Year: 1875



 ual, evidently in need of stamps, procured bar of soap at one of our village stores last Tuesday, and cutting it into small thin cakes, wrapped them in white paper and peddled them about the village for "corn remedy" at 25 cents cake. Exactly how many of OUT people were ''sold'' by this remedy O we have not learned. Last seen of him, he was on his way to Lakeville, where it is presumed he proved his benefi- cence for the human race, by a generous distribution of his "salve'' at the above mentioned price. We'll; How are your corns, anyway?

 Market Garden.-Messrs Camp & Holley of Lakeville, began last fall to pre- pare ground and arrange for a market gardening business, and as early as about March goth, they had large crop of lettuce and radishes, with which they not only supplied the homo demand but filled orders from neighboring villages. This is indeed novelty in this region, and we think our people will agree with us is very desira- ble novelty. They have now cabbage, tomato and various other kinds of plants, as we'll as their abundance of lettuce and radishes for sale, andi also flowers great variety of, already in pots, at very low prices.

 A Word to Correspondents.-W regard ourselves as very fortunate in having a large and very efficient corps of correspon- dents to assist us in gathering and report ing for the columns of THE NEWS, the thousand and one little incidents constant lv occurring in the villages in this region, and which are read with great interest by our subscribers. No better evidence is needed to convince one that these com munications are of especial interest, than the .fact that the correspondence from a | village is read by the citizens of that place before anything else in the paper. The news items from, as it were, their very doors, are far more eagerly sought after and read, than any news, of whatever nature or character, to be obtained from the greatest of the metropolitan journals ot the day ;-and we rejoice that it is so, and that we are so fortunate in having such an able, and usually very satisfactory corps ot assistants in that department of our paper, and when we express our sir cere obliga- lions to them for their valuable aid, we are sure we shall not assume too much to ado that our large list of readers join US in this expression of gratitude. There is one thing in connection with this matter of village correspondence however, that we find quite necessary 10 allude to here, and which:we sincerely hope will receive kindly acquiescence. It has but rarely occurred, so far az we are informed, that matters to the injury of good citizens have been so cleverly worded that we would discover nothing wrong in them, but which in the village whence they came would be as well understood as if printed in detail, and prove to be severe and uni just criticism. In other instances communications have been received, which, if we carefully read them, should discover quickly their pur. port, but which on account of multiplici ty of other matters to attend to at the time; and also on account of having received large number of communica. tions from the same party, and which have always been right, we give them to the compostor without reading them, and which have annoyed or injured people This presents the bad aspect of the case and we hope, and must S1asist upoaa, that our columns are not used to gratify $ personal spite, and must add that those who send such communications, expecting to remain always behind the scenes, art laboring under delusion. If harm is done we are compelled to give the injured persor the name of the writer; but will add thi much, that in no instance will we divulg' that name, till we are convinced the criti cism IS not just, and that the party ha: really suffered abuse and injury. There fore, we have to say to our correspondents Write nothing but what you arc willing tc meet, if it should become necessary to d. SO.