will be under the direction
of the greatest musical conductor in the
country, Carl Zeriahn, who, it is univer-
sally acknowledged, stands without
peer in his particular profession. There
will be a rehearsal, conducted by Mr..
Zerrahap, each day during the festival,
in addition to the regular concerts, and
any one who can rehearse four days un-
der Mr.. Zerrahn and not receive lasting
benefit, and perceptibly improve in mu-
sic, can readily come to the conclusion
that music is not his forte. There will
also be the opportunity of hearing artists
of such exceptional talent as it is impos-
sible to see or hear outside of the large
assuredly such as have never Wis
tied Vermont. Singers in all parts of
the State would do well to consider these
and the other advantages before it is too
late to organize for the greatest musical
convention ever held in Vermont.
Year: 1873

A newly married man was directed by
his wife to order some yeast, Monday night,
and not having very well defined idea of
yeast himself, he told the baker to send up
a couple of dollars worth. At nine o'clock
the next morning three men might have
been seen tugging and sweating up the
front stairs of that man s house with cask
of yeast-Dd,aburu NelrS.
Year: 1873

The grave and reverend General Assem-
bly, Of Connecticut at its last session pass
ed an act after much deliberation allowing
people to catch fish in East Hampton Pond
" through the ice each month in the year"
No provision was made for supplying the
ice in summer time. and as the people do
not feel at liberty to fish without it, they
are in sore trouble-N r Erening Mail
Year: 1873

1t is well-known fact, that trees on
the streets of a city absorb, through their
foliage, n large portion Of the noxious
vapor and gases which are evolved by
the rays Of the sun. The comfort which
we enjoy from their cooling shade, and
the pleasure we receive from their gay
and enlivcning appearance, are not their
only benefits. The air is purer and more
healthfal thereby, and the exhilaration
of the system induced by breathing more
oxygen and carbon, draws our thoughts
to the bright side of nature and things
in general, thus acting as a preventive
against disease that easily preys upon
depressed spirits.


The effects of physical causes npon the
phenomena of mind, and the reactionary
power of mind over health, are necessa-
ry consequences from the unity of mans
nature. 1t is thought that the great and
exceptional healthiness ofCleveland Ohio,
may be at least partially attributable to
the abundance of shade trees, and we
note the fact as an additional induce
ment for all to plant when proper time
comes.
Year: 1873

MILK TREE.


In narrative of travels on the ANA
zen and Rio Negro, published some years
ago by Mr.. Wallace, he describes an ex-
traordinary tree, called the milk tree,
(which was one Of the first wonders he
saw near Para. The fruit is eatable and
full ofa rich and very juicy pulp; but
strangest Of all, Is the vegetable milk
which exuds in abundance when the
bark Is cut. II Is of about the consis-
tence ofthick cream, and but for a very
slight peculiar taste, could not he dis
tinguished from the genuine product Of
the COW. The traveller ordered man
to tap some logs that had lain nearly a
month in the yard; he cut several notch
es in the bark with an axe, and in min
ute the rich sap was running out in great
quantities. 1t was collected in basin,
diluted with water, strained and brought
up at tea time and at breakfast next
morning. The peculiar flavor of the
milk seemed rather to improve the quail
ty Of the tea, and gave it as good color
as rich cream. In coffee it is equally
good. The milk is also used for glue,
and it is said to be as durable as that
made use of by carpenters.
Year: 1873

Voltaire was fertile and elegant. his
observations are very acute, yet he Of
ten betrays great Ignorance when he
treats on subjects of ancient learning.
Madame de Talmond once said to him,
81 think, sir, that philosopher should
never write but with the endeavor to
render mankind less wicked and unhap-
py than they are. Now, YOU do quite
the contrary; you are always writing
against that religion which alone is able
to restrain wickedness, and to afford us
consolation under misfortunes.' Vol
taire was much struck, and excused him
self by saying that he only wrote for
those who were of the same opinion as
himself. Trouchin assured his friends
that Noltaire died in great agonies of
mind. 81 die forsaken by gods and
men," exclaimed he in those awful mo-
ments when truth will force its way. Il
wish" added Trouchin, that those who
had been perverted by his writings had
been present at his death; it was a sight
too horrid to support"
Year: 1873

The latest importations are lace polon-
aises which are quite serviceable as can
be worn over any shade of evening
dress-they come in both white and
black.


Amply pleated frills oflace or clear
muslin are universally worn around the
neck, and muslin bows trimmed with
lace are also worn in connection.
Year: 1873

Utility and warmth are desirable for
house dresses far more than elegant ma
terial, and the late style of rufiiing to the
waste is too elaborate and easily disar-
ranged; in fact are not homelike enough,
hence they are being made with polo
naise and single founce on underskirt.
Year: 1873

The young man who has an ambition
to make great noise in the world should
learn boiler-making. He can make more
noise at that trade than anything else he
can engage in.


If he believe man should "strike for
wages" he should learn blacksmithing-
especially If he is good at blowing"


If he would embrace a profession in
which he can rise rapidly he should be-
come an aeronaut. He couldn't find any
thing better ''for high"


He certainly could do staving (and
perhaps starving) business at the cop
per trade.


If he believes in "mcasures, mot men,"
he will embark in the tailoring business.


Ifthe one great object Of his life is to
make money, he should get . position
in the United States Mint.


If he is a punctual sort of a chap, and
anxious to be "on time" he should put
his hands to Matchmaking.


If he believes in the chief end of man
to have his business largely 'felt,. why
of course he viii become halter.


II he wants to "get at the root of q
thing" he will become dentist-hlthough
if he does he will be often found ''look-

ing down in the mouth"


fla man is a bungler, at his best, he
should become physician-and then he
viii have none of his bad work thrown
upon his hands. 1t is generally buried
out of sight, you know.


Should he incline into high living. but.
prefer plain board, then the carpenter
trade will suit him. He can plain board
enough at that.


If he is needy and well-bred, Ae will
be right at home as baker.


He shouldn't become cigarmaker.
If he does all bis work will eud in smoke.


The young man who enjoys plenty Of
company and is ever ready to sc1uDsxrs'
quaintance, will find the h. o.,ulueu
racurgRAsi pursuit.. :.


The quickest way for him to ascend 70
the top round Of his calling is to become
hod carrier.


A very "grave" young man might
flourish as an undertaken.


Don't learn chair-making, for no mat
ter how well you please your customers,
they will sooner or later get down on
your work.


And don't become an umbrella-maker.
for their business is '',lsed up"


If he would have his works touch the
heads OF the nation, we know Of no way
he could sooner accomplish such an OBJ
ject than by making combs.


The young man who would have the
fruits of his labor brought before the
eyes of the people will become an opti-
clan. The work being easily seen through.
cannot be difficult to learn.


A man can always make ascent in the
perfumery business.


Ifa young man Is paragon Of homer.
truthfulness, sobriety, has never sworn
profane word, and has twenty thousand
dollars that he has no use for-then he
should Immediately start a newspaper.
Year: 1873

Still fashionable and so comfortable at
the same time desideratum to the eco
nomist are the box-pleated blonses.
For instance should one have real good
skirt and worn out body to her dress,
the last mentioned could be replaced by
a plaid blonse or black alpaca, one
trimmed in each pleat with fancy alpaca
braid or some other effective trimming
making serviceable dress.
Year: 1873

A young autograph hunter and poor
penman wrote to Horace Greeley request
ing his autograph. Return hail brought,
at gives me great pleasure to comply
with the wish of young man who
writes worse than do.


II GpErIry
Year: 1873

Vest basques-in common parlanee a
basque shaped in front like basque,
are still admired and the vest is always
made of the trimming material, and oxi-
died silver buttons close the front. On
black silk colored vests are worn and
even overdresses, polonaises, &c, have
them. These vests are good way to
remodel an old dress that is too tight
across the chest, or that needs something
TO enliven it.
Year: 1873

THIS is the way a Western lecturer
phenomenon, "You have
scon COW, no doubt. Well, COW is
not phenomenon. You have seen an
apple-tree. Well, an applc-tree is not q
phenomenon. But when you see the
COW go up the tree tail foremost to pick
apples, it is a phenomenon
Year: 1873

The sleeveless jackets are very much
Worn and &c made in somewhat new
shapes. Some are extesling m PfaSints
on the hips. and'others have them all
around. The colored velvets are very
bright and pretty for young ladies, and
are appropriate for married ladies in
black velvet with jet trimmings.
Year: 1873

The New York Express, in its review
of the cattle trade Of that city for the
past year, states that beeyes never went
below ten and quarter cents, while the
highest average throughout the year was
twelve and a half cents. Sellers of live
stock were ON the whole pretty prosper
Gus in their undertakings, and the i'm
mense amount invested in this trade has
paid fair profit. Taken at eleven cents
per pound for the net weight of meat,
and rated at seven hundred pounds each,
the amount of cattle sold in New York
viii make the enormous sum Of over
thirty-three millions Of dollars.
Year: 1873

"Let us, then, he up an doing,


With a heart for any fate;


Still achieving, still pursuing,


Learn To labor and TO wait"
May this be year of happiness to
all, and may We, at its close, be able to
look back upon the past and say, 81
have done what could"
Year: 1873

All OF our alHgatOrs, as well as the crOcO-


diles of the tropics, are oviparOus. They


are gregariOus in their habits, although


they do not seem to act in concert i'll OBJ


tanning their prey. During the winter season


the alligators remain in state OF torpOr,


buried generally in the mud Of the marshes


and bayous. The first warm weather re-


stores their suspending vitality. and few


may be seen summing themselves Oh logs and
other floating dcbg'is.


They fish principally during che night.


and lie in the sunshine half asleep on the


surface of the water during The day. a


splash in the water, or any slight noise IN


fact, will instantly arouse their attention
aud as their curiosity Is great, Shev Will
slowly swim here and there 90 ascertain the
cause of the disturbance


The whine of puppy seems 70 excite
them more than aught else; why. can not
tell, for it is equally etficacious where dogs
have never previously been, and where 1T
were impossible To suppose the allIgators
had ever heard them. The resemblance to
the noise or bark of their young has been


said to be the cause; but such reasoning is


tallacious, as at seasons when their young
no longer barE. they are equally attracted
by whine. Their ferocity and ether dan
gerous qualities have been very greatly
overrated and exaggerated. That they are
extremely voracious is unquestionable: but


they generally.coufine their ravages TO fish


and other small prey. The narrowing tales


of families being devoured by them are the


"veriest coinage of the BRAIN" and have in


reality no existence Whatsoever G0tcest0n
G;riIo1
Year: 1873

The day Mr.. Ruby across the way was to
be buried, Mrs Moriaty told her daughter
Clarinda that she guessed she would at
tend, as she wasn't feeling very well, and a
ride would do her good. She knew there
would be several covered carriages fur-
nished at the expense of the family, and
she was equally confident it could be so
managed that she would occupy a portion
of one of them. She was among the first at
the house, and occupied a prominent posi-
ton. As the other friends arrived she took
occasion to recall "reminiscences OF the late
Ruby that brought tears to their eyes,
and when the services were over, as the
first coach drove up for its load, the dis
tress of Mrs. Moriaty at the death OF Mr..
Ruby was so marked as to excite the live
liest sympathy. Then the second coach
came up. Mrs. Moriaty had got down to
the gate by this time, and as the door of
the second. coach was opened, and call
made for Me occupants, it seemed ex-
tremely doubtful if sine could hold up an
other instant. She leaned against the post,
and stared into the coach and over its rich
upholstering, and said the late Ruby seemed
more like a son to her than neighbor.
Whereupon the usher looked appropriately
sad, and called up the third and last coach.
This had yellow cushions and pink straps,
and Mrs. Moriaty didn't hesitate to protest
that in the death of MIR. Ruby the com
munity had met loss that it was not pos
sible to recover from, and that she would
follow him to his last resting place if she
had to do it on her knees, and would feel
grateful for the opportunity: Then the
third and last coach filled and drove Off to
take its place in the line, and Mrs. Moriaty
dried her tears. choked back the sorrow of
her heart with one mighty gulp, and strobe
into her own house, shutting the front door
,,,;%hout tha ai1 Of a knob She told CHAR.
india that it was the scallest affair sEe eyer
went to, and had il not been for the body
there would have been no funeral at all
D,,uburu NerS
Year: 1873

We once knew a man who had married a
spoiled beauty, whose murmurs, exactions
and caprices were infinite. He had at last,
as refuge to his wearied nerves, settled
down into habit of utter disregard and
neglect; he treated her wishes and COIN
plants with equal Indifference, and went
on with his life as nearly as possible as if
she did not exist. He silently provided for
her what he thought proper without
troubling himself to notice her requests or
listen to her grievances. Sickness came,
but the heart of her husband was cold and
gone; there was no sympathy left to warm
her. Death came, and he breathed freely
as a man released.


He married again-a woman with no
beauty. but much love and gOOd-a woman
VINO asked little, blamed seldom, and then
with all the tact and address which the ut
most thoughtfulness could devise; and the
passive, negligent husband became the at
tentive, devoted slave of her will. He was
in her hands as clay in the hands of the
potter; the least breath or suggestion of
criticism from her lips, who criticised so
little and go thoughtfully, weighed more
with him than many outspoken words. So
different is the same human being, accord
ing to the touch of the hand which plays
upon it.-Engl,shmen's Domestic Magazine.
Year: 1873

Twenty-Five years ago last spring horse
was brought from Vermont to Boston &c. Tor
sale, being then eleven or twelve years old:
Strange as it may appear, that horse is still


living, and is now forty or fortyons; Eye years hs
the late Cyrus Reed, of Lexington. and is
now owned By his son. John Reed, one mile
from the Lexington depot. Notwithstand-
ing his great age he has been most wonder
fully preserved, and is able to perform light
work, and is often seen on the road, work
ing as faithfully as he did quarter OF
century ago. He was fortunate to have
been born in au age when speed was not
the only requisite for good horse, other
wise his bones might long since have been
mingling with the dust; but he bids fair u
live several years longer. To stand before
this venerable old horse and to ponder upon
the events he has passed through, and to
realize that he ia the only survivor of all
the horses born in 1888, makes us feel like
paying respect to his age, and like calling
upon the society with long name to secure
him against all labor i'll the tuture.-Ou'
Dumb IiniWaLS.
Year: 1873

FAVORABLE COMMENTS OF MERCHANTS.


The act now under consideration by the
Legislature, providing for the establishment Of quar-
antine aud for defining the qualifications duties, ana
powers OF the Health officer, claimed to be
ment the interest of the mercantile community and
thus OF general public benefit while at the same time 1t
does any of the rules necessary to protect the
health Of the people. The Health Officer. Dr. Wander
poel considers fair bill, and says that If enacted IT
will go toward restoring the shipping interests Of the
port which are believed have suffered under the
ent laws.


The bill ia cOdihcation Of various laws relating 10
quarantine All the sections OF the law Of 1868 which
have been found 10 work well retained IN the now
BILL under which the merchant has the power to make
his towage nghterage steyedoring, and cooperng
contracts The sanitary regulations unchanged and
are as stringent Under the Old laws the Health
Officer could retain vessels arriving from tropical or
infected ports 80 days before he rendered decision and
for 20 days after the vessel discharged before he
gave clearance, ana In the mean time the merchant
had redress The law provides for the detention or
vessels only for such time the nature OF diseases may
require, aud when ship arrives from an infected port
for period sufficient to determine the incubation OF
every decision of the Health Officer be contested,
and the appeal decided within very snort time. The
Health Officer says under the system lately enforced
(which the new bill is intended TO make ABSOLUTELY
the whole OF last Summer, and that the old system, II
continued will prevent the running OF steamers tO ana
from tropical ports in the Summer


The bill has been submitted to many leading mer
chants who about take strong action In its favor
and petition for its passage. The shpowners' Assocla
tOn Is said 10 approve the new law aud seems to meet
with the favorable opinion OF the Legislative Committee
Several amendments to the bill have been made com
mittee, and others will probably be suggested.
Year: 1873

lne Boston A0GcTttSCF says:
| If we were to assert without proof
that there was at the present time a


general and probably a prearranged
| attack on the colored race by the
newspapers of the South, end particu-
larly by those of Virginia, we should
perhaps be met with the most indig-
nant of d. malls.


We think our Boston cotemporary
is mistaken. The weather down here
is entirely too warm for getting up
any thing indignant" over so small a
matter as a Yankee SANDER on the
South no matter how false or how pre-
mcditated it may be. We trust the
day las gone by when Southern peo-
pie feel any interest in the opinions
that our Yankee brethren entertain re-
garding them. Possibly if we had
shown less sensitiveness about the
slanders and Misrepresentation tn;
have so long been the stock in trade of
the Radical party, and had been less
eager to "set ourselves right before
the world" it would have been better
for us.


The A9rcrtiscr may make the asser-
ton tnat there is ga prearranged at
tack on the colored race" or any other
false assertion that suits its taste, with
impunity. Our capacity for indigna-
ton against such things is quite ex-
hausted. Our cotemporarT has cvi-
IDENTITY forgotten that this is an "cff
year in politics.
Year: 1873

The Boston .1drCytisCI stands, we
believe, almost alone in its unqualified
condemnation of General Mackenzies
pursuit and capture on Mexican soil of
the Lipan and kicllapoo Indians WHO
had committed outrages in Texas.


The other papers of the country,
both North and South, think that the
long list Of unredresscd grievances of
the people OF Texas, inflicted by men
over whom the Mexican Government
claims jurisdiction, constitute an
almost irresistible pr0vocation, if not Il
justification for Just such acts, NOT Of
retaliation, but of punishment, IS that
which now threatens to bring about
open war between the two countries.


If a tithe of the accounts that we
have of the outragcs comlitted by
Mexic rs, with or without the conniv-
ance of the Mexican Government, bc
true, the United States has just cause
of war against Mexico, but admitting
this, it by no means follows that either
General Mackenzie or President Grant
has the right to initiate the war with
ont the consent Of Congress.


It seems to be generally conceded
that General Mackenzie's raid was made
with the appreciation, if not by the
order, of the President, and it fol-
lows, therefore, that whatever
of blame may attach to that act,
belongs to the President, and it will be
well in forming our opinions to bear
this fact in mind. The President of
the United States cannot commit q
greater violation of law or transcend
his powers in higher degree than ly
making war upon q foreign nation
without the assent of Congress. The
right to make war is essentially and
necessarily an attribute of sovereignty
and the sovereignty Of the United
States does not, il law at least, rest in
its President.


But VIC arc so accustomed to uSliT-
patiOns of power on the part Of Pre- 81
dent Grant, without the excuse even
Of provocation, that this high-handcd
act of invasion Of the soil of foreign
nation by an armed force, provoked as
it was, will excite but little comment
upon the authority by which it was
made This unfortunate state of affairs
d )es not alter the fact, however, that
President Graz t, and not General Mae
kenzie. is tie party upon whom rests
the responsibility for this act Of war.