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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1882.
$thhmm C $oitrniil.
WEDNESDAY, FEUUUAKY 1, 1882.
Tiftni-1 2 00 per year, atrlcUr la adrance) or 91.80 If not
r-ald wtthla tltrte monthe.
Tlic State (JOTCrnmcnt.
The qualltlo3 which delermlno the eelec
tlon of tha oommander of an ocean steam
shlp aro approred fltnoss or encountorlng
and suceossfully pasalng ths perlU of narl
gatlon. Hlgh regard ls had for bls ezeou
tlve and admlnlstratlvo abllltles. The
safety of the ship, lts cargo, lta poasongers,
tho reputatloa of the vessel whlch shall win
it publlo confldence and attract pnbtlo pat
ronage, are very largely in the keeplng of
the commanding offlcer. Toi the headshtp
of great manufacturlng or rallway corpora
tlons or coramerclal companles, men are de
manded wlth capaclty for the management
of complez affairs, wlth cloar hcads and un
errlng judgment, feitiltty In resoutces,
qutckness to perceive and Boize polnta of ad
vantagp, a fncnlty for the derelopment of
resourcos, for bullding up and for marshal
Ing all the elements of a pollcy whlch shall
bring a broad and enduring prosperity. In
a large measure all these, together wlth other
hlgher and more dlstinctlvely moral quall
ties, are demanded In the successful admln
istratton of the affairs of a state. Sklll,
energy, tntegrlty, forecast, courago and res
olutlon in the adoptlon of admlnistratlve
reforms, In the utllizatton of the means of
moral as well as materlal advancement, on
the part of the chlef executlre, all Inti
mately affect the greatness and prosperity of
a state, and the pursnance of an enllghtened
and liberal pollcy under the boit executlre
sklll and capaclty a state can command, roay
be made largely a recompense for great nat
ural dlsadrantages.
Vermont is conceded to bo a state of rlch
and varied resources, but, like gold locked
up in a vetn of quartz, nature has serlously
compromlsed her materlal adrantages by
placlng many obstacles in tho way of thelr
eaay utllizatton. The removal of these ob
stacles, or rather the les9ening of the dlsad
vantages whlch they create, as compared with
other states to whom nature has bcen more
klnd, is the task whlch should engage the
attentlon of this state and call to her execu
tlre ofllces and retaln them there the
men best qualilied for lts accomplishment.
A crusbing machlne not a political affair
in the shape of a strong and efficient state
government, devoting the same vigilaut at
tentlon to the affairs of the state that the
management of a great corporatlon glves to
lts business, 1s Imperalively demanded to
lead off In the work of sottlng f ree and cohi
ing into the gold of commerce the wealth
whlch is locked up, in rich and varied
forms but in forbldding ospects wlthln the
bouudaries of the state. Agriculture needs
the Impetns of some aort of " promotion "
wbich shall in a systematlc, perslstent and
vigorous manner go to the bottom of the
speclal adrantages in that department whlch
tbe state possesses in a pre-eminent degree.
Other great materlal interests, education,
temperance, all need the vlgllant eye, the
fertlle brain and the practical judgment of
an executlre of extended grasp and compre
hensive powere. All interests and especlally
the agricultural feel the fatal influence of
the loss of native population. The draln of
men from the state has been so long contln
ued and so extenslve that when an unusu
ally successfnl business man, member of
congress, senator, governor or president
comcs to the surface outside the state, we in
stinctirely look up his record to see if he did
not originally hall from Vermont, and It is
of tener found that he did than that he did
not. It is pleasant to read of the reunions
of the Sons of Vermont in Worcester, in
Chlcago, in Sau Franclsco, and to know
that they are still aifectlonately loyal to
thelr mother state, prond, every " son " of
them, to be known as Vermonters, but
equally grateful, no doubt, for the impulse
which moved them to emigrate and which
has led them in other lands to fortunes whlch
they would bave wooed in vain around the
native hearthstones. These nssociationa of
Vermonters are unpleasantly suggestlve of
the destructive and long eontinued depopu
lation of the state. This draln of its best
blood to build up other states has had its
baneful influence upon the progress of Ver
mont. The state may not be able to attract
immigratlou, but a line of policy calculated
to staunch the exhausting flow from her
veins of the life blood of a state, its natural
incYease of population, can be undertaken.
Tho etate In respect to its constant depletion
in population has been in a condltion anal-
agous to that of many farmers in the state,
all the mcrease of whoae hard labors, which
is needed for linprovements, goes to pay the
interest on the f arm mortgage. So long as
this condltion of tbings continues the state
will, at the best, be but marking time while
her slster states are marching on to empire.
A business corporation thus moribund,
its best attaches coaxed away by pusbing
rirals, its trade circumscribed by successful
competition, would eithersettle its affairs or
infuse new force and vlgor into lts manage'
ment. Vermont cannot go into liquidation ;
ehe can infuse new power into the adminis-
tration of state affairs and this may go far
to stay the tide which has been setting
strongly against her. We beliere the
best interests of tbe state demand that our
ablest men be placed at the bead of state af
fairs and identlfied more directly and act-
Ively with thelr management ; that the gov
ernor be more tho business head of the state
corporatlon ; that he be requlred to derote
bls tlme to studying the needs of the state
and to devising tbe means of supplylng them.
His efforts should be supplementod by tbe
eervice of an efficient general commisslon,
of wbich tbe Heutenant-gOYernor should be
the active bead. All matters of general in
terest to the state, sucb as taxation
schools, agriculture, eto., should recelve the
attentlon of this commisslon, and tbeir la
bors should pave the way for leglslation
Under an executlre thus constituted and
strengthened, the state must in the course of
time feel tbe impulse of a new prosperity.
Tbe first and second executlre offlcers
should be posltlons of active influence as well
as of dlgnity and bonor. They should not
be raere baublea to gratlfy the ambltion of
men fortunate enougb to win them as prizes
In the lottery of political management
These ofllces are important enough to allure
the ambltion and command the serrlces of
the ablest cltizens of the state. Tbe people
sbould be aatlaflod to (111 them wlth only
the very best. it the luea ol a state gor
ernment wbich should conteraplate tbe ee-
lectlon of the best business and executlre
talent of tbe state, and should demand I:
tbe fuller discharge of executlre dutles
larger sbare of the oflicial's tlme, seems also
to imply an Increase of compensation and
an extenslon by re-electlon ot the guberna-
torial tenure of olBoe, we know of no good
reason wby these ueductlons from the mal
proposltlon should not be readily accepted
by tbe people, with the full assurance that,
thougb some petty personal ambltlons
might Buffer dlsappolntment by the change,
the general welfare would be adranced in
ten fold ratlo, and the standing roproach
wlped out that Vermont is a good state to
emigrate from.
Sknatk lawyers oompliment Senator
RitmmtrlA1 ftnll mlvtrnmv hlll rn.a l
will " hold water " and can be used to e
termlnate this great erll. In this connm.
tlon, by the way, tbe story is rerived tbat
tbe Mormona bave had eples dogglng con
gressmen, and are ready to show up any so-
ciai iuubcuobo wmiuh j,rovaiuf oome U6U'
nlte and unpleasant statements are made,
Clullly ns Indlctcd.
A long drawn Blgh of rellef was heared
aronnd tho world Wednesday evenlng, the
25th Instant. The trlal of I'resldent Oar.
fleld's loathsome assassln bad passed so
slowly and so tedlonsly througb its varlous
stages that its sharp and decistve culmlna
tlon was a joyful surprlae to all clvlllzed
manklnd. Tbe close of Judgo Forter'a
8corchlng characterlzatton of Oulteau, his
analysts of tbe evldence sustatnlng the po
sltion of the prosecntlon, and tho brushlng
away, under a rnttllng flre of terocious In
terruptlons, of the eobwebs whioh the de
fense had woven on every polnt of the ease,
was followed by Judge Cox's charge to the
jury amld tho deepenlng shades of Wednes
day evenlng. In a court room dimly Iighted
up by lamps and candles the jury after brief
dellberation returned tbe verdlct to whlch
thero had been no dissenting volce. " Guilty
as indlcted " f ell upon the ears of an audl-
ence hushod to breathless sllence, and then
camo the popular ratiflcation of tbe verdict
in a burst of lnvolnntary applause. A sul-
len partlng snarl camo from the beast in the
dock, " The blood of God will be on the
head of that jury," and the ourtaln fell on
eoenes which for nearly eleren weeks bave
beon a source of measureless exasperatlon
to all ths world. Tho news of the murder-
er's conviction was instantly flashed into
every corner of the earth where on the 2d of
July the wlres had borne the tidings of his
lncomprehenslble crime. Wlth unfelgned
satlsfactlon and rellef, people read the ver
dict of the jury, and declared tbat justtce
had prevailed. Thero was no feellng of re
venge or vlndictlveness in the satlsfactlon
that welcomed the verdlct There was a
sense of rellef that through all the snares
and plots, brutallty, lawlessness and blas
phemy, justlce had safely emerged and had
branded as a vulgar murderer tho man who
bad itnpioosly outraged law, rellgion, hu
man rlghts'and human life. Now that his
conviction has been legally reached after
the prisoner bad been glven a wlder lati
tude of defonse than was ever before ac
corded to any criminal, there is no alloy of
posslble injnstlce to embitter the satlsfactlon
or to detract from the thanksgivlng whlch
the result insplres. The verdlct is a right
eous one, and with one accord the people of
this natlon and of all civilized natlons have
responded Amen I There will bo cause for
genulne congratulation when the infamous
name of tiulteau sball no longer oSend the
aight in tbe columns of the press, and when
it shall be sent back to an oblivion blacker
tban that from whtch It sprang on the 2d of
July, to shock manklnd wlth a new synonym
for diabollcal wlckedness and crlme.
Tbat Rnllroad Horror.
The coroner's jury, In thecaseof the Ilud
son river rallroad butchery, says that tho
elght persons came to thelr death by the
criminal and culpable negllgence of the fol
lowing persons, each of whom is respousi
ble : Brakeman George Melius, who should
have warned the approachlng tratn ; Con-
ductor Ilanford, who should have seen that
the brakeman did his duty ; the two engin
eers, who bad charge of the engines at
tacbed to tbe statlonary train; tbe engineer
of tbe approachlng train, wbo did not exer
cise proper caution; Jobn M. Touoey, su
perintendent, who neglected to provide snfll
clent safeguards against accidents at tbe
most dangerous part of the entire road and
formnlated a schedule that permitted a train
run twenty mlles an hour on a sharp
curve through a cut where it is imposslble to
see more tban fifty feet abead; and the offi
ce'rs of the road in neglectlng to provide
suitable apparatus forrescuelng passengers
and to extinguish fires. Tho verdict con
cludes with an expression against the issu-
ing to members of the leglslature of free
posses to New York city on the part of the
railroads. Thus while tbe verdict of cen
sure does not speclflcaHy include the half
drunken legislator or lobbyist who pulled
the cord attached to the air brake and thus
itopped the train " just for fun," yet by im-
plicatiou he is falrly cbarged with having
taken tbe urst step in this series of murder
ons crimes ; and this very indirection is but
another proof of the moral cowardlce of
even our legal tribunals when confronting
the popular vice of rum-rowdylsm in hlgh
places.
Dlscouut on Tnies.
There seems to be some mlsapprebension
both as to the time when taxes sball be pald
to derive the beneflt of certain discounts,
and also as to the amount of the discount.
No. 00 of the laws of 1880 provided a new
method for tbe collection of taxes except-
ing the hlghway tax to such towns as should
vote to accept its provisions. Section third
of tbat act prorides for a rednction of four
per cent from the amount of all taxes paid
in before the expiration of nlnety days from
tbe date of pnblio notlce by the town treas
urers of the receipt of the tax bills. It fur-
ther provides that " In the case of state
taxes there shall be allowed only the abate-
ment prescribed by general law." The
abatement pretfcribed by the general law is
found in No. 00 of the laws of 1880, see
tion 2. Again this general law is tnodified
by No. 143 of the laws of 1880, section 8,
wbich provides in substance that for all taxes
paid to the colletors before the first day of
February there shall be allowed three per
cent on the amount paid. In other words,
under the provisions of act 00 on all town
taxes, except the hlghway tax, paid witbin
nlnety days from the date of the town tfeas
urer's public notlce calling upon taxpayers
to pay tbeir respective taxes, a deduction ot
four per cent shall be made. On tlale taxes
paid to the collectors before the first day of
February a deduction of three per cent will
be made.
Fknsion Fnxuns. In bls speecb in tbe
senate on the arrears of penslons act, Sena
tor Iieck called attentlon to some statements
in the report of the commissloner of pen-
sions In 1870 to show the impositlons to
whlch tbe government was llable under the
present parle method of establlshlng a
claim. The declaratlon of the commissloner
was tbat on July 1, 1870, tho names of 220
inraua anu oi lil wioows names were
dropped from thepenslon llst because It bad
boen ascertalned that the penslons were pro-
cured by false aflidavits. In these cases
380 false auldavlU were made by oflicors,
218 by oomrades and 2,150 by clrlllans j
total, 3,031. In addltion to the false aflida
vits there were nlnety-two forgerles. If so
many frauds were perpetrated before tbe ar
rears law, what must be the extent ot them
now that tens of dollars will be secured
where dollars were pald under the old law ?
Wiixiam Warren, the veteran comedlau
of tbe Boston Museum, on the 28th day of
next October will bave ended the flftleth
year of the time during whlch be has made
men laugh by tbe inimilable quallty of bls
actlng and bls humor. On that day, sbould
he lire, a large number of ilostonians,
headed by Gorernor Long and O. W.
Ilolmes, propose to glve the reteran actor a
beneflt, and bave asked him to slt for his
portralt tbat it may be ready for exhlbition
ln the museum on the day of his seml-cen
tenniai.
Tim Malne state temperance soclety beld
an enthusiastio metting at Augusta lately
wbich was addressod br Neal Dow and
otbers and whlcb adopted resolutions adro-
oatlng a constltutlonal amendment prohlbit
ing tbe manufacture and sale of ilquor in
tbe state deprecatinir tha nardon of rum-
sellers by the gorernor, and urglug tbe
frlends ot tomperante to vote for no one who
win not respond to tne oemanrj for proteo
Vnccinalton.
At thts tlme whon that fearfnl sconrge,
small poi, is raging through the large oittes
of this conntry, and even our small towns
remotfl from rallways and the course of
travel are not exompt from it, it seerus the
part of wlsdom to dltlgently inquire as to
the efllcacy of its alleged preventiro, or
rather mttlgant, for we bellero it is elalmed
by nono that vacolnatlon Is a sure preren
tiro. Our attentlon bas lately been called
to an artlcle in the North Amcrican Ileview
for Jnne, 1881, by Dr. Anson Fiske, whose
father, also a physlcian, was the first person
on this stde of the Atlantlc who was vacctn
ated, in support of tbe practlco J also to an
other artlcle on the same subject by llenry
Itergh, the wetl-known presldeut ot tbe So-
ctety for the Preyentlon of Cruelty to Ant-
mals, in the number for February, 1882,
against it. The former stoutly maintalns
that small-pox can be almost if not qulte
ellminated from the llst of dtseases If the
government will rlgldly Inslst upon unlver
sal vacclnatlon j wblle the'latteras stoutly
Inslsta that vacclnatlon not only never pre
vents or mlttgatos the ravages of the dls
ease, but brings in a long train of evlls by
whlch tho condltion of the raco is detorlor
ated, and that thereforo It is tbe duty of the
government to prevent vacclnatlon by every
means at IU disposal. This is not a case
where the questlon, "When doctors dis
agree who shall declde 7" Is applioable, for
Jlr. Bergh is not a doctor, although he
makes hts statements as dogmatically as If
he were bred in the profession. But the
people, who have a ifocp Interest In the mat
ter, and for whoso beneflt it is necessary to
arrlre at corroct concluslons, must declde.
But how? If the premlses of eitber are
admitted, his concluslons must also be ad
mitted. Let us slft the evldence upon which
each b&ses his oplnlons.
Before tbe discorery of vacclnatlon by
Dr. Edward Jenner in 1708, small pox was
one of the greatest scourges of manklnd.
In tbe 17th and 18th centuries it swept
over Europe, and a large proportlon of the
mortallty was attrlbutable to thts cause. So
great was the mortality that It became a
provorb, " From small-pox and love but few
remaln free." It is a fact, eaaily proved by
statlstics and verifled by the recollectlou of
of the llving, that slnce the introduction of
vacclnatlon, or during the last half-century,
mortallty from small-pox has beeu very
much less than before. But Mr. Bergh tn
slsts that In consequence of vaccination there
is imminent danger of tubercular deposits
upon the lungs, and that In the last fifty
years deaths from tuberculosis have rapidly
increased. If so, and he clalms to be able to
prove it by statlstics, he makes an important
point, for nothlng is gained by shlftlng the
cause of death from one dlsease to another.
Both contestants adduce much other evl
dence in support of tbeir respectire tbeories,
but we canuot even summarize it. We
have selected the most striking and impor
tant, and come to this conclusion: Not-
witbstandlng it Is a well-known fact that
Mrs. Bergh's heart is larger than his head,
and the f urther fact that the medical frater
nity is almost nnantmous in support of the
theory that small-pox can be stamped out
by repeated vacclnatlon and Isolation of pa
tlents, it would seem to be the duty of the
government to ascertaln the trntb, and, hav
ing ascertalned it, throw its whole woigbt
upon one slde or the other. The chasm be-
tween Dr. Fiske and Mr. Bergh is too wlde
to be spanned by a foot bridge.
Uulform Time.
The morement among scientiflo men for
the establishmeut of a unlform system of
time is steadlly increaslng in strengtb. The
theory on a small scale is now in practlce
on all the leadlng railroads uf the country.
The tralus on the New York, New Ilaren
and Hartford road, for instance, are run on
New York time furnlshed bj the Ilorologl
cal Bureau of Yale College. The Vander
bilt llnes from New York to Chlcago are
dirided into three or four sectlons, ard tbe
same time Is used at all points on each sec
tion. There are at present about elghty
standards used by tbe railroads in thlscoun
try, and nearly one huudred cities f urnlsb
standards of local time. It Is proposed to siuv
plify tbls by dirlding the country into slx
or less districts, and have the 'iame time ob-
served by the whole of each district.
Another plan suggests an international time
standard by tbe formation of twenty-four
equal districts, Btarting from an imaginary
llne in the Faclfic ocean. The day will be
of twenty-four bours, and the places ln each
district will, in point of tlme, be just one
hour ahead or behind thoso in the adjolnlng
districts. The American Soclety of Civil
Engineers at its annual meeting in New
xortt recommended the adoptlon ot one
standard for all the railroads in the United
States. An International Time Congress
will meet ln Washington in May, and the
subject will be kept permauently before the
pnblio until some cbauge is adopted.
An exchange has the following, wbich is
tlmely in view of the number who are ln'
dulglng in the luxury of vaccination : Dou't
plck your nose with the fluger tbat bas
shortly before come In contact wlth raccine
matter or at anyothertlme. A man acted
contrary to this rnle, and as a rssnlt the mat
ter took kindly to his nose, made tbe ac
qualntauce of tbe membranes, spread all
through his head, and he is now just able to
leare hts bed after a conflnement of more
than two weeks. A Glen's Falls lady
scratched tbe blte of an insect on her foot
with the flngers tbat bad been toying with
her vaccinated arm. The following day her
foot swelled and shortly exceeded by an
orerwhelming majority tbe Bize of the tradl
tional Albany girl s feet. She was crippled
for a moutb, and plned away orer the heart
rendlng prospect of wearlng a No. 11 shoe
for the rematnder of her days, but finally re-
coverod.
Dootomno ny Telei'Iione. The Hart
ford Post says : " A physlcian of North
Adams was called by telephoue about one
o'clock at nigbt, fromBriggsrllle, two mlles
away. A chlld waseuffering from croup. The
nigbt was dark and stormy, and the doctor
found nothlng pleasant ln thecontemplatlon
of the trip. He called tbe Ilrlggsvilli
house ln wbich the little sufferer lay, and
requested the parents to bring It to the tele
phoue tranamltter. This was doue. The
cbild cougbed lts croupy cough, and the
doctor listened intently to erery sound
whlch came from his patient. He prescribed
a remedy, and one of the members of the
family prepared and adminlstered it. The
rellef was immedlate and tbe recorery rapld.
Senator Hoar : " I beliere erery clty In
Massachusetts would experience Incalculable
beneflt lt the women who are Its cltizens
would interest tbemselres In lts publlo
affairs, ln Its schools, in lts publlo llbrary,
I it tts almshouses, lu tbe care and refor
mation of lts jurenile olfeuders, and should
be permitted to gtre expression to that 1:
terest by thelr rotes. I thlnk, too, that tbe
exerolse of munlclpal suffrage by tbe women
of Massachusetts would elerate and purlfy
our munlolpal electlons, and through that
example tend to elerate and purlfy all our
electlons."
Tjik president has agalncommended blm
self to the approbatlon of the people by set
tllpg tbe long and bltter coutest for the
postmabtership of Cincinnati by appoliiting
Colonel S. A. Whitefield to that cllice. The
appolntment ls in the llne of practical clvil
servlce etlioleuoy.
New I'onslon Schcmes.
The clamor against the arrears. of pen
slons act has no terror for the authors of
naw scheraes for depletlng the treasury ln
the name of the defenders of the unlon.
Bllls for equalizlng bountles, for penslonlng
the surrlrors of nearly erery unpleasant
ness the;natlon has erer bad, Brltish, lndian,
Atexlcan and clril, bllls provldlng for gtv
ing additlonal money to the soldlers, of the
late war ln souie new form, multlply on the
table of -the penslons committee. The lat-
est scheme Is for tho payment of mouny to
unlon soldlers conflned ln confederate pris-
ons during the war. There are two bllls
coverlng this scheme, one by Mr. Van
Voorhls of Now York, whlch prorides that
the commissloner of penslons shall be au
thorized and dlrected to pay to each nnlon
soldler who was conflned ln any confederate
prison during the war of the rebellion the
sum of $1 for each day of such conflnement.
The other by Mr. Mosgrore of rennsylvania
aces upon the penslon rolls all honorably
scharged fednral soldlers and sallors who
were captnrod and conflned during the
period ot slx months or more ln any ot the
prisons or places used for conflnement of
prisonors by the confederate authoritles,
and who are not now pemloners or are en
tltled to become pensioners under cxisting
laws. The penslons proposed by this blll
are to begin on the day of the discharge of
the soldler and to be at the rate of $8 a
month in cases where the term of Imprison
ment was more than slx months and less
tban a year, and 91 a month additlonal for
each full mouth in exoess of a year. This
measuro procouds upon the ground that
many soldlers who became prlsoners sut
fered permanent Injury to their health, thelr
debility belng of that general and Indefin
able character which excludes them from tb e
beneflt of exlsting penslon laws. In rospect
the amount of money which would be
demanded to satisfy the provisions of elther
these proposed metsures, well intormed
officero of the government, speaklng with
out reference to the records, estlmate that
there were three hundred thousand soldlers
taken prisoner during the war and that the
arerage time of imprisonment was slx
months. Upon this estlmate Mr. Van Voorhls'
blll would call for 831,000,000. A9 seven-
teen years will have elapsed ln Julv aince
the graud mustering out, nearly $500,000,-
000 would be required for arrears under the
Mosgrore bill, and an annual sum there-
after of about $28,000,000. Bllls for pay
ment of penslons to clvil oflfcers injurol iu-
tho enforcement of the rerenne laws, thelr
wldows and orphans, and for the payment
of bountles to the beirs of colored troops
8errlng ln the late war, are among ,the
measures proposed by patriotic congress
men. To all just measures for the rellef
of any soldier or any soldler's family Irom
want and bardsbip occasioued by his dvo-
tlon to his country, there can be norenona
ble objection. But these measures saror
more strongly of proflt to claim agsnts thao
of justlce to sullering soldiers. It is much
too soou after the passage of the arrears of
penslon bill to feel any anxiety tbat these
schemes as proposed will be authorized by
congress or sauctionei by the executlre.
Kotes nnd Notions.
Ex-Secretarv Blaine will dellrer his
eulogy on Garfleld February 27th.
Mrs. Lincoln will hare an operatlon per
formed on ber eyes now tbat congress ls to
gire her tbe necessary funds.
The bill retiring Judge Hunt passed the
house last week, a hundred and thlrty-seren
to eighty-nine. It had al ready passed the
senate.
Tiik president has accepted the resigna-
tlon of J. Stanly Brown as prlrate secretary,
and Colonel F. J. PhilHrm has beeu ap-
pointed to sncceed him.
It is said that there is a scheme to per-
suade l'resident Arthur to go to Cincinnati
in April at the time of a fruit growers' con-
vention, and plant twenty-one trera In Eden
park one for each president who has been
elected by the people.
General Joshua L. Ciiamderlain,
president of Bowdoin college, who is uow in
Florlda, has been asked to settle there and
take charge of the projects of some capital-
ists. New England and tbe Piuo Tree
state can 111 spare this man.
An autograph letter of George Washing
ton taklng strong ground against slavery in
this country, aud expresslng a fervent bope
that it would soon be blotted out, is said to
bave been found among the papers of tbe
late E. W. Stoughton. With lt were other
riginsl and unpublished letters of Wash
lngton.
Tiik Guiteau verdict was telegraphed
at once to Mrs. Garfleld and the late presl
dont's mother, who recelved the news wlth
out demonstratlon, as they have bad no
thought that it could be other than a verdict
of guilty, It is said tbat Mrs. Garfleld has
read o report of the trial, aud has kept the
subject as much out of mind as possible.
The expert accountants from the treasury
department at Washington, who hare been
engaged in an official couut of the wealth
atowed away in the New York sub-treasury
bullding, found correct to the peuny the re
port made by General Hillhousfl on Decem
ber 31st last, wben he retired from the po-
sltlon of assistant treasurer of the Uulted
States. The grand total ls sllghtly orer
987,828,000.
The supreme court of tbe United States
decldos that reglstered bonds and stocks of
one state may bo constltutionally taxed in
another. Vi betber state bonds are taxed,
or are expressly exempt from taxation at
bome, tbe fact in eitber case, the court bolds,
does not prerent them from belng taxed
elsewhere, for the reason tbat no state can
exempt property from taxation out of lts
own jurisdictlon.
The centenary of Tbomas II. Benton's
birth comes March 1 1 th, and St. Louis peopli
are talklng about marking tbe day by some
klnd of a celebration. Tbe blrths and
deaths of Webster, Clay, Calhoun aud lleu
ton came quite near each other. Clay, the
oldest, was born April 12th, 1777 j Webster,
.lanuary lbth, 1782 ; IJenton, March 14th,
1782,and-Calhouu March 18th, 1783. Cal
houn dled first, March 31st, 18S0, followed
by Clay, June 20tb, 1852 j Webster, October
21th, 1852, and Benton, April 10, 1858.
A Woudcrful Family.
Watbjibuuv, January 30, 1882,
llr. EJltor : We are Intormed tbat a family
ln tbls rlllage, conMlstlng of three persons, hus-
band, wlfe and a boy about twelve years old, have
consumed more provlnlons tban any four famllles
of thelr bUq on record slnce Uie tlme of Ulue-
beard. One of our most respected cltizens.
member ot the cburch, assures us tliat be bas fur-
nlDbed them more provisions than have been con-
aumed by his own family (who, by the way, are
good llvers). A larmer Irom the rural dlatrlcts
comes to the front and says he ls oontinually
sendlng from hla well-stocked larder a large
amount ot eatablea, when, lo and behold, a cer
tain grocer comes forward and says bls contrlbu-
tlons aie more tban all tbe rest, and yet thoae
three gormaudlzera are not happy. Tbe overaeer
ot tbe poor came to tbe front hut week to contend
lor uis suare oi me giory ann sent tueiu a luir col
lection of eatablea to keep the wolt from the door,
and reiiorta theralna deittltute condltion so fHrln
proviBions are coucerned. We do not learn tltat
they are accuaed ot waatlug or maklng bad uao
of what they recelve. It is a great wonder to the
honest people ot Waterbury now to account for
llte couauiupiiuu ui uio vuat qusniuies Ol oeer,
nork. turkeva. chlckena, llour. meal, lard. butter.
eggs, eto , furnUhed by tbe urat three iartles
usmtd, Some mallclous iiersons from over
tbe rlver bavo tbe audaclty to losluuste tliat the
mrties have not f uruUhed the amouut clalmed by
them. but Waterbury ioile swallow the dilemmu.
horns and all, and ptty the unforluuate oueM wbo
are liowieHiteu oi sucu vuraiuua appemes, A (ew
aucu lamiues wuuiu sureiy caue a iauune.
Forty-Sorenth Congress.
Toksdav, Jantrary 21. ln the senate a blll
was reported approprlaMng 815,000 for Mrs. Un
cotn's ImroedlAte rellef and IncreaplDK her annnal
penslon to 85000. Mr. Morrlll reported adrenely
to tbe gnlotd rnetric sjitem and called up the bllls
provldlng for a tarlfl commlaslon. Mr, Kdmunds
Introdoced arery sharpljr-drawnblll airalnstpolvfc-
amy nnder whleh, If It pasa and ls cntorced, lt Is
dimcnlt m see how the twln rellc can mrvWe.
Mr, lleck presented a mcnsure for the nnnlshment
of natlonal bank oOlcers who lllesnlly lue cer-
tined checks, statlog that this unhwfnl practlce
now golng on at the rate of 8100,000.000 a dar,
Mr. I'luinb dentres to " ttak Into the granlte of
tbe conntlttitlon " an amendment prohlbltlng tho
manutecture, lmportatlon and sale ol all dls
tllled and fermonted llquors as a bererage ln any
portlon of tbe United States and terrltorles. Tbe
Sherman fundlng blll was f urther conslderod. Mr.
Bivard thought tbe tneasure unnecesiiarr, and
coDtended that Mr. Wlndom's transactlois in ex-
tendlng tho flves and eliej did not lnvolve a
change ol contract. Mr. Ileck thought tarlfl and
Internal taxation sbonld flrat be rednced, and that
fandlng should be deterred tlll the futare ol the
revennes ls eetAbltshed In the house a blll
was passed admlttlng free of duty all clotbtnz
and other artlcles charltably contrlbuted for the
reller ot colored refagees. The fortlflcstlon ap
proprlatlon blll, 8375,000, was reported to the
house from the rommlttoe ot the whole and
passed.
Wkonksday, Jannary 25 The entire sesBlon
of tbe sonate was devoted to eulogles In memory
ot the lato Senator Carpenter ol WlsconMn. Mr,
IMmunds' eulogy on the frlend o( bls voutli, the
awoclate and colleague In his maturer yoars, and
the mntual honors they brougbt, was appreclatlre
and tender. " Peace to hla great soul." he said.
I mourn htm as a brotber, as be was to me a
brother." Mr. JMmunds' volce, whlch had grown
tremulom wlth emotlon, sank into a whlsper, and
bls agltatlon was so notlceable that be was com
pelled topause for sereral moments to recorer his'
wonted composure. The house, by a roto of one
handred thlrty-seven to elghty-nlne, passpd tbe
blll to retlre Justlce Ward Hunt of the United
States supreme court. The boune Ukevrlne pald
trlbutes ot respect to the memory ot the late Sen
ator Carpentor.
TnortsDAY, Jannary 2d. A blll was Introduced
In the senate to provide a reserve (und ol 8120,-
000,000 In gold and sllver coln for the redemptlon
of United States notes. Mr. Sherman clmed the
debate on bls fundlng blll, and the cooslderatlon
of tbe pendtog amendments was commenced.
,The blll grantlng an additlonal penslon to
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was passed. The balance
ot tho Bession was occupled by Mr. ltoblnBon ot
New York ln advocacy of the resolutlon request
lng the president to obuln from tbe Drltlsb gov
ernment a llst of American cltizens lmprlsoned ln
England.
Fbidav, January 28. The conBlderatlon of the
VArlous amendments to tbe Sherman fundlng blll
occupled the major portlon of the sesslon of the
senAte. Mr. Sberman's amendment, somewbat
modlfied, prorldiog for a three-years bond was
deleated; the amendment, however, maklng the
bonds payableat tbooptlon of the government
was adopted. Final actlon on the blll was not
reached. Mr, Hoar introduced a blll approprla
tlng 8230,000 for compensatlng Massacbosetts for
coast defenses constructed during the war. The
secretary of BtAte, ln answer to a resolution, trans-
mltted the purifjrt of a telegram from Mr. Tres-
cott setting forth tbe terms of peace proffered to
Peru by Chlll The sesolon of the bouMe was
malaly devoted to actlon on prlvate bllls. The
apportlonment blll, fixlog the repreBentatlon ln
the houHe at three hundred twenty members,
was reported Irom the census committee. Dc-th
branches hare adjoumed untll Monday,
Mondav, January S0. In the senate Mr. Cd-
munds reported a blll reHtoring tbe court of com-
mlssloners of Alabama clalms for the distrlbutlon
of the unapproprlatod moneys ot the Geneva
award, The Sherman three per cent fundlng bill
was agaln called up, and a dlscusslon enued on
the Hawley amendment Numerous bllls and
resolutions were Introduced ln the house, among
them the consular and dlplomatlc approprlatlon
bill, approprlatlng ln the aggregate for this
branchofthe public tervlce 81,193,530, and an
-pportlonment bill, flxing tbe number of repre-
Bentatlves at two hundred forty-seven.
Flro Insurance.
Thestock flre Insurance companles tbroughont
the country eeein tobe Indulglugln a war of rates
eo,ual to tbat of the railroads. This arlses In part
from legltlmate competition, but more from
leemlngly preconcerted attempt to break down
the home rnutual companles. So rulnously low
have rates been brougbt by tbls warfare that
some forty companles in New York alone have
dropped outot eiistence wlthln the last few years.
Already the soundest companles are revlalog tbeir
rates upon fann property, which have been re
duced far below what experience will warrant.
lt will be a sad day for our rural population when
they are persuaded by r-mooth-tongued agents to
exchange the certalnties ot our home mutuals for
the uncertaintles of forelgn stock jobbing corix.
ratlona. In the former the lusured aloue constl-
tute the company. Kvery dollar of recelpts and
expendltures la periodically submitted for tbe ln-
pectlon ol tbe membershlp, and the best of assur
ance ls glven tbat no one la reqnlred to pay be-
yond bls honeat proportlon ot the losies and ex-
pcnaes happening to blm and bls assoclates. ln
the latter he la deallng with a foreign corpora
tlon, subject to forelgn legialatlon, and managed
by atockbolders whose aole aim la to make money,
And while we would be slow to charge Irreaponsi
bllity or fraud upon thOBe forelgn corporatlons,
atlll, when they offer to lnaure the property of
any localtty at less rates tban paat experience will
demonatrate concluslvely to be the honest lowi
upon that same class of property then we do not
hesltate to say that lrreaponalblllty or fraud, or
botb, are stamped upon tbe very face of the propo
sltlon. ln Bome ot the western states the expedl-
ent of gettlog clalms for loss Into the United
States courts, and so placlng them beyond
the jurisdictlon ot the local tribunals where tbey
occur, bas become so general that one of the gov-
ernora calls for prompt and strlngent legialatlon
to remedy tbe evtl.
Tho St. Alhaus Crusade.
At tbe speclal request ot one ot the committee
we glvo the followlug extracts from the report
adopted by the Grand Lodge o(,0ood Templars at
Utittand, wbich, wlth what we bave already pub
liahed, seem to cover the whole ground:
"The petitlon to the hotel keepers toopen thel
houses was lnatlgated by tbemaelve-t, was oircu-
lated by thelr personal f rlenda and signed by com
paratlvely few of the Inrluentlal cltizens and bual
ness men, and was to tbls effectl We, tbe un-
derelgned, believlng that tbe closlng of the hotels
la a r&il calamlty to the business and prosperity
ot the town, reapectfully requeat that you open
your hotels for public patronage.' It lnvolved no
pledge, no understandlng and no lntlmatlon that
any cltlzen wonld elther protect them from proB-
ecutlon or refraln from enterlog complatnt lt tbe
Ilquor law waa rlolated by them, and was a mere
Bubterf uge ln behalf ot the landtords to ease them
down from thelr hlgh horaes of selt-martyrdom
"The 'travellng public,' In wboae behalf the
demand ls made that Ilquor shall be sold at
hotela, has been deflned to lnclnde tlie commer-
clal travelers who canvass Vermont, This class
ot men repudlate this claim with lndignatlon.
Tbe coramerclal travelers of Vermont are, many
ot them, temperance men and told abstainera,
and even those who uee Ilquor, preter to patron-
Ize the temperance hotel to escape the comnion
nulsances of 'treatlng the unlversal crowd.
Ioatance tbe UUes llouae at Hutland, tbe Van
Ness House at Durllogton, and uallard s House
at White Hlver Junctlon, whlcb are more exten-
stvely patronlzed by commerclal men than any
other three hotels In Vermont. No little lndigna
tlon ls expressed by thla class ol cltizens becauee
ot the stigma east upon them by the hotel keepers
of St. Albans."
West Kaxdou-h. Kev. J. 11. lllncksot Mont
pelier preached at tbe Uongregatlonal cburch on
Kuuaay nurmoiL ana evenmg, m uciiange wlth
ltervUit. llardy, ..Frank Haatlngs haa been
practicflvdentlstry on tbe Ice, and removed parts
ot two front teeth The lecture by Col, J, 1)
Mead on 1'rlday nlght, glvlng an account of bls
trlp to Atlanta, was llateued to wlth much Inter
est by an audience ot over sli hundred. Such
word plctures from one who has been south gtve
people a much better Idea of how thlnga really
eslst, and will klndle a better feellng towards ou
errlng brethren, . . .Mrs. A, 11. Tewkabury haa Inl
tlated some very pleasant weekly gatherlnga at
ber home, one ot whlch was beld ou laat Thura-
day evenlng, , ,, The large euglne for uaeat tbe
Salisbury mlll la belng put In place. As soon as
that work ls completed, the mlll will bo ready for
operatlon. , , .lleporui from our young men In Cal
llornla are very llatterlng, and others may be ei
iected to soon foltow. . . .Singlug-scbool on Mon
day and Tuesday ereulnga, ... Mrs. Grlawold will
occupy rooma formerly occupled by Mrs. Soott In
the sprlng. . . .Mr, and Mrs. Uammond, who bave
beeu emploied by N, M. Draper, lelt on Tuesday
for thelr home. Sorry to mlss thelr facoa and
tbelr pleasant greetloga.
The Uer. Dr, llenry W Uellowa, paator ot All
Souls cburch, New York, dled lu that clty Mon
day, aged sl&ty-elght jears.
Waterbury Itcms.
The programmes for tbe meeting ot the Wash
ington County Teacher'e ABsoclatlon ln thla vll
lage, the afternoon and evenlng ntSaturday next,
aie out, It la boped that the teachera will not be
left In eole posaesston of the scboolhooae on tbat
day, but tbat parents ot puplls, farmers, mer
chanta, mlnlaters, lawyers, doctors and all clti
zens wlthout regard to nrevlous condltion of In
terest, Ignorance or Indlfference ln reapect to
school matters wlu be present and punctuate the
ibjects of dlscuaalon wlth hints and auggeatlons
ot thelr own. Mr, Dartt's address ln the evenlng
will be of speclal Interest to the communlty ln
general, and he should bave a large audience. , .
Superintendent Wrlght has arranged for an ezhl-
bltlon of prlze speaklng In this town In whlch all
the schools will partlclpate, at the cloae ot tbe
wlnter sesslon, ln about three weeks. The exact
date of the exhlbition has not yet been flxed.
The competltors selected for the flrst district are
from the hlgh school, Jessle Ashley and Dan
Rlchardson; from the Intermedlate, Etta Straw
and Forest Pickett. The ldea Is a good one and
Is the subject of much Interest among the schools.
The vlllage school will celebrate the close of tbe
Inter term wlth pablle exerclaes and a leree ln
the evenlng Mr. and Mrs. Davld Hopklns r-
move this week to the center, this step belng
rendered necessary by the decllnlng years of
Mrs. Hopklns' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel
Lyon. Tbls family has llved two years at the
vlllage, and, In the cloaer acqnalntance thns ob
tained, the esteera ln whlch they are beld baB
succesafnHy stood the teat ot greater tntlmacy.
The Congregatlonal soclety Is contemplattng
the purchaae ot a new organ. A larger and more
powerful lnBtrnmect Is greatly to be dealred and
cancortalnly beafforded by thla proaperons so
clety. The project for obtalnlng tbe new Inetru-
ment ls in the hands ot the Ladles' Ald Soclety
and tbat ls an ample guarantee that lt wtll suc-
ceed. ltow llne the new inatrument shall be
depends very largely on the generoslty ot the
members of the soclety,- " What Is wortb dolng
at all ls worth dolng well' and ln this Instance
the blt of practical wlsdom embodled ln tbls
maxlm Is partlcularly applicable, as purchases of
thlskind have a fltedness that does not apply to
other artlcles ol church lurnlshlng. The better
the lnstrument the better wtll be the degree of
aatlafactlon wlth the rauslcal part ot the Sunday
servlce. A generous expendlture ln thls dlrectton
will not be the source ol regret ln the luture,
while a nlggardly one surely will be A penny
collection for Sunday-achool purposes has been
taken up ln tbe Congregatlonal eociety lor several
weeks past wlth very gratltylug results.
Cbarley Keene did a gallant and generous thlng
ln bitchlng np a span and gratuitously conveytng
the ladies to the joint meeting of the Ald Socie-
ties at Mrs. Warren's Tuesday afternoon, and
returnlng them to thelr homes In the evenlng.
It would have been a graclous servlce at any tlme.
but, ln tbe sovere weatber whlch prevAlled, the
deed was partlcularly thoughtful, and his klnd
ness was hlghly appreclated Tbe flve children
In the Latouche family on Crosset's hlll In Dux
bury, who have been proatrated wlth dlphtherla
ln an aggravated form, have so far recovered as
to be consldered out of danger 11 a due degreo ol
care la observed. Elght membera of thla family
bave been attacked with thia terrtble dUeaRe.
Owlng to the lack ot proper care and nurslng at
the outsot, three dled, two children and tbe
mother, The otbers have apparontly pulled
through, and tbls fact argues well for the sklll of
the attcndlng physlcian, Dr. George C. Waahburn,
.Cyrus Groen ot Richmond became ravlng
crary lat week and was taken to Brattleboro.
Colonel n C. Balley ol Stowe ls now aole owner
ot the Mount Mansfield hotel, having purchaaed
from Mr. Brooksof Boston his Interest..... Rer.
Mr, Johnson, Sunday. exchanged pulplts wlth Rer.
Mr. Bartlett ol Barre AllenMorae, anotherfold-
tlme resldent ot Waterbury now Uvlng at Battle
Creek, Mlchtgan, bas beon on a vislt to his
trtends here Mrs. Qulmby, mother ol Mrs. T,
B. Crossett, has become totally blind Our vll
lage was vlsited by a couple ol Shaker women last
week Irom Knfleld, New Ilampsblre, selllog small
wares, and procuricg eubpcribers to a magaztne
publlshed by the Shakers J. F. Larason has
sold the Waterbury Hotel to a Mr. Colllns ot
Boston. Mr. Chase, the present landlord, haa
a threo years' lease ol the hotel. Hetasgone
Boston on buBlncas connected with the
change ot proprietorship. What placa will be
made lor the luture are not yet known
Although Danlel Hopklns has removed to the
Center, he designs to contlnue tbe butter market
at tbe street as heretofore, and ezpecta to buy
largely the coming season. He haa worked with
reference to establlshlng a market day on Monday.
The other bnyera have taken it at any and all
tlmes, but Monday has come to be tfie butter day.
Merrick Momtt, for qalte a number ol years
employed ln the machlne sbop ot Colby Brothers
& Co.. and now runntng an englne for a manu
tactory at Westfield, Maasachusetts, was ln town
last week. Owlng to slckness for two months he
bas been off duty, He reports his brother, llora
tlo Moffltt, formerly ot Waterbury, aa employed
ln the machlne shop of a watch tactory at Water
bury, Connecticut, having been at work at Hoo
slck, New York, Janesvllle, Wlsconaln, Sprlng-
fleld, Itllnots, and Brooklyn, New Y'ork, slnce
leavlng here.. .Mr. llealy C. Akeley, a former
resldent of thla ton, last week returned Irom hta
home, Grand Haven, Mlchigan, on a vlalt to hla
mother, Mrs. Electa Akeley, and brotber, George
W. Uandall. Mr. Akeley baa been hlghly pros
pered slnce golng west, belng one ot the largeBt
operators ln lumber ln that state. Some two
years ago he purchaaed from Jamea R. Langdon
of Montpelier the tlmber on two tbousand acrea
ot plne land ln Mlchigan, paylng 8110,000. He
haa glven up hts law practlce and store, realgned
hla positlon aa collector ot cuatoma, and ls devot
lng bls whole tlme to the lumber business. One
ot tbe largest Bteamers plylng between Grand
Haven and Chlcago ls named the " II. C. Akeley,"
Saturday nlght Mrs. Emma llenry wlth her
daughter, Belle, returned Irom New York, whlther
sbe had been to consult Professor Roosa wlth re
gard to the chlld's eyea. Eucouragement that the
chlld may recover ln tlme is glven.. Young
America ls jubllant and grateful. The selcctmen
bave relaxed thelr Iron clad probibltlon ol slidlng,
and the New and Rallroad street hilla are legal
slldlog places.
Bradford. L. L. Durant ol Montpelier will
lecture at the town hall before the relorm club
on Frlday evenlng, February 10th. At the
same tlme onicers lor the ensulng bIx months will
be elected..... J. B. Hay and N. B. Hayes have
erected a telephone between thelr residences, a
distance ot about three hundred feet An edu-
catlonal meeting was held ln tho vlllage hall on
Thursday. The meeting waa very proiltable and
lnterestlng. Exerclses were as follows: Prayer
wasofferedat ten o'clock by Uov. T, V. Frott,
I'rofessor Northend of Connecticut then dellv
ered an address, whlcb waa very practical, on
tbe " Methods and hablts ol teachers." Profeasor
Abbot ol Newbury then addreased the meeting
upon "Introduction ol numbers." Tbls com
pleted the lorenoon sesslon. The afternoon
sesslon was opened by I'rofessor Dunbar of
Haverhtll, New Ilampsblre, who read an essay
Teachlng hlgher arlthmetlc." Rev, Allen
Clark read a paper on " The dutles ot parents."
I'rofessor Cummlngs of Bradford lollowed him by
an address on " Tunctuallty and regularity ot at-
tendance." Superintendent Dartt ol Springfield
then cloBOd the afternoon sesslon by an address
Ungraded scbocls, The evonlng sesslon
waa devoted to a lecture by l'roleasor Nortbend,
subject, " What has been accompllahed by com-
mon schools?"..., We hear that Sheriff S. K.
Berry ot Thetlord arrested one G, K. Keunedy, a
former resldent ot thls toftn, for disturbance
ot the peace, but he waa found to be Insane, and
was taken by Selectman J. W, Blisa of this place
to the lnsane asylura at Brattleboro Tbe Ira-
ternlty ball was beld at the Trotter Honse hall on
Wednesday evenlng ol last week. The proceeds
were about 8181,70. Mualo by Blalsdell's orcbes
tra ot Concord. The number of couples present
was elghty-slz.
FasT Hardwick, Rev, Mr. Knowlton ol
Greensboro preacbed at the Congregatloual
church, In exchange wlth Rev. O. 1'- Gordon,
Jannary 2t)th,,. The young ladies ol the vlllage
held a soclable In tbe vlllage hall January 27th,
whlch was well attended, The mualc and tab
leaux were much enjoyed The tilends and
partihloners ot Rev. S. H, Anderson gave him a
Inndparty last Tuesday evenlng,, , .Mr, iiolden
Warner, who has been In New Meilco lor the
paat two yeara, has been vlslilog Iileuds ln town,
He ezpects toreturnand engage extenslvely ln
stock-ralalng,i,,Mr, and Mrs. F. J, French re
celved a vlalt from tbelr numeroua Irlends laat
Frlday evenlng, and all report a very enjoyable
tlme ...J. II. Lhlngaton haa recently bougbt ot
J, M, Stevena some thlrty acresol land adjolnlng
hla home lot, belng the balance ot the Warner
lot, paylng 825 per acre.,.,MUs Lulu, daughter
ol J, J, Campbell, had a narrow escape from sert
ous lnjury while rldlng to school on a load ot
loga, on Frlday mornlng. Tbe eled sletaed on tbe
Ice, throwlng the load off wlth Mlas Campbell be-
neath lt, but fortunateiy sue len ln a noiiow
place and tbe length ot the logs prevented them
aettilog down upon her, so savlog her life, al
though sbe was coualderably brulaed,
Ciuhlks SrKARNs of West Windsor has a young
gtrl whose jolnts are so eaally dislucafed that they
become dlsjolnted by the comnion use ol tbe
lliubs, and romot says uiaiij Umea a day.
northfield Itcms.
Ths llbrary assoclatlon have just purchaeed and
put Into clrculatlon about one hundred volnmes.
Tbls purchaae added to the old booka makes the
wbole nnmber of volumes some over twelve hun
dred, An asseBament of fltty cents on a sbare
has recently been made and there ls now In the
treasury qulte a sum over what la needed to pay
lor the reccnt purchaae An sdjournid meet
ing of tbe Dog Rlver Valley Fair Assoclatlon waa
held at the vlllage ball on Tuesday ol laat week,
The audltor was dlrected to effect a aettlement ot
the accounts ol the laat year's ofllcers and report
ot thelr dolngs ata meetingto bsheld on the litli
ot February, to whlch day the dlrectors' meeting
waa also adjourned rost Johnson, Grand
Army ol the Republlc, held a speclal bualneas
meeting last Saturday evenlng Northfield
Lodge No. 175, Independent Order ol Good Tem
plars, held a meeting for the electlon ot offlcers
on Frlday evenlng laat and chose N. W. Gllbert,
wortby chlet templar; Mrs. Kate Balne, wortby
vlce templar j F. R. Bates, secretary j A. Wllmot,
flnanclal secretary; Mrs. Ida Johnaon, treaaurer;
Rer, I. P. Booth, chaptaln, and Charles Blood,
maater, Flnanclally and every other way the
lodge stands well 1'. D. Bradford, paat grand
nuuter, and the representatlves ot Northfield
Lodge No. 10, Independent Ordsr of Odd Fellows,
Page Harrls and Joaeph K. Egerton, aro now ln at
tendance on the sesalon ol the grand lodge at St.
Johnabury, O. D. Edgerton la at the same place
to attend a meeting ot the Odd Fellows liellet As
soclatlon of whlch he Is secretary The old
sult between D. Bacon and J, B. Shortrldge la
agaln on trlal before a maater In chancery It
la said that ln consequence ot an anonymons let
ter lately rocelved by Wllliam Blood that he has
retired to a safe positlon ln the woods on Warren
mountaln Work on the Illstorlcal Gazetteer of
Vermont for Mias llemenway la still golng on ln
tbls town. It Is hoped that her addlllons to the
Hlstory by Rer. John Gregory will gtre us a full
and complete hlstory of the town. Northfield
will probably occupy one hundred pages The
ladlea' clrcle of the Eplacopal church arepledged
to ralse one hundred dollars towarda the rector s
salary. They held a meeting on Thursday even
lng ol last week, at wbich qutte a large number
were present. The tablss were bouutllully sup-
plled, and suppers were ten cents. It such sup-
pers are to be I urnlahed at that prlce, and out ot
the profitsa hundred dollars Isto be ratsed, we
lncllne to the oplnlon that, like the famous dry
goods dealor all bave beard ot wbo sold goods at
less than cost, lt will be necessary that they do a
large bualneas Frank Townsend bas been lald
up for several days wlth a sore foot Into whlch be
accldentally drove an axe. Accldent Inaurance
would have been an excellent thlng for blm, but
hehad II not There has been a change In the
onicers ot the Northfield Savlngs Bank, of whlch
George II. Crane ls now president, A. E, Denny
rice-presldent and J, C. B. Tbayer, treasurer..
Rer, 1. 1'. Booth was ln Cabot on Frlday evenlng
of last week and lectnred on Temperance before
the Good Templar s Lodge and the people.,
Tho thlckeit vein of slate scone and ot the best
quallty ever seen In thia town haa recently been
nncovered at the Morrts qnarry. Dependlug
largely on the quarrlos lor the bualneas prosperity
ol the town, we regard every such " find " as ot
great tmportance Colonel George N, Carpen
ter ol Boston will dellver the slxth lecture ol tbe
home course at. Concert ball, on Frlday evenlng,
February 3d, at seven o'clock, l M, Subject
Character Bullding. Tho Northfield Qulntette
club will furnlsh InatrumentAl muaic before and
after the lecture Mr. E. O. Rockwood of Bos
ton, treaaurer ot the Adams Slate and Tile Com
pany, ls ln town lor a few days.
Plainfield. Stephen Greeley has a palr of
four-years-old ateers that welgh thlrty-elght hun
dred and twenty pounds The dramatlc club
expecta to play "Nelghbor Jackwood," at Cabot
vlllage hall on Tuesday evenlng, February 7th.
We beapeak for them a full house, as the play Is
one of tbe best, and well acted by the club
Our vlllage school closes on Frlday, or rather
Saturday, of thls week, as on SaJorday tbere ts
to be prlze speaklng, and present Indlcattons are
that lt will be very lnterestlng Lester B. Dow
was arrested last week, charged with aettlng flre
to a bullding the Saturday nlght prevloua, that
had been placed by partles unknown on the ice,
at the judge's ataod, for trotting horaes on the
lce. Mr. Dow was brought before E. O. Hoy t, as
justlce, C. B. Gale and Archle Batchelder actlng
as counsel for tbe proaecutlon, and F. D. Iloyt
and D. Moses lor the delence. A large number
were present and tbere was fun enough to amnae
tbe crowd. After a full hearing before slx jury
men, tbe respondent waa found not guilty and ac-
qaltted Tbe nrogramme lor prlze speaklng at
the achool-house hall next Saturday evenlng ls a
long and attractive one. dt will commence at
seven o'clock and the admlsslon ls ten cents.
CtlKLSKA. Mrs. Lewis Barnea dled Monday
mornlng ol last week. She had patlently endured
a long and very palnlul Illneas Laat week
Tuesday a furm ln Tunbridge belonging to the
Hyde estate was sold at auctlon to E. G. Lougee,
the present occupant, for 8825 There was a
ballat the hotel laat Wednesday evenlng, vt lth
about fifty couples ln attendance C. E. I'etera,
proprietor of the Btago llnes from Chelsea to East
Thetford and from Ely to Ely stAtion, bas traded
wlth L. D. Burnham, proprietor of the llne Irom
Bradlord to East Orange Sixty-four more
boxes have been added to the post-oftice, which
now will comiMtre very favorably ln regard to
convenlence, wlth any ln thts part of the state.
. . .Uarria Goodwfn ol Webster, New UampBhire,
son ol the late Nathan Good win, haa been vlslting
lor some time wlth Irlends here Mrs. Frances
W. Blxby has removed to Barre, where her son
Is at school.
At Wallace H. Brlnk & Co.'s foundry ln Bur
lington, Thursday afternoon, elght workmen
were maklng a five-ton castlng when theladle
waa accldentally overturned and the whole mass
of molten metal poured out, setting tbe bullding
on flre almost fnstantaneously. Patrlck Don
nelly, fifty years old, waa dreadtully burned, the
greater part ot hts skln dropplng off. Hehas
slnce dled, leavlug a wifeand large family. Ben-
jamln Wrlght, aged twenty-flve, married; and
Tbomas Crowley, aged twenty-one, single, were
serlously and probably fatally burned. James
Hayden,agedtortj-five, was dangerously burned,
The other four men escaped wlthout lnjury. The
lnterlor ot the loundry was gutted and the pecu
nlary damages reaeh sereral thousand dollars.
Tue Burlington pollce during 1831 arrested 570
persons 171 males and IU females. Intoxlcation
was what brought the majority of them to grlef.
271 having been arrested lor thls cause. Next
to tbls, Ilquor selllng waa the great stumbllng
block. Tbere were 115 arrests lor selllng Ilquor,
nrst otfenco, and four second-, three for furnlah.
lng llqnor to habltual drunkards; 11 lor keeplng
Ilquor wlth Intent to aell, and afx lor keeplng nul
sances. Stxty-two persons 51 men and 11
women were taken to the houae ol correctlon,
two girls and a boy to tbe relorm school and one
man to the state prison. Flnes and costs ol 82,
902.02 were pald Into the atate treasury and 8021,13
Into the clty treaaury.
An Important declalon was flled at Brattleboro
on Monday, after a long hearing by Coramlsalou-
ers Stoddard, Read and Merrifield, ln the caae ol
the nrst natlocal bank against tne Inaolvent es
tate ol Silaa M. Walte, tbe delaalting prealdent.
The bank la allowed 8287,000 on a claim by lle
celver Frice ol over 8300,000, whlcb claim Walte
bas strenuoualy dtsputed, Inaiatlng that tho stock
holdera have been pald lu full and tbat the bank
was actually lndebted to him, Thla result la very
lrupnrtant to the stockholders and other credltors,
lt la thought an appoal will be taken.
Editou llAMapaLL ot the Washington Rv)uhli
can recently off ered 85 for tbe beat-wrltten letter
aoceptlog an offer ol marrlage, aud here ts the
letter, by Gertrude Nelson, whlch won the prlze
"Jy Vear Dinalil: rreah wlth the breath ol
the mornlag came your lovlng mlaaive. I have
turned over every leal of my heart during the
day, and on each pnge 1 find tbe same wrltten,
uamety, gratitude for the love of a uoble man,
liumllll In flndlug myself Its object, and ambl
tion to render luyaelt wortby ol that whlch you
offer. 1 will try, Youra henceforth.
A man named Jones of East Poultney, an old
reaident, tnet a sad death on Monday ol laat
week. He went to the woods to chop tlmber,
and, not returnlng at nlght, hla daughter went In
soarch ol him. She louud tbat he had been
caugbt under a lalllng tree, whlch crushed bls
shoulder and otherwlse Injured him. He had
sufnclent atrongth to drag hlmsell from under the
tree and a shortdiatance toward the houae, where
he fell exbauated. When louud by his daughter
bls head and liinba were badly Irozen. He dled
In a lew nours.
Onr Kii'Uhikiicr rituu Many, I bad been
slck and mlaerable so long and had cauaed my
busband so much trouble and expense, no one
seeraed ro know what alled me, tbat 1 was com
pletely dlabeartened and dlacoursged. In thla
trame ot mind I got a bottle ol llop Bltters and
uaed them uokuown to my family, 1 aoon began
to Improve and gained so last that my huabaud
and lamlly thcuglit It atrange and unnatural; but
wlien 1 told inem wliat nad helied me, they said,
"Uurrah lor llop Bitteral long may they proeir
for they bave made mother well and us happy.'
-Theihther.
A uood name at hoine is a tower of strensth
abroad. Ten tlmen as much llood's Barsaparilla
UNM ui taiweu m vx sj uiner.
Vermont Stato Nerf.
Estkt & Co, ot Brattleboro made 15.000 organs
laat year.
Ex-Govkrnor PnocTOM has retnrned Irom bls
European trlp.
t. JoiiNsncRr bas a newly)rganized branch
of tbe Irlsh land leagne
Tijr Passnmpalc rallroad company pays a tbree
per cent aeml-annual dlvldend,
A, G. Hatcii, brother ot Mayor Ilatch ot Bur
lington, haa been iioatmaater at Windsor for
twenty yeara.
Rrv, IIp.niiv Fairuanrs Is to erect at St. Johna
bury a bullding for the nae ol the Young Men's
Chrlsttan Assoclatlon.
Tna Howard opera houae, Burlington, bas been
leased to Mr. K, B. Walker for fourteen months
from March 1, 1882.
Tnr.mt were slxty-flve deaths, slxty-slx blrths,
and elxty-slx marrlages In St. Johnabury rlllage
during the year 1881.
Friends of Colonel Feabody ol South London
derry have glven him 81500 toward replaclng the
hotel recently burned.
C. I'. Kiidv, the Bellows Falls lawyer, has been
very slck, but hts condltion ts now more laror
able and hla recovery Is hoped lor.
W. C. CitirriN, late vlce-prlnclpal ol Jobnaon
Normal Scbool, haa restgned to engage ln busi
ness wlth his brother ln I'hlladelphla.
Tiir inarble and granlte works bclonglog to the
estate of Peter Fleury, on Isle La Motte, have
been told to Vermont partles lor 8211,000.
Tiir new catalogue of Dartmouib College haa
been tssued, It shows that tbere are slxty-nine
Vermont boys there, beatdes etgbt ln the medical
college.
Thr Vermont farm machlne company ot Bel
lows Falla has recelved a sllver iredat lor tts
Cooley creamer, awarded by the Fennsylvanla
atate talr.
Tna dlrectors ol the Hutland rallroad have
voted to pay a dlvldend ot 81 per sbare on and at
ter tbe 15th of Febrnary to preferred stockholders
ol record ou the 5th ol February.
At the Central Vermont Iretght depot, Burling
ton, an employe named John Qulnn, wblle coming
out ot a car wlth a trunk, sllpped and lell wlth
such force as to break one of hla legs.
GKonoR M. Tatlok, a tuner at Estey's organ
works ln Brattleboro and a popular local alnger.
has gone to Washington to accept a government
otflce, secured through Colonel Ilooker. ,
It ls reported that a new weekly journal la
about to be slarted In Addison county, devoted to
the Interests ot Merlno sheep-breeders, who rep
resent a large amount of capital and lntluence In
the county.
Blinu Lctty WBioiiTdled ln Ryegate January
20th, aged slxty-seven. Sbe bad the small-pox In
Scotland wben she was two years old, which ren
dered her totally bllnd, and lor stxty-five years
thla haa been n dark world lor her.
Colonkl W. L. Guf.knleap has realgned bls
positlon as deputy-collector ot internal revenne to
accept a positlon as deputy-collector ln the cus
tom houae, and Major Slearna has appolnted bls
brother, 11 E. Greenleaf, as his successor.
A ?ew telegrnph llne has been lately erected
acroas tbe mountalna from Manchester to Saxton's
Rlver, with ten ofllces on lt, ln as many country
vlllages. No operators were sent round to teach
the new ones, and many f unny errors were made.
TiiFJiEare nlne churches in St. Johnabury and
the Presbyterlans are to build another the coming
season. Bealdes these there are four more out
slde of tbe vlllage ln tbe town, maklng fourteen
in a town of 5,800 and ten in a vlllage of 3,800
InhnblLants.
Tiir wbole number of gallons ol liquor Bold in
Caledonia county for the past Beven months ls
seven hundred nlnety-nine gallons, Includlng all
used lor mechanlcal and medical purposes. Thls
ls not a bad showlng lor a communlty of 23,600
inbabltants.
Mrs. CnARLOTTK, wlfe ot tbe late Manasaeh
Dlvoll, who dled ln Rockingham lately, aged
elgbty-elght years, waa the laat but one ot four
teen brothers and slaters, the mother of a large
family of children and grandmotherto elgbty-fire
grandcbildren.
Timonon the burstlng of a kerosene oll laran
the wlfe ol J. G. Spaldtng ol Vergennes narrowly
escaped belng burned to death. Neighbors selzed
ber and carried ber into the street belore the lire
could be quenched, several belng Injured Irom
her burning clothlng.
Wdrn the Central Vermont rallroad was built
J. R. Booth ot Burlington worked aa a common
bridge hand. Now be Is the largeat tlmber-Hnilt
owner ln Canada, owntng 2,223 aquare mlles, or,
l,l'ii,Joo acres an area equal to more than one
flfth of the state of Vermont.
Conouessman Gkout haa Introduced a Ull to
penalon Newton Bontwell ol Morrisville, who loat
four sons kllled in tbe war: Thomaa and Robert,
Company D, Fourth Vermont; Rodney, Company
F, Eleventh ermont, and WiUiam, who enllated
ln the Slxteenth New Hampahire.
Tiir cuatoma collectloua at the port of Burling
ton lor 1880 amounted to 8904 5SH.G7; for 1881,
to 81,114,038 20, an Increue of 8149,451.59. The
value of domestlc mercbandiae exported waa
81,570,181, and the number of cars laden wlth
mercbandiae in tranalt through Canada, 78,249.
Tiir evldence before the commlssloners ln the
case ot the First Natlonal bank against tbe insol-
venteatateot Silaa M. Walte bas been concluded.
An adjournmeut waa agreed upon owlng to the
slckness of C. B, Eldy, Esq. The court re
convened and heard the concludiog argumeuts of
E. L Waterman and Diatrict-Attorney Haaklna.
In Middlebury an organizatlon has been formed
called the " Cltizens Leaeue for the Suppresslon of
Crlme. Its object, aa lndlcated by lts name, is
lor the suppresslon of all crlme, bat dlrected es
peclally agalnat drunkennea-4, perjury, gambling
and the lllegal aalea ot Intoxtcating liquors. The
conditlons of membershlp are algnlng tbe constl-
tution, in whtch ls a pledge to ald ln tbe promo
tion ol the objects ol tbe aasociation.
John UNDEhwoop, an employe ln tbe mlll of
Stearns, Underwood & Co., Newfane, came near
meetlc-g wlth asevereaccident the other day, He
went down underrjeath the mril to attend to some
macblnery, wben the rerolvlng shaft caugbt him,
and tore off all his clothing Irom hta waiat down.
Hla aon Fred waa with him and caugbt his father,
hoidlng blm ln tlght embrace tlll the englne could
be stopped, and lortunately be escaped wlthout a
scratch.
Charles Potter, one of the principal tlgures ln
the dreadful and well-remembered tragedy at
Wllllaton twelve yeara ago, dled at Chlcago Sun
day morniog, aged fifty-fonr, Potter aud hla
wlfe tn 1809 were conrlcted ol having burglar'a
toola ln their possesalon and sentenced reapectlvely
to ten and seven years ln the atate priaon. Mrs.
Potter died in prison and I'otter waa pardoned
out by Goternor Falrbanka lour years ago, and
thereupon went west.
Tiir recelpts Irom business and the expenaes ol
tbe probate court and county clerk's otflce lor
1881 ln four of tbe principal connties of tbe stAte
111 be found below: windsor county recelpts,
82,142.08; expenses, 81,818.13; surplus In the
treasury, 8324.05. Chittenden county recelpts,
82,312 50; expenaes, 8901.21; surplus In treaaury,
81,351.2(1. Washington county recelpts, 88,743,-
97; expenaea, 87,094 22; aurplua ln treasury, 81,
049.75. Addlaon county recelpts, 82,004 73, ex
penaes, 82,004 73.
Tue warrants on State's Attorney Slade'a bllls
ot Informatlon agalnat the hotel men ot Addlaon
county for selllng liquor are expected to be tssued
soon, and Landlord Galnes ot the Stevena houae
at Vergennes, who made a convenlent trip to
aablogton when the December term ol the Ad
dison county court waa ln seaalou and returned at
the cloae of the court term, haa now started wlth
hlsv,lfe onatrlp.to Callfornta, not expectlng to
return for severul weeks. Slade ls maklng lt hot
tor some ol tbe reapectable rumsellera tn Ad
dison county.
A rKCULiAH dirorce caao betneen two Ver
monters came to an end thls week at Cincinnati.
Marla I- Welltngton ol Middlebury got judgment
ot dirorce at Cincinnati ln June, 1880, agalnat
her busband, I-daon L. Welllngton, by the ald ot
aman wbo, pretendlng to be Edsou L. Welllng
ton, satlsfled tbe court ol ber buaband's oonaent
to the separatlon. The real Welllngton, how
ever, waa at Middlebury at the tlme, and In De
cember, 1880, be flled a petitlon at Cincinnati
that the dlvorce be set aalde. Judge Avery bas
granted the petitlon, holdiog tbatlt Is not an oilg
Inal blll lor repeal ol dlvorce, whlch as sucb
could not legally be admitted, but a talr petitlon
addreased to tbe dlacretlon ol the court and cal
culated to preaerve it hereafter Irom Imposltlon.
Littkli.'s LlviNd Aoe for the week endlng Jan
uary 21st, bas the following noteworthy table of
contents: A Pago ot Dlplomatlc lltstory, by C.
Blennerhassett, Fortnlgbtly Revlew; Tlie Freres,
by Mrs, Alexander, author of Tbe Woolng O't,
etc, Teinple Bar; Dean Stanley aa a Splrltual
Teacher and Iheologlan, Nlneteenth Centnry,
Yulu Tlme In Sbetland, by an Old Sbetlander,
Chambers' Journal; Tbe Adventures ol a War
Correspondent, Blackwood'sMagszlne; Robln, by
Mrs. Parr, author of Adam and Eve, eto., Temple
Bar; A Graclous Plougblng, St. James Gazette;
The Conatltuents of Plearantness, and Bad llsnd
wrltlog snd btupld Headers, Spectator; and the
nsual amdunt of select poetxy. Thls ts tho thlrd.
weekly nambes ol the new votamsk
