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PUBLISHED EVERY RATURDAT AT BRKWSTE US. (on the HRrioro B. H.) NEW YORK. ^> I \• » $^ ^ HENBT A. FOX, Bditor iind Publleher. 0. H. MILLER, ABRoctate Editor.* TBRXS: Three M«nthp, (in advanoe) - - S .60 AdrortifiitiR Termn can be obtained at Uie office, in the Town Hall. Brewster Standard. VOL. III. BREWSTERS, N. Y., SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 1871. NO. 11. TllK STANDARD Job Office IH wi-ll Plookwl wit I) nil t ho nccewary typp, cimln, imper, ink, vie. for PXPcnting with npiitiiHHB mid disixifch nil ordorn for Ctfrrf«, WrrM/nr«. JiUt-Jleadt, :BA.JJ1J ixvrrA.xiojfS. Orders of Danoinff, &o. We received tlio Premium at th» Dan- bury and Carmol Fairs, 1869 and 70, for the bent specimen of Card and Job Printing. A Hhnllnp on the Sea. I UntiRhod A olinlliip (III thn nra, I wmlp \ Ainlntioii\ muinl tho jirow; It jipeil iH'ffirf tlip brrezPH froe— Whilo hroko tlic wave beiicftth the hi)W. The culm Rmy Bky of enrlv mom Wan flprk'd ami IinrrM wHli Roklcn olrmd. An luiwnnl tliat aiiinll bark wan bnriin, Wliilo fri'Bli'iiinK l»reo/,on Blirill'd tlio ehroad. But ore Uir Bim mld-heavpn clomh. The Btnrm-wrark moiint^l op tho eky, Tho TiiBdiViiiiiB Boa RFOW palo with foam, And lurid IJHlitntiigH leapt on high. Hack, hark m,v Uttlo boat was drlTon, Tht- cnrdact) roft, tho caiiTaHB rent; Till on tho Bhoro ita timbers riven Tho hn-akem Bcatter'd, u thoy apoiit. And yi^t annlhor tiny boat I Toiitiirod on tho hunftry brine; And \ Hope \ about tho prow I wrot«, TwnH Iniinch'd at oToniiiR's dim deolliip. t hnnc a lanlorn on tho mast, A diow-womi Rpark which faintly bum'd, Tliat liv tilt! Blonder ray it rant My Hbnllop'fl conrso might t>o diHCAro'd. Mi(;ht rloHcd around tho fated hark ; I haw tlio Rlf^aminf; croHHrt drown ; For in tho HI1<!IIRO and the dark or middle night tho \Hope\ went down. And now I ait upon tho nhore, Tlio joxt of nil that wundor there; And on the Hand for ovornioro I writ* the ainglo word- \Doapair.\ THE IWXJITION PARTY. \ Why, of all thlnRa—when did you get home 7\ said the merry Mm. HOIICB, as she enletcd her cheerful parlor at ten o'clock on Tlianksjrivinf; niphi, and found her hus- band fiittinfc mooiiily alone, hnTin^ just returned from » trip t o New York, and whe nhook him heartily by the hand, and left her kiw of true wifely affection iiimn his lip ; he Mill keepinft; his seat and looking a^ if he had been run ofT the track or had hia Gonsifniment of merchandise sunk to the bottom of Ijake Erie. \ How long have you been here ?\ she again asked, not heeding his silence. \ An hour or two.\ '' t'oiiie down on the clipper ?*' The trentlcman nodded. \Been wellT' ahe continued, drawing efT her gloves, unpinning her shawl, and layinr; ofTlier hit. \ Middling.\ '*0h!\ she exclaimed shaking back her curls, \bow I wish you had trot home be- fore night, that you might have gone nith me to the donation [larty; we had the nicest time—I would have given anything if you had boefl there; I have not seen a merrier party this many a day. Oh, t wish you had come stionor.\ \ Perha|M you had l>ettvr save your re- gretJ«, for 1 am very sure I should not have gone had I been at home, and peradvonture you might have staid at home with me; su if you have tjecn so highly delighted with ^your party, make the beat ol it. You know 1 am no friend to such doings.\ \But Edward, you could not have helifcd Iwing pleased to-night. Why my very heart is fluttering with joy just to think of it. Returning thanks to the Heavenly Father, by giving of our good gifta to the {loor and needy.\ \ The poor and needy,\ he repeatod with a sneer;'' is it Parson Allen you call poor and needy, whose wife wears a l>etter mm- net and eats better diuneni than nine out of every ten of his (lock !\ \ No, not Parson Allen—jwhaw, Edward, do you think I would talk about Parson Allen as |»oor and needy?\ '•Well, the liev. C. Minor, with ten thousand at interest V *' No. no.\ \Well I shan't guess again, for thiu whole systi'm of donation |iarties is a kind of fnxxd U|iou the public, aud I am very sorry, indeed, that you have l>6en induced (becaose I was absent,) to give y<iur aid and oouutenancc to auch things.\ All this was said with a surly tone. Mary, the light-hearted, loving, true and gentle Mary, who liad been at home four weeks au merry as a bird over her summer nest, neglecting no duty, aud tiring of no •.^.«, choked up a little: but though the tear* welled up t « her eyelids, the smile oould not leave her brow, and love whis- pered in her ear, \he is weary and sleepy, and was disappointed that you were not at home to welcome him when he came.\ 8o slie looked atmigbt into the little door of tliti parlor stove, upon the gluwing coals there, turning into dead ashes, and tuought how much like the warm earnest love of her own heart tbcy were just that minute; a love t hat luid been warming a whole room full all evening; a love that had been sparkling and radiating till all about her was warmth and likely to be turned sud- denly into ashes, liocausc the busbaud choae t o put it out, iuatead of adding fresh fuel to warm and cheer his own cold Kiul. But Mary was a sensible httle woman, so she looked straight into tbe stove door, patted the toe of her pretty gaiter on thk soft rug, turned her marriage ring round and round on her linger but ueveraaida word. Edwai-d Belle* looked srai^ht into tiie stove door too, wishing hi hu heart that be had nut bevn such a petulant fool as to blufl' olT his beautiful loving wife, for no earthly reason, only that he bad gat home one day sooner than be bad prumisod and found her out ai a donation party. But \hang it all,\ thought he to himself. \how shall 1 git out of the scrape?\ Thus thinking, thus feeling, they Uith looked into the atove door for five minute*. \This wont do,\ thought be, i must come round some how; and he drew bia finger ends through his wbiskerh, and look- ed a whole uiiuutv longer; then dearmg his voice began in a hofu-ned tone— \ I dou't know but 1 aui mo^t too aavage on your dunatjou part.ieF, Mary; but it has always seemed to me, that il people must have a minister they ought u> pay him and pay him well, without grud^ug w grumbliii, and not levy a tax upon the whole community to nUieve them of tbcur pwD burdens, and if they can't pay, cheer- (hll V owing t o their poverty let him go. May bt' ( nni wrong in my estimate; but I hare giuvtsed three times, suppose you tell me now where you have given your donation to-night that has set ••my heart to fluttei^ ing so joyfully.\ And Edward, who after all was a very fond husband, drew her hand into his and looked up with a clear brow for his an- •wear. \ You know, Edward, how many times we have talked about the goo<l Mrs. Brown. After raising a great family of her own' and struggling through all sorts of sorrow, sickness and trial, to 1>e left a widow, depenilant upon her own hands would have seemed a sad destiny; but in her old age, t o bo compelled to raise a second family, to take the babcrt of her daughter and rear them in her arms, to be- come tlie scctind mother of all those or- phans seemed a hanl fate, and su we, a few of nsyou know, (I don't know who hanlly) said ' let UH give the widow Brown a dona- tion purtyj* and all said ' ^reed,' and to work we went. Every man and woman we met said 'yes, she nursed my wife when she was sick,' said Mr. Scott; •she took care ot my little Henry when he had his arm broken,* said Air. Jones; 'Mother Brown, t o be sure I'll help,* res- )H)ndod Judge Fry; 'sliehasput the tlrst slip on my children, God bless her; \ dear grandmother Brown, I'll do all 1 can,' said the fashionable .Mfs. Grey:'she was with my little Nettie, and laid her dear little form into the coffln;\help her? yea—by hokey,' said the rough butcher, Hopkins. ' She ought t o l>e sup|)orted by the public, and never know a want, for poor widow as she haKl»ecn for fifteen years, she has never let anybody want that she could help, and I've known lier many a time, when she was earning bread with her needle, at a quarter a day and board herself—drop all and go and nurse two or three days a t a time, with those that were too poor t o help her a mite, and now she has them children to care for. By hokey, I'll give in my dona- tion with a free band.' ** And Ho i t went; every body willing to help the widow in ber need, and we got up the donation party for the widow for our Thanksgiving night, and oh! how glad our hearts have been made, in making the widow'u cup to overflow with joy—in re- turning thanks to our Heavenly Father by giving of our abundance to relieve tho wantM of the widow, grandmother and or- phaned little ones. Yes, Edward, my lieart has fluttered withjoy; joy that there was so much of the angelic in human heart; joy that in this good land there is enough for all, and that so many great and good minds are pleading for the right of all to live and love; joy that every day the work of charity and benevolence goes on, and that woman is beginning tx> think and feel for w<inian and for tbe opprcti«ed, and to call u|)on her neighlxirs t o lay their ofl'er- ings of sympathy upon the altars of suffer- ing lieurla. Edward, dear as you are to me, dearer tban life, even your frown and «>lder words at this moment of our meet- ing could not banish that heavenly gu()«t from my heart, that the aged widow's \ (iod bless you,\ and her tear of gratitude had ushered in there. Would that every village and every town would u^e their Thanksgiving as we have done to-day; then, indeed, would it bocome a time of thanksgiving and prayer, acceptable alike to man and tiod.\ Edward Belles bent his head low upon the hand of bis lovely and loving wife, and a tear fell upon that wedding ring, and washed all remembrance of the troubled thought that but now had caused it to twirl u)>on that gentle finger, and a deep earnest \(jod bleus you, my Maiy,\ made theui again as one. IT WAS 'I'HOHeHT a wonderful event when Eugene Aram wua trie<1 and exe- (mt«d for a murder oommittod fourteen yeiurs Itefona, but a man bus been brought Iiefore u Lumdon muKistrate on a charge of felony aud emlxizrlement which dateji liaek more tliuu double tlmt time. The felony was rej^reseuted hv 7a. 6d. the ombezzlemeut by £10, and tlie defendant hud undeavorod to make some amends by sending the prosecutor, his formi-r enijtloyer, lOs. worth of ix>st- Hge stamps. Tbe magibtrate put it to the latter whether, after the laitse of so many yeajs, he iutpuded to proueed against the man, and the prosecutor replied that, he was determiu^ to put the law in fortw. Pending further ' inquiry, the defendant was releaued on I his own recoguiuiUoe. 1 TBK SuoE OF BTBASBDBO.—The num- I ber of guns of all kinds employed was '241 : 44 of these were mied by the Ba- denaerii against the i'it«del ; the remain- I der by the Prussians against the forti- i fioations about the city. As regards I calibre, 58 were rifled 24-p«under8 ; 80 I rifled I'i-jKjiinders ; 83 mortars, 2 rifled, 1 8 smooth GU-]K)anders ; 19 50-pounderB ; : the remaindf-r 25 aud Tpouaderw. The I number of shots firt«l in the 31 days of the actual bombardment van 193,722; i among those 58,000 sheJls, many weigh* ' ing 180 jwuuds The average per cUy was e.249 shots; per hour, 2&I; per minut«, 4-6. The operatioua extended j over six weeks ; but tlie formal bombard- j meut bt«an on the aCth of A-ugust, end- I ing on the 27 of September. I A JKjtKxuoiy TowH Vmnorxu BI : FmE.—The entire buaiuet* portion of the'town of Braadenburg. M.ead oounty, Kentucky, has been desUoyod by fi«*! Only three bmuiieas houses were bavod from the flajues I'he origin of the tire is unknown, but it begun in the hotel The loss is estunated at 9100,000 ; iusu- ranoe ft50,000. THK bank of the deep cut on the Hvra- riiouae and Cbminango Railroad fell, burying between fifteen and Iwenlv of the labor*-lb. The bodit* of three dead were recovered, aad aii othen, two fa- tiibUy injured aud four sevecely isjured I wese tamoved. A Mflxicnn Fnndangn. An officer of the United Statos army doscrilwwa Mexican \ fandango.\ A fan- dango means danoo in Mexican, and i t ia purely Spanish in every sense of the word. The Huerfano is a Mexican village about two miles from tho Arkansas river, twenty miles from Pueblo, and one hun- dred and twenty-five miles from Denver City, Tl)o Huerfano I take more partic- ularly, as it is in dose proximity to a United States fort, known as Fort Rey- nolds, aud consequently I write this sketch under tlie above title, i t being one of the few transactions and sports ni>on tho idains. A fandango is .onsily gotten up, ns follows : The Huerfano is run by Marena, Joseph, Tom, and old Bill Autobey, all Indian aeoiits for the United Stiifces Govommcnt Bill is the fntlier of the three first named. He buys up a couple of gallons of whisky and two jionnds of (!andy and a couplo of pounds of cnndles. He Uicu invites old and young living in his village, and sends 'dnspatchoR up to the Plam and St (Charles, two more Mexican villages, and cornea up t o the fort and says, \Boys a fanihingo to-night.\ The boys apply for a pass, and generally got one from re- treat of to-day until reveille of to-morrow. You go down to the Huerfano and enter a dirty-looking and dilapidated ball, miidc of adtibes, and lighted u]) with eight candles, a bar in one end and the fiddler in tlie other ; two rows of lienches on each side of the liall, on one side filled wiUi Mexican ladies, and on the other with oitiKena and United Htntoa Holdierij, The fiddler strikes up, the men go over to tlio girls and ask them to dance. They never speak, but nod tlicir heads, signifying \ Yes\ or \ No,\ but generally \Yes.\ Then the dance commences, tlie soldiers generally preferring to dance quadrilles, widtKes, iKilkas, and schottis- ches, becausi^ they know them tlie liest, while tlie Mexicans prefer their own native dnnoes, such as tlie c^onda, men- ditn, and slow waJte. After you get through the danoo the woman leaves you very abruptly, you follow for your hat, she for her shawL Hhe liands you her shawl, turns her back t o you, aud you adjust tho shawl upon her shoulders and then she sits down. You then rush up to the bar, call for one glass of whisky, one glass of water, and some candy. The whisky costs you twenty-flvo cents and the candy (three small sticks) twenty- five cents ; the water nothing. Tbe ar- ticle* are pltieetl iivum a salvor, and you go to the lady and tell her to help her- self. She generally takes the ctuidy, and you drink the whiaky. The fandango is Kept in this way all the evening, until it breaks up in a row, which it generally does before twelve or one o'clo4ik. The row is somotimcH among tlie \ Imya in blue,\ but more generally among the MexicAus. Tho Mexicans are very cute. They never speud mcmov for diuicing, but rather too freely indulge among them- selves. Uncle Sam's iKiys jmy the whole biU for fmidango. I nave known n Mexi- can woman t o nil her i>ockets witli candy, given ber by her soldier-admirers and i>ther women, and Uien go around by the back door and hand it t o the proprietor t>o resell. There is much fiui t o see at these fandaugfMi in the fore part of the evening. The women arc gnyly dressed, and cousidci* themselvett \some pump- kins. \ lliey think a great deal of the \ soldierH,\ but their own men they dcm't seem to like much, and no wonder, for they art^ the dirtiest and meanest looking set of vagabonds. They are al- ways in debt, and too hizy t o get in their crops half Uit^ time. The faii<hingo is a great • institution, aud, as I said before, it generally breaks up in a row. Some MexicJUi glutting knocked over, kniveji are drawn, women scruam and nish out of the window, pistols ai'e tired, and the \ boys in blue,' leave for cump. Tui^ DAIUUE AT nrKAsno -no.—A let- ter from Strasbourg says with regard to tlie listti of rochimuiious of domugea: \Every day a number continue to be sent in, and the rtxxtrd was not yet ulosed. Up to the 9th the numlier of individoal claims scheduled umouiitii tu 7,644, a figure which, twrnsidering Uie uumlw^r of houwiB in tlie oity dfies not much exuoed 5,000, appears \surprising. The ar :^tect of tlie C^thednJ estimates the damage it has sualaiued at 1,500,000 francs, a sum which aeems enormous, although the fabric is far more injured than mighi )M^ ooududed from a super- ficial examinatioii. 'J'ui: Il£i>uirr of the United States Department of Agriculture in reference to the ootton crop, MIVS the roturus justify an estimut4- of 3,860,000 commer- cud bales, 1,767,000.000 pounds, or •eigh- ty-two pt^ cent, of the crop tA 1*^9, which was 2.154,820, OiJO pounds. The increase in sugar-cane over last year is estimated at thirty j>er cent in Louisi- ana. A aimilur rate is returned or Tex- as, and some advunoe has been made in Geoj-gia and Florida. So mucJi cane is annually used at \ plaut-uane\ in ex- ti-udiug the oreage that the product of sugar aud mohuiues does not represent the rend iuocewte in ouae-growing. Tu£ TUTA0 ooiMAUE oj the United Steies mint for the jMStyear «'as $24,- 872.410.98. Of this 1,156,087 pieces, worth «22,257,812.50, were in gold, San Francibuo coining all but $2,830,752.50, which was coined in Philudi'l}>liia; 4,649,396 aUvtn- uieoos. worth $1 ,767,253. • 60, were coined, $594,500 of i t being at Sail Frauiusuo. All the nickel, tapper and bronze wus iK.>iuod a t Pniiadelphia, and, while numbering 18,154,000 odd pieoes, it amounted t o only S6U,i4i&- The Worst of on ima^^iuary danger is, that i t often lead* us t o ovej^ot^^ a i«ftl one. Itoada and Road Making. - At a recent meeting of the Massachn- setts Board of Agriculture, the Secretary read a paper on roads. He said his ob- ject was to influence legislation on the present notoriously ineflcctive system of road-making. Every owner of real-es- tute had a vital interest in the question. Tho Le^slature had passed a ^solve to inquire into tho oondition of the roads in tho State. 2S7 cities and towns re- ported li,9r>i mileJi ot road, costing for repairs 8i;i4,142.32, or an average of S74 per mile. Tho total cost t o the cities is S013,745.10. or an average of $533.70 per mile. Aside from the cities, 246 towns rei>ort>ed 13,804 miles of roads, costing yearly for repairs 8621,89€.22, or an average of $37.70 i>er mile. Cities and towns to the number 165, report that the rond-taxes ore paid in money, 64 that they are paid in labor, and 28 that they ore paid in both. From 187 cities and towns there is reported on ag- gregati^ of 8156,189.30-for the post five years for damages and exiwnsoH of legal defence in consequence of alleged defect in roods. From 70 towns i t is reported that nothing had been paid for damageji. The city of Boston reitorted that it ex- l>ended ®;i25,0(t0 annually for the main- biinance of high-ways, and several of the larger towns sjjent amounts ranging from 810,000 t o «20,000 per annum for the same pur{)ose. It was an ostAblisheil principle among tho cxpertA that roads shouhl l>e BO substantially constructeil thot the cost of maintainance should be roducetl t o a ininimYlm. Although, other things t>eing equal, a short Une was the E roper one for a road, yet a rood might e odvontagously deviated, to ovoid a hill, t o a length Oijual to twenty times the height of o hill. The evils of a too great o convlexity in o rood were mani- fold. The better form was two inclined planes, meeting with a slightly rounded suriaoe in tho road's centre. Small, loose stones tlmt worked upward ought to be removed. Ho furtlier elaborotcd other points of detail, and i>ointed out what he regarded as errors i n tho pres- ent system of rond-moking. Screened gravel and cmsliod rock making the best material for roods ; and towns, for econ- omy's sake, ought to provide stone crushers and heavy rollers. He alluded to the want of uniformity in the roads in various ijorts of the State, and spoke of the multitude of incompetent survey- on* that were elected. A good survey- or, when elected, ought to be kept in office. He thought that it was better, in some cases, to employ the poor in building roods than t o send them t o the olins-house. He advocated a law com- pelling selectmen to employ competent uuperiutendent« for three or five years. Each town should appoint two or three iusiH>ctors to act in concert witli otlier inspectors of adjoining towns, and thus make the roads uniform. He closed by recommending a Board of Pubhc Works, to be inaugurated by the State, to take charge of the busimms of road-making and other similar enterprises. How they Dreai In WaiUnrtoiu At a recent &filiionable party in Wash- ington the following toilets are notiood: Mra. Gen. Sherman was simply attired in a black silk, tho ladies reoeiving with her were very riclUy <lntwiod. Mrs. Vin- cent wore a white muslin shghtly looj>ed uliove o white silk j>ettie^ot, and a scarlet autin jjauuier and bodice. Mrs. Ander- reid wore a poarl-oolored satin, trimmed witli cherry satin, and a point-lace sliawl fell Ktaoefully over her shoulders. One of the most beautiful dresses was that worn by a very pretty blonde, Miss Williams, from Baltimore. Thia was a lilat; satin, with white muslin overdress, tastefully msde and trimmed. The di i- monds worn by this young lady were luagnilhjent.. Necklace, earriim;a, brooch, and an ornament for the hair were all uomposed of clusters of these precious stones. Miss Minnie Sherman wore a blue silk dress, aud her sister a dress of the same color and material, with an overdress of white musUn, made with putfs aud rows of inbertiou. Miss £dai, of Georgetown, a brunette, wore a white silk, with deep, black flouuoos, aud scarlet flowers were phuiod in hitr dark hair and loo{^>od in the sleeves of her drcbs. Miss Benjamin, of Cold Sjmng, wore a white tarlotune, made shoii, and loojied above it was a delicate shade of green t^irlelaue, very becoming to her rosy oomidexion. Mrs. Ghiiues attracted, us she always does, grtiut attention, and looked as young as if she had not urged her great claim foi- a hundred years or so. She wore a pearl-colored satin, trained skirt, and u white satin head- dross trimmed ^lith feathers aud flowers, and secured by white ribbons iK^nimth her chin. Senator and Mrs- Williams were called a very hundsome couple as they promenaded together. MJ«. Wil- Uaiua wore a white silk dreas, with a court train cut in suallops and bound with blue satin. The p<<t4acoat was also of blue satin. MIM Lizzie Porter, daugh- i tor of Admiial Fortcj-, wore a pink sdk trimmtid with white muslin aud hioe. Mrs. btuart, uieoe of (Jen. butler, wore a rich black velvet, trimmed u-ith black laue aud ostrich featiiers. Mrs. S. S. Cox was jjrobcut with her husband. Uer dress Was lavender ailk, vith white mus- lin draped obova it SiNouuAjt DiMaaioN.—Some indeoeut poat-oordh were lately aeut by pc*t to two ladies in London, but a oon^ictiou «ai rendered impracticable by a most I uuusal aooident—the postage stamps had | not been obliteJUtod, end, therefore, it I was held by the chief puhoe magistraU-, : a high authority, that there «as uo le^ . evideuue to show that the hbel had been publinhod. This it^ii curious point. There never existed a man that did not aay. in ihe oourw <4 his life, «a« hiiUiant thing. Taltio of Beracclnation In Nmall-Pox. Most of our readers ore aware of the extent to which tho small-pox hua riiv- aged France, ond especially Paris, and of the continued disctission of remeflies and indications of the disease. In response t o a request from the minister of the interi- or t o the Imi>eriol Academy of Medicine, the following statement of established facts was rctumoil: First, vaccination is a preservative against smaU-]>ox ; sec- ond, in every instance, after a ccrtoin time, rcvoccinotion is expedient to se- cure coin]ilote exemption from cont.u- gion ; third, rovnecinatioii is on obso- lut<! security from danger ; fourth, ro- vaccinatitm is useful at all ages ; it can bo employed without inconvenience du- rinp the existence of the epidemic, and it is perfectly well estnblished that in certain localities—in tlic bosom of fam- ilies, in boording-achools, ond other ag- glomerations of individuals—it hiw suc- ceeded in arresting upon the spot nn ep- idemic just Iwgun; sixth, tne actual epidemic of sraoll-pox, which prevails in Paris and other |>ointK of French terri- tory, bus suppbed a most convincing proof of tho protective jiower of nfvaci- nation ; finally, it was stated t lat in va- rifius army corps, imd es)>eciBUy in tho. Garde dc Paris, and in many public and private cstablinbmonts, particularly in some of tlio municipal sehools, the small pox was entirely checkod'after revacina- tion ; and also that tho latest statistics, ospecially those collected i n the civil hoa- pitfditios of Paris, prove in the most IKtsitive manner that |)ersonB recently rcvaccinated have been attacked only in a very small proportion, and very lightly, and so as not t o figure i n tbe stAtistics of mortality. It is, therefore, concluded tliat it is ill tlie highest degree important, Ixmi in the interest of tbe indiviilnal and of tho public, t(» continue t o extend in every possible way the practioe of revac- cination. Treatment of FoalR. The foal shortly after birth is liable to constipotion (stoppogo), from the hard, block, glutinous foyos that natu- rally accumultito in the intosttncs dur- ing Uie latter months of the fmtal state. Sometimes, when tlie maro's udder is swollen and full, the milk is ilruwu quite freely several days before the foal is Imrn. The breeder ought not t o forget tluit the first milk, or the tteatilinf/e, ns it is cjiUcd, has on ojHrrient property that appears indisiieusoblc to heoltby ai^tiou of the bowels. If coiistipiiti<ni from that or any other cAUse succee«l8, an aperient should be administered without delay. The Imrd, woxv fojces should he got nd of. Linseeil oil is tbe siiftust and most efftHitual ugeut. It should bo given mixed up witli tlie yolk of an egg or in tliick gruel, in doses of^ |ko or three ounces. Ten t o fifteen dn»ps of 511 of oniaooil and a serujile of pc>w<lercd (rin- ger may Iw mlded t o the mixture. With a view to hastening the operation of the physic, im injection, consisting of a pint of worm wat«r, witli an ouneti <if ej>som salts dissolved in it, may 1>e ad- ministered every fcmr hours until relief is secured. Souring may arista from various causes ; tho milk of the dam may Ije too poor or too rich a nature, owing t o sudden changes of diet, etc. In all such cases pioper inaniigement of the mother is usiudly sufficient to c<ir- rect tlie fun<!tional disorder of the foul, and so long as the latter is its usmd, the owner need not be alarm<M). But if the animal liegins t o droop, refuses its food; and is in evident pain, ami tlic foocos watery, ftetid, or clav-colored, not an hour shoiUd lie h>st The j>roper treat- ment wiU consist in tlie administration of dirniiiiativejt and mild astringents. The following is one of tlie most effec- tual ijre|>arutions we know of. Take of cjirbouate of magnesia and tirepared chalk, of each one ounce ; oil of aniseed, ludf a drachm ; tincture of opium, two drachms; syrup of rhubarb, lialf on ounce; water, twelve ounces—mix Dose from one two ounoes every eight hours. How TO QUIT SWKAKINO.—A story is told of a citizen of Daubury, (^nnetitiout, who was broken of the wretched habit of swearing in a novel manner. He was an inveteratt^ curser and grumbler. At every meal he neglected a blehsing, and swore at every thing, from the gravy t<i the teu-pot His oaths discoloritd the najikins. soured the bread, aud curdled the milk. His wife, a woman who evi- dently believed the hair of a dog would cure the bite, stood this unseemly con- duct \until forbearance- ceused to Ite a virtue.\ One morning he was unusually croBh and profane, and was alwut to take a fresh staii at something else, when his wife suddenly broke out with a stories <'f oaths that made the old gentleman get up and leave his chair as though some one had introduced a jiiu betwoou the eunes. As soon as she oousod, he bruath- lessly remurked, \Well I swear, if i t has got BO you can swear it is time I quit.\ And he did. TILE DKTBOIT POBI sujtgeste, in reply to the aasumplion of the C'ouudiun journals, that the free uavigat.iou of the St Law- rence would be uf Ut.tle value without the uae of the Cauudiau canals, that if the United States government should prohibit forei^ vessels from passing through the St Clair Fhtts CWial and the St Mury'ii Ship ouiml, (Uuiadiau shipping would find itself entirely excluded from Lake Superior. Tu£ Legislature of Iowa, at its last season, subinitttid the queation of wo- man suflrtige. This question has to be repeated by the next k^paUtluie, and then it guea to the ppi>pif K« One More Fair. AN OU> KDEMAI I BAkLAD. Tliin month of May, one plnaonut rvntidc, 1 hfnrd a youoR at\ HingiiiR on tho Rffon ; I c«ni(> iiiH.n\ ItPf whiTo tho ways divido. And Haid, \ Uod kocp yon, maiden, from all teen. \Maidon tho Ood of lovo yon kot<p and save. And piTB von all ynir heart dosirrB,\ I criaA. Then sho : '* I'rty toll mo, gciitlo sir and In ave, Witliiir yon wood this piosHant eventide ?\ \ To y<m I eom<s a lovor lenl and true. To toll j-uu all mv hoiM' imd nil my caro ; Your love'it what I nook ; Than you No woman cvnr eet'inc-d to me more fair. Wit nnd WIMIIIIII. Tlio greatest truths are the simjilest, so ore tlie greatest men. Old maids are described iis embers from which the spiirks liiive Ibnl. What is the difTi'i-ence ln'twecn 'i sol- dier iind u fiushionably dresswd yotiig lady ? One faces the i>owdcr, mid th\ other iK>wders the face. There are two eventful imrinda in the life of o woman : nue, when she wonders who she will hove ; the other, when she Vonders who will have her. I never knew u man who devieiTcd to bo well thought of himself for bis monils ond who liatl a sUght o]iinion of the vir- tue of tlio other sex in grnrval. A coimtry girl coming from the field was told by her c^jusin that she looked as fresh as a daisy klHiwl by tbti dew. \No indewl,\ wfw the reply, \that was not his name.\ Since it has luH-tuno the fnshinu for men to (>oiifeKs their past errnrs VITV frequently in books, il is boldly aswii^-il that there is no difTerence between lui autobiography imd ti iiiuiglity biography. John Ihindolph woH once, iiJi u mee- cotirse, 8(dicited to bet by o slrnngpr, who said : \Smith here, will hold the stokes.\ \ Just BO,\ replied the dcsccnd- cnt of Poculuintiuj, \but who'll hold Smith?\ A week or so ago u suiiirim at Pitts- field. Mass., broke a stove, three chiurs. a sofa and o lot of crockery during their slay at the house of tlu^ party surprised. The family has no further wish to be Burjirised. ' A short time siii<« a Mr. Knott was tried in on interior county of Georgia for a violation of law. The verdict of the jury was : \ \\v And the dcfendiuil Knott giiilty.\ The judge wiis at a loss whetlier t o sentence or not. THB Lol>rad<»r fishery ih Kiiid to hov- been a lamentable s(>asoti. Tlie cjitc'^ woH not within a tliinl of what it was in tlie jirevious year, and the result \K tliat several hundred families of fiKhermen are nyidi»red destitute for the Winter. WHKN the iMJtion of Viel*jrio C. WooiUiiill, ujiking that she may be allow- ed t o vote, wiw pi-.'Heuted to 'the U. S. HoUHr', H.^v.!nU members shimt*-!!!. \Oh yes, let her vote !\ \By all means, lot Vie vote !\ The j>etiUon wa« tablnl. Mr. Hall, of Ohio, wiui impolite enough to get into his wagon and start for the cireuH without inviting Mr. Townscud t o mt along, HO the lottt*r shot him with bird shot If the offense is rejieiitttd, Mr. Towiisund will uisc slugs. A tnulusmuii who had failc<l in tlie city of Bimgor. wrote on his frent d«tor : \Payment suHjM*ndod for thirty days.\ A neighbor re4Mling this said'; \You have not datfnl the notice.\ \ No,\ suifi he, \I do not iuttad to do so ; it would run out if I did.\ The Crown Prince of Pruusio, after a eoinbjit before Paris, reviewed his victo- rious liuvariaus, one of whom eyed him with 11 broiui smile. \What is up, com- rude ? \ Hskvd the Prince. \ Why, is it not jolly,\ was the good-humored reply, \to MX- your Koyal Highncjts just as be- spatt<'rod with ilirt as the n!«t of us.\ A \pe.rs(mal\ in a New York daily ii week ugo sbit<iui that \if John Smith, f<jrmerly of Philideiphia, will e^dl ut No. —Blank street, he will hear somelbiug to his advantage.\ John called. There was about 250 of him—and he has boon calling at the rate of fortv-st'veu per day ever siuue the \ i>ersonal \ ap|>eared. A boy was sent by his moUier to yaw stove-Wood out of railroml ties. Going out dooi-s shortly after, she found the youth sitting on the suw-horse, with head down. The mother asked her hopeful son «'bv hu was citst down, aud why he didn't keep at his work. The lioy re- plied : \ My dejtr mvther, I find it hard, very hard to severe old ties. Portland, Me., has the champion mean man. The fellow, known to be in com- fortable circumstjmoes, made an agree- mejit with an au«]iuutunue to tuke a daily itajM^r on sliaros, uud received four dolbirs as half of the uubhuriptiou. His method was to lounge in a i^rtaiu store, read the i»aj«'r that others bought, curry it off and give it U> his unsusjioctiug ]iartner. A ooudidaie truvrliug through one of the rural precincts uf a uertuiu county, a few days since, rode up to a farm-hous,-. and thus aouottted a tow-headed urchin who was seated on the top of a gate post: \ Bub, where's your jio V\ The youug- HiA.T reuliod : \ Pup's just g«tue down be- yond uie cow-shod t o dig u grave t o bury the old dog 'j'oufier. The old fool killed himself a burkiu' at ciindidates for Sher- iff. Be vou one ?\ The ouudidute rode Twenty-two Frencij priauners who wsro oouAned at Antwerp, made their f-H^p» FOOT who «f» eaptured were aboi Dow liuT PAY.—Railway ouUiaions in England don't pay, so fur as the com- panieti »re wjnceruod. A London oor- r<«poudeut uriUtti that it is the o]jiuion of at U-4utl one ufliriai of the London and Northwestern Railway Com]•auy that the rocttut ooiudeut at Harrow, will ouit iu> lean thou JL'IOO.OOO in dama^tes. A Ksw pout4U treaty betweeit Eughtud and Italy has been aignMl
