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less of its unfeeling exaction, and sought alone to 

 be sustained as a revenue principle : Tliat a 

 longer submission to so gross, palpable, and ini- 

 quitous an imposition, is incompatible with our 

 leelings of independence, and at war with the 

 principles of international justice : That whilst in 

 a spirit of peace we have submitted to the odious 

 and monopolizing Corn Laws of England, we ut- 

 terly repudiate, as revolting to our sense of justice, 

 the idea of a longer submission to the enormous 

 and oppressive duties now imposed upon our to- 

 bacco, — Therefore 



Resolved, 1st. That we highly approve the call 

 of a convention of tobacco planters, to assemble 

 at Washington City on the 15lh of December 

 next, and earnestly urge our sister counties to 

 hold timely meetings and respond to the call. 



Resolved, 2d. That our representatives in con- 

 gress be instructed, and our senators requested, to 

 use their utmost exertions for the introduction and 

 support of such measures, as shall in their wisdom 

 be deemed best calculated to secure a speedy re- 

 duction of the duties upon tobacco to a rateable 

 standard with the most iavored articles of foreign 

 importation. 



Resolved, 3d. That the sincere thanks of the 

 meeting be cordially tendered to the Hon. Daniel 

 Jenifer, of Maryland, for the zeal which he has 

 manifested in his advocacy of the tobacco-growing 

 interest. 

 On motion of Herbert Reese, 

 Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting 

 appoint six delegates to represent this county in 

 said convention, with the special understanding, 

 previously ascertained, that ail will attend. 



Whereupon the following gentlemen were de- 

 signated : — H. C. VVorshani, John VV. Gilliam, 

 James W. Eppes, Abner Adams, John Harda- 

 vvay, and Wm. M. Gill. 



On motion of Capt. John H. Edwards, 

 Resolved, That Geo. C. Dromgoole and Hugh 

 A. Garland, be appointed alternates to represent 

 this county in said convention, with the special 

 request that they attend. 



On motion of Capt. Daniel Butts, 

 Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of 

 this meeting be forwarded to the Hon. Daniel 

 Jenifer, to our representative in congress, to '.he 

 Hon. H. A. Garland, and to each of our senators. 

 On motion of James \V. Eppes, 

 Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of 

 this meeting be signed by the chairman and se- 

 cretary, and forwarded to the Petersburg States- 

 man, and Intelligencer, the Richmond Enquirer, 

 and Whig, the American Farmer, and Farmers' 

 Register, for publication. 



On motion of Dr. H. C. Worsham, 

 Resolved, That this meeting now adjourn. 



Bknj. JohnsoNj Chamnan. 

 Wm. M. Gill, Secretary. 



THE DRAINED POND. 



From ttie Farmers' Monthly Visitor. 



There is at the point of this road, where the 

 waters of the Passumsic and the waters running 

 north into lake Memphremagog and the river St. 

 Lawrence have their source, a natural curiosity 

 which goes to confirm our theory that the rich 



amphitheatres among the hills constituting some 

 of the best townships of Vermont were originally 

 lakes and ponds of water. In the town of Glover 

 up to the year 1817 near the summit level there 

 was a pond of considerable extent, which dis- 

 charged its wafers on the way to Long Island 

 Sound through the valley of the Passumsic. In 

 the first settlement of the wilderness beyond to- 

 wards Canada, a man had erected a mill below 

 the level of the pond on a small stream running 

 the other way. Aa he had a deficiency of water 

 it occurred to him that he might bring to his aid a 

 portion of the waters in the pond, there being 

 only a small ridge barring them out. He com- 

 menced digging out a passage way upon the sur- 

 face of the ridge, and Ibund the soil so pliable that 

 the work of an hour or two brought it down to the 

 surface of the pond. The water began to flow, 

 and in a few minutes made such progress that he 

 barely had time to run to the mill and alarm his 

 wife whom he knew to be there so that she might 

 retreat to a place of safety. The artificial or na- 

 tural ridge was not able to stand for a moment 

 when the water had once gained headway. Down 

 it came, taking of! the mill in a moment, and 

 carrying along with it trees and rocks weighing 

 many tons and every other obstruction, sweeping 

 down to the lake an immense mass of material. 

 Since that time a simple brook running towards 

 the lake Memphremagog is all that is left of the 

 pond ; and the ground constituting and surrounding 

 its bed, is just like that of other valleys on which 

 we suppose the water to have rested in days long 

 subsequent to the creation. The travelled road 

 pursues its course through the bed of this pond. 



Returning to our journey ; there has grown up 

 within a very few years a considerable village 

 called North Danville upon a stream which from 

 the heifrht of land unites with the Passumsic at 

 St. Johnsbury. 



FOOD FOR STOCK. CYMBLIN (OR SQUASH) 

 CULTURE. 



From tlie American Farmer of 1830. 



iJ/r. Skinner, — A writer for your paper of the 

 7th ult. over the signature of Silvanue, hasofiered 

 excellent advice for curing bacon, and insists that 

 the hogs for this purpose must be corn-fed. How 

 loncp must (hey be so fed, is the question? 



Experience has shown, that it requires but a 

 very short time, to entirely change the flavor and 

 texture of all kinds of flesh. In the year 1770, I 

 resided in New Jersey, where it was the custom 

 to take great numbers of wild pigeons in spring- 

 nets, by the assistance of decoy pigeons, prepared 

 for the purpose. The flesh of these birds, when 

 first taken, is always very dark, and most generally 

 tough. I have seen more than 300 of them con- 

 fined, and fed in a large corn-house, and in one 

 week, their flesh has not only become tender, but 

 as white as a well fed chicken. 



In 1784, I promised to present to a brother, just 

 married, a prime beef towards his winter stores, — 

 I had a fine steer and a spaj'^ed heifer, in a large 

 wheat field, abounding with wild garlic; my bro- 

 ther named a day to send for his beef] and three 

 days previous, we killed the heifer, which al- 

 though extremely fat, was to my great disappoint- 



