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.X VOL. I NO. 45. RUTLAND, VTM FR1DAY MO.RNING, MARCH 13, 1874. PRIOE FIVE OENTS. FH1DAY MOHNING, MAHCH 13, 1874. TKltMS IN AUVASCK. Dailt Per month ts Tlirco montlis fj oa Stx montli.i 4 00 ono yenr 8 oo wkeki.y Tlirco montlis ts Slxinontbs II ss ono year s 60 Addrcss OLOHK 1'Al'JSK cu., itutland, Vt. A e mo lcarnedly Jnfornicil, by u toleiii porury, lluil ouc of the ciut'-cs ot oiir de fcnt iu Itie rcccnt New Hntnpliltu clccllon was thnt, "tho candldate for gnvcrnor, " Gcncrnl McCutchins, wns vcry popular, " but thc gentraUty of the tlckct awoke no enthusiasm." That's good, lf It docs lcavc tlio rcndcr n little In iloubt. Tlie "ficner nlily" of tlic tlckct was, lf tlicic wns n "gcncrallly," Bimply a cnndidate for rU road commissloner. We bIiouUI not Imn glno lliat such nn ofllco would insplio much "en lli uslasmij" nwiiv.toreii lfonomu J , iTie "gcnernl(fy1jXa.tlctc7iaVTrnay "not boveryfrcshfroihouricadlugs, nnd may only lio showlng oiir Ignorancc, but we never, bcfoie, bcard of onc, and tliat tlic least lmportant, candidato nn a tlckct dcs ignatcdns "tbo gencrallty of tbe tlcket," but it may all bo so. Perhaps, nfler nll, the "generality" may refer to preflx to tbe name of cubcruatorial ticket, and tbat tbe mcanlng 1s tliat tlie usc of th.it 'Imndlo" "awoko no cntbusla9iii." At any r.ite, It Is beyond tis aud we glve ll up. Joseph Longworth lias mado n donatlon of flfty tbousand dollars to the trustces of tbe Clnclnnatl unlverslty" to cndow, or partly cudow, au nrt department" thercin. Tbe ptlnciple is to be forevcr picscrvcd ln tact and only tbe Inlercst to be tiscd. We do not licllevp tlicic will bo nny Fqucanilsh iicrs dUplaycd nboiit nccepting tlils glft, iismg tho lntcrcst, or, cven, an Inqulry made how Mr. Longworth camo to bave bo iiuicli money to sparc. It will, probably, ' fie. enough for tbe trustces of tbe unlversl ty to know tbat Longworth Is an honest inan, and made lils money In a buslness wlilch was propor and lcgltimatc undor tho constitutlon nnd laws of bnth tho Unltcrt Statcs and tbo statc of Ohlo. Wo had enough of tbls morbid, silly Fqiicamishness when Senator Morrill donated bls "back pay" to the Btatc treasury to ald tbe pcoplo of Vermont in paylng thcir burthens of debt and taxntion nnd tbat was enough of grumbllng to last for some tlmc tocomc. Wc should bate to Irust thcsc hahitual grumblcrs nnd hypercritlcnl, lf not bypo crltlcnl, nioralists in Senator Morrill'M po sitloii, bellevlng, os we do, tbat ncilher the Cnlted Stntes, tho slaic. or any ouc cxccpt tbelr own prcclous selvcs would I e, in tho least, Iteue'ilted tlictcUl'i Lot.them bow. !, ctoaK onK'ls, no doubt, pleasant to tbciu, aud tlie rcst of us havc bccomc uscd to It. a iii:.it i v i:.Mxncsi:.iii; r. We take it tbat it will bo KCiicrnlly cou ceded tliat tbe New Yoik Times is one of lbeablcfct,ni it.U the lcndlng lepublicau newtpapcr of the fountiy. Mo'u tbun idl OtllC'IS. It ('Ontlll)llU'tl 10 tllC MH'CC'fS oi l no iM'publicuu pnily nnd 1 lic- tiiunipbaut re- ! relection of Picsldcnt Orant duilug tbolabt inational cauvnss. ils piiuciple of action v.vaa not llmt the lepublicau party, nll of Ils leadcrs and votcrs, weie nght in every Tcspect taiX partlcular, or tbat tbe opposl tion, iu lexders aad followcrs, wcrc all wrong. Ab an honest newspaper, it cod ccded thit bnsci had grown up iu tbe rc publicaa prjty, perhaps attributable ntlrely to Its long contiuuanco in power, whlcli ougbt to bo leform. d. Tbls it bclievcd could not be accompllsbed by tbe defcat 'of tlic party, whlcli would bo worse thau juniping from the frylng pin Into the llre Theio was enough of bouesty, intcirity nnd patrlot lsni In tbe party iteclf to coricct tbese abuses, bilng about nccded refornis, aud lop off unworlby inemheis. No outside aid was necdcd. Witli It we most beartlly asrrecd. Elsewbcre, in nnotber sphere, as, nlso, individually, wc contributed our mito to the good cause and rcjolced In tlie tri iimpb. Slncc thcn tlicrc hns bccn but a gcncral ngrcement betwcen thcir views nnd ours. Iudccdj'.wc can rccall now but a fcw such occasions the pilncipla ono bcing In refcrcnco to the re-dcction of tbe prcst dcnt jrro iTnporc of tbe Benate, But whetbcr we agrco wltb lt or not, lt makcs uo dlfTeiencc. Wo liavo Bimply refcrrcd to thcso iunttcra ns iiitroductory to tbat wbicb Is to follow. In order to glve It lts full wcight, forco and Iniportnncc, it ls necesary to bear ln inlnd tbat tbo Timet ispttr exulUn, n rcpubllcan newppnper, Is o arccptcd nnd cont!dcrcd by tbe ndminls. tration, tbe niajorlty of botb Hous(t of (;ongrcs, tbo press nnd pcoplo of tbo whole rfliintry. It has bcen rallcd tho " organ " of tbe party, whleb, In one Eense, may be takrn as truc. Hut In tlio old fafhloned Fcnse of n party " organ," lt Is fnr from it. ,'udeed, wo know nf but one promlnent ne vcpapcf wortliy of tbat teim an.l tl.at Is tbo' New York H'rW, tbe " organ " of tl,c ,j0,nocraey. It can u-o nothlng wrong ln what party doce, nor nnythlna llgbt In what ls j'ropowd or accomplifihcd by tho party ln po Wer. It I? ono of tho last lln. geiing rellc of lavlth subservlcncv to party In n lead'ing newspaper, nnd has but few in tatnrs in cillier pnriy, in iuo toun trv- navo bcre nml thc-ie a ronccrn wlilcl Is ' BWect on " uom'1 0"n b?raiise It has an axe to crlml or an oillcn to beg- Wo have refcrrcd to our own ense, nnd rnnrtn of our nancr. beoauso wo havn been falsch' assalled-tho ussailants mak Ing Btatements wliich tbey knew wcie falso wlicn tbey wcro mado for tho reason tbat wo would not Btirrcnder our rlght of prl vato judgmcnt at the nod and dlctatlon of any one. As our readera know, wo liavo alwnys malntained tho posltlon tbat one who critlclsca andprotests agnlnst Ibo wrong dolngB of lils party, Ibcieby flmwa not only tbat lio Is nn boncBt ninii but all the bcttcr republlcan, When tho jepubllcan paity secnicd likcly to ncglcct tho rvpcal of the tncreaso of salary ict, wo protcsted ngalnst tho mcasurc, und bcld tboso ic publlcans rcsiKiaslblo wlio wcro aldlug thcrcln. So wo opposwl lUt oppolntments of Plicplicrd, Wllllams, Blmrooiw, ncil pyp jiortcd Dthejn ns our judt'mcnt nnd jcon. eclcnco dlctatcd, nnd so wo shall continuo to do. Wo should not bnvo refcrrcd to tlils mattcr nealn allhough wo know llmt nn attcmpt wn9 belng mado to uso our cours c, taklng only disjolnlcd paragrnphs nnd ecii tcncos, for the grlndlngof somcbody's nxe, thcy nll tho tlme wcll knowlng tbat thcir wbolo cbarge was falsc ln foundntlon, false In tbcory, false ln pictenco nnd fnlse m fact but for the Kuhetnutlal cudoiscmcnt of our poslllon by m good n irpubllcnu pnpcr ns tho New York Timci, Wo don't lublisb ll liuw bcrnuc v IhlliU wc .liicd ll. Wo know fiom our coiisliiutly wv . ing clu-iil.it lon, tbat our ciiuin' H wcll iiii dcrstood nnd U npprcclatcd nnd cndorscd. Wo do not, for n nionicnt, bcllcvc tlint tho persons to whnm tbe giublcd cxtrnctH nro prcscntcd, nnd wliom thcy me e.)cctcd to Influencc, will badccelvcd thcicliy They nro nltogctbcr tpifscnslhlc incn to hc gull"d ln nny BUch wny. lt l, houevcr, nlwnys n pleasuic to have oho'h r niise cndornl. but it ls sllll morei" tfttva ilicrrnpnilKbncScnco of elavlsb' parti organs, cdltcd, or con trollcd or, jicrhnps, "managcd" would be the bettcr word-'by men who bave no Idcns of thcir own : mcn who, before cxprcsslng nn oplnlon, nie conipcllcd to wnlt nnd bco what tbis.tlmt orthc other newspaper nays nbout It, or what tbo Phitts, Ilutlcis, Sim mous', Hnilaii3 nnd I'ontcroys may bave to iay. Iu our judgmcnt, nnd wo bclievo wc oxprcMi tbe oplnlon of evcry intclligcnt man, tbat clossof ncwspapciHWork agrcat-' cr Injury to tbe party. than thcy can, by nny possibillty. do it good. Hut we havo wrltten morc than we ln tcndcd at the outsct. Now for the Timri nrticle. It may, lf lt docs no other good, pound a modlcum of Ecnse Into tlic brains, if so bo thcy havo nny, of tlic blnvinh ilullards of whoni wc havc bccn spcakim:. Iu its lcadlng cilltonal, AVcdncwlay, tbe Timrx says : "Tlie lcpuhllcan pnrly is Ptlll strnng In tlic istimatioii of tlic pcoplc, nlthnugli mistnl.es in vnrious (pi.irtcis liuii' bccn mado wltbln the past tAx montlis No paity gocs on forcvcrwithoiit niistakcs. Yct tlicso inistakcs havc nowhcii' bccn wi jiroraptly polntcd out n tiy lepublicau incn nnd journals, nnd we havc cndcavoicd to lo our parts of tlic duty. ns CongreBiiiim Vlatt nnd otlicrs frccly nnd vcry Uindly nc Itnowledgc. The cnors ot tbr leadcrs of thopiity can be ct llgbt tn'.tlt the pmty thcic is no neccssity to nk such u mon grrl bodv ns tho " dcmocratlc i cpitbllcans " to undcrtnko thc tnsk. No doulit tbo work of objeetlnjr to any detall of thc lcadcibip is nn ungrncious on-! tho 1'latts ot the d.iy would Icad rny p.irty to ruhi liy (llcuclng the wnrnings of frieml, nnd ly compclling ncwsp.ipcrs to exist solely mr the purposo of registerlng thcir dccrcct. Thcy nie oolish enough to bcliovc tbat all thc woild is ps bllnd ns thcmsclves tliat !f tbey only detcct tbeni. Thcy rcent anylbing np proacblng to crltici-ni. As for a newspa per, lts sole fiuictlon U to publisb what Platt and bis klnd ordcr ono day, .nd what liutlcr and hU klnd may ordcr anothcr." It ndds, nnd wo beaitily adojit tbo wnli iiicnt, because lt no liuly cxprcsscsoiirown coursc, " tfels bas nevcr bccn n porlion of "our mlislon, nnd ncvcr will bc. In yenrs ' aono bv. we linvc nlwnyii c.pic.-cil our ' iipliiionn on publie nll'aiiti In a perfectly uufcttcrcd waypiitiihny irhat ire bducd lolegood, condtmning xthnt ice Irlterctl Ui be ba&. Sonictinics wc luve offcndcd ' paity leaikra, sonictlmcswc havc plcascd "thcui lut we bate vcxcr thovght il our du.'y to tupporl a vicamre timply bccnus "paKy lecdsi's tcanlul il to be uipportcd." It migut have added tliat uo honest man would couteut to take a .diffeicnt coursc ; yct wc aud thcy know tknt U makcs a ynst diffcrcnco whelber men Mippiut tbe icpub llcan paity, as thcy and w,e do, ifpm juin ciplc, or, llke otlicrs we ov ot, 1n expcc- tation of belug p.dd thcrcfor by fome petlj' ofllcc. A CoillllllllllcllCllill Ilboilt L''hlicrle-i mul Tliuir lrvkcnc Keliiliim ln tlic I.uw. BY M. ClOI.DSMITir, (.OMJIISSlOXUlt OF rlsll- Klt.'iS. (Contlnucd fiom tlio last numljer. Tbls much hcs commonly bcen npplied to watcrs communlcatlng with tho sca nnd eo nearly so, tliat tho great mlgratlons visl ble,arc of those varietlcs wbose pasturcs arc In tbe salt watcr nnd whose cradlcs nre in fresb watcr. It will be sceu tbat tbo nc cesslty foriegulatlons pennlltinz tho pas fage of fishcs grows out of tbls part of tbelr nature. It ls not tho mcro stergor of propogatlon wlilch Iinpcls Ihcse inovemciits, for tbat is the ronunon piorlslon nf nll vc- rictlcs ; but tliat utiknown x wc rall in- stlnct, tbat inysterlously bognttcn parentnl sollcltudo nnd knowled?o wblch, undcr tbe cocrcion of unlvcrsal law, inanlf.sts iW care for lts young, clthcr in pcrsonal pro- tcctlon durlng lnfancy, or ln lenvlng Its young in conditlons whcio nll tho wants of Ils llfc,for both biith nnd grnwth aic found eady nnd at band In tenipcratuic,food and pccuilly. It ls nottbcmcie dlstnncc be twcen spawnlng ground nnd fceding giouil'l, It is not tbo fact tbat Blrlpcil bai-s go from Long Uland Sound to ponic ncnr strcnm not two inllcB uway, or tbat tbo sal- inon lcavcs tho wclrd coasts of fr07.cn sens to pcnetrate tbe vast dUtancc of tho Co- lumbla, It is tho mcro pafcsngo fiom thc ground tbey fccd In nnd grow to inntiulty ln, to the wnlers thcy fpnwn in, tbat dctcr mltics tbenutural linilts ot mlgratlnn, and tbls, no mattcr wbetbcr thcy go ono inlle or n tbousand mllcs away. Thc obstruc tlon to the nille's trlp is ns bad as tbo oli staclo the tbousaud mllcs jouiney, It is nn mattcr whctber the obstruclkm is fiom the deep pooli of thc lowcr rerches of a river to the Bpnwnlng bcds In tho brooks above, or froin deep waters of St. George's banks to the snlmon ridds of thc Connecti cut. Tlio obstnclo Is a elllclent for evil ln tlie ono casc as In the other. It ns effectually destrovs the raco In Iho one caso ns Iu thc other. And tbo wrongfulncss of bulldlng of an obstnclo to tbo mlgratlon 1 tbo s:iinc Iu ono caso ni Is ln tbo other. Tiuo tho effect upon tbcJHsblng ilgbtls tiroportloncd to tho nmount of tho evll, ortlicaniountof danisgo is govcrncd by tbo rpiantlty nnd qualily of tho fish dcstroycd or rcndcred Imnnssiblo to litimau UfC. If upon n trout Btrcaui a mlll-dani sovcrs fccdlng from Bpawnlng grounds, tbat imll dam U a wrong. It mny bo In somo cascs tbat tho injury to tho llshlng is moro than pakl for ln tho opportunllles tho crcated Iu ditstry fumlsbcs, tbat, ln fimall Btrcams, Iu wbicb thero nro no mlgratlons cxcept of l)w flslics natlvo nnd constant to thcm, tho mntiufacturc, In vlcw of publlc poVfy, may bo the tlomlnant Intcrcst. Stlll tno fact Btands pntent tliat as bctwccn Indlvld uals tbe law of obsttuctlons ln wntcrcours csls thc samc in (trout strcnmsthat lt Is iu grcat Bhnd ilvcrs. Whctber tho samc pub llc ncccsslty dcniands tho bulldiug of llsh v.nys In tbo one rrto ns ln tho other Is anolbcr mattcr. What I w!h to astcrt bcrc Is llmt the prlnclplc of law wblch ob tnlns Iu ono cric obtalus ln tho other Aty own impression ls tbat tbe bulldlng ot llsb waya.i'H enforccd upon dnm-owncrn, should bc llmlteil for tbe picsetit at least, nnd pcr liaps for n longtime, to those on rlvcrs up wlilch Iu foimcr lliucs miIihoii nud hb.ul iinil lo t i n. To cneite mlll owncis ou oi- Jiuar.v or inodciiilcly bl.ed mlll-tic:tins to bulld llfhwnyB, nilglit opcrate ns ii tcilous biiidc.i upon Biiinlllndustrlcs, and, In vlcw of the fact llmt tbe fosterlng of ninimfiic. trikv ls ono great, indccd tho grc.it intcrcst of our rommonweaith, lt may not be wli-c to oidcr Mich llshwnys to be bullt. unlcss It ninylieoii ccrtaln Bttcanis too far nwny .'rom lalhoad or wntcr carrlage to nmko uijiiufncluilng nn nvnllnblo occupatlon, cnd picscntlng tho bcstcondltions for buc ctwniol llsh ciilture. llut cven In such ca s?a It may be well to preternilt for the nonre nll I'ltcratlon of tbo picscnt comll tion of thlngs, nnd walt uulil thc growbm cxpcrlcnco ln flsb culturo demon Btir'cs nioreclcorly tbencedof Intcrfcrciicc Wbile Ibcre can bo no qucstion of the trutb of tho foregolng Btatements iu ri'Kard to impc(llmcnt8 to thc nntural. ancicnt nnd nccustomcd run of flslics, lt becoincs n serious qucstion whctber tbo statc can cocrce tbe ercction of fishways for the pas snge of sca flsb In rlvcrs wblch havo ncvcr, in hlstoricjperiods, bccn the ic6ort of such nilgratory fishcs. To rc.people n 6tream with ils nldcn snlmon, to rc-establlsb an nnclcnt rlght, to rcstore property dcstroycd by hccdlcssncss or giccd Is one thlng; to colnnizc n rlvcr with a triho nll fotclgn to lt, to cstablish rights new to tbe rcgion, to add property nnd privllcgo where none havc bcen destroycd or have;exlstcd bcfore, is nnotber. Tho common law, whlcli gov erns tbls mattcr of tbe obllgatlou to pro vldo flsh-wnyn, Is thc bIow nccumulntion of lcgal wlsdoni In n rountry nll of wliosc rivcis, nlmost without cxccption, wcrc tbo nnnunl ivsnitR nf brccding lUhcs Itneicr conccivcd of n Jlisslsslppl or Ohlo river, or of grcnt wntcr-slicds gatbcilng cacb n raln fali grcatcr than tliat of all thc binds bc lotiging to tho Crnwn.orof vast systcms of intcilorlakcs and rlvcrs, cut off by grcat wntcrfalls fiom nilgrationa from tbe seas. Ilcncc it would not be wisc or just to hold our strcnms to bo govcrncd by thc Engllsh law, cxccpt uiidcr sucb nuKllficatlons of tbat law as adnpts lt to our conditlons, gcograpblc as wcll ns polltlcal. Tlius, whllo tho coinmon law ma- lic wcll lcft to work tho bulldlng of llsh-v.ays ovcr all our dams obstructing tbo Connecticut, a river up wlilch fca lislics havc nlwnys run Iu thcir scason n river, but for nrtlflclal obstruc tions. acccssihle to maiiy of tho nilgratory vniietics up to lts liighcbt rcachcs, it can hiTilly.by a paiiilcllisin of rlght, benllowcd to cocire the bnihlingof flb-ways for the p,iS3i'co of mIihoii up Ottcr cieck above Vcrgeiincs, ln wlilch no salmon ever yct lias been tccn orcaught, and up wbich no snlmon, the most pctlvc of nll cnilgrants, could ever go If evcry mlll-dani aloug tho strenni wcrc torn down to Its foundatlons. If ever ln tuch rlvcrs It mny be a protltnble ventme to inlnxluco snlmon and other bcn jrohijt HIi. tlio tlmrgo of JUh-wayg must lic ujtftn tho pt'bllc nnduot upon mlll-owners. From what has been snld lt will be sccn tbat thcio can tio no question ot tbe power and the equitnble rlght of our Legielnturc to pass laws lcqulrUig tbo bulldlng of fish w.iys ovcr mill-dnms (.ltuated on btreams wliich nre lmtural shad and saluion streams. It only lemains to show thcir uwi nnd thc ncccsslty foy th,cm. Fishways nie nrtlllcial channcls in wliich the watcr. instead of falllng prcelpitately from a highcr to n lowcr lcvcl, llows along a icgul.ir lnpe hi nc.ii jy npiro.ii blng thc lioii.oiilal, aiul iu uliicli tlie velocily with wlilch thc wiitiT dcscciids U i-o lnlcriuplcd tliat thc tUb. uckin to nbccud. can m in nnd nsccnd Ihiough tho currcnt, nnd thus p.iss tbe obstpclo made by tho dam. 1 hese ehannels or rondullB nre made by cxcava- tions in thc b.mks below thc dam, or by cicctiiig wooOcn lioughs wltb cross pleccs cxleiidiir; tiom eacb sldc of thc troush two-lhhds across, cach cross-iiiece bcing fastcucd to tho lisbt nnd lcft sido allcr- natcly. Tbe dctails of tho constriiction nre vaiied in various patlcrns, nud thc gmdo of tho nscent is proporlioncd to tho aciivuy nniistrcngtii ot tlic Kimt ot nsii lor wlilch the laddcr ls providcd. An Incllne of one foot to liftccu is consblcrcd sulll cient fnr tho fchad, thc fceblcst cllmbcr; for, white fcalmon can clear n shccr full of bIx fcct or mo! o, shnd nre not known to lcap ut all. lhus n dnm tcn lcet nigii wouiu rcipuio lor n tiiau- wny a liuklcr ono hundrcu nnil lltty fcct long, but thc llsh asccndlng it would, by H'nsoti of thc zlgzcg of tho currcnt cnused by tho cross iiicces, havo to travcl nbout tlirco hundreii fcct or innic. Ilut the dilllculty of the nsccnt would bc less than through the natural bed of thc rlvcr Ihrough n rapld fallmg tcn feet in four lumdied. The uppcr cnd of tbo troush is set m tlie upncr edgo of the dam ; runs thcnco in nny llnc stralght, curvcu, nngulnr. or tolilcil upon ttselt, lo the dccp water bclow thc dam. They nie mado ot varving Iciiffths, nccoruing to tlio beisht of tbe dam j of varylng wldlh, ac cording to the multltude of fish to ascend tbcm ; of vnrylng depth, nccordlng to thc t'.ze of tbo Indlvfdual fish, and of varylng 6trength, nccordlng to tho aceldenti ot slt- ii.ilnm nml ciiniRte, and arc protectcii nc cordlng to cxposure. l lic ncccsslty tor tlils u oiivious, tor a fish rrn no moro gct ovcr a dnm hlgher tbnn lt can lcnp ovcr, tbun a man can cllmb n brick wall forty feet blzh wltliont n ladilcr to cllmb on. Tliese flsbwayg nre rcqulred on thc ground of tbat Instlnct ln iisues, uy tlie opcrnuon oi wmcu luey ni- waj's return to spawu in tbo streams wbcro they tliemselvcs wcro batchcd. Iu dolng tbls tbey kecp thcso rlvsrs pcoplcd with tbelr desccndants, nnd nre tliemselvcs llnble to capttirc. lt saimon cggs or young iai mon wcrc nut Into tho strcnm at Montix' llcr. thcy would ciow tbeio Into good eizcd llnierhnss nnd bu! nway to tho wu, nnd tbat would bo tbo last eeca nf tbem nt or nerr our Cpplt. 1. Thcy would lio found n'tc-wards below tbo fplls at Wluooskl. b tlng tbcirpoor llves out ln franllc efforts to n&ccnd the fulls. Fishermcu mlght catch thom there. Thcy mlpht appcur up on tbo batcl tnblcg atSIontiiellcrEomctblng morc '.'cely by roason of dimln!sb,'d cost. llut for tho peoplo along tbo banks of tbo Btrcam there would bo no moro saimon fish Ing thnn If never an egghadhntched In the watcrs. Fishways along the river would permlt the Balmon lo como to your door at Montpelier, to be taken when wnnted, bo ficbb tbat tbey will falrly flop ln the boll Ing pot or wrlirglo on tho grldlron. They would.bulld tbelr own ncsts.liatch thcir own eggs without cost toanybody. With a slngle paTr, grown to adult llfe nud domlclled ln tho pooli, the ttocking of the streain Is only n queitlon of tlmo. But n few years would pass betore evcry fitpool would flash In thc sunlight with the ruBh nnd pheen of tbelr Bllvcr beauty. Aud, perhaps, In tlmo, but for tbo klndly olllccs of tho railwny, the unfortuuatc laborcrs upon ilpnrian fnrms.ns whllom on tho Connecticut, mlght bcslege tbe lcglMature In so fur to protcct thcm from tho mastcr's greed, ns to forbld tbelr bcing mado to cut green pcas nnd Bal mon moro Iban twlce n wcck, In tho Benson of them. Tho foundatlonii and Ihnlts of leglilalivo contiol of tlshcrlci. Tlic constitutlon of Vermont glvc ln cxnrcBS wonls to tho leir slaturo thc right nnd power to rcgulato freo or com mou flshcrlCB, and, ln bo far ns nll pnvnto flsherlcs nro lnterdepcndcnt nmonest tlicm bcIvcs nnd wltlt tho publlc, nnd In thcir foodsupply, conccrn the commniiwcnlth, nro publlc, tlils ilght and power ntlarh ns n ncccBsnry lnfcrcnce. Tho lcglslnturo hns pnwcr Indcpcnilcnt of Micse consldcrntions. Tlicrc ll rm olher ft.lioilty nblo to hiish tho chngor of rlval ''itcicsts, lo moko coonlliuto thc advcrto rights in n coninion privllcgo, to ii'strnfii irreed, to confirm lawful usnge ftuil toprrv vcnt unncccssary lltlgalion. TiilsMJlii .o lx?en uscd fiom tlmo linmcmorlnl ln JJng land and tbls country. Our own legUbt tute has cxcrclscd Itln numi'roin'liWitancM. It cxerclsos tlils power evcry tliuXtdiiootn tho scason nud miuucr of tukliiL' troiti, In tlic pcu tltico H inovldcH for th- lnfrlujc. Iiicnt of thc l.iw, It has iwcni-fl il m guncrut und ppccinl ncls, und thc lw Hnr mado stand ns yct tmqiicstloncd mi our statuto li loks. Ilcncc there ciiri"lie no qucstion tliat tho stntc hns, ovcr pilvntc lishcrics, nll the control it bas rur nny piivntc property. It cnn icgulau .ot-lcr, cct, contiol, but It caniiot tavaag'X. i-l' OltoQd r M- : by cmlncnl doinaln. TlicyaBplA ,U'l!ckliton 8 V. by its coinnilssloneis of fUIiepW L-F? H il """l,rl.cl ' W. it from inlvnto Btre.mis withoi:l'Jie on- Mng, Secictnrv. protcct, ccpi tiot I trout from 1 ecnt of tbe landowncri. It ninyr evn po? scsslon of r.ll the l.inds undcr watci by pay lng tor tlicm nml tneu (iccinrc ty nsiiu-.g frse. Ilut undcr our constlttr.il:i thcse fisbings, thiii liccomlng frcc, innot Jic closcd age'nst fr-e, common, nil publlc usc. It 1 to bo qucstloncil wlictlicrtlio statc could I'rrnt or leiso n llshlng ,M-Tjnko Cliampbilu, or put nny Impcdimciit ln tbe wny of my llsblng Iu tliat lake nt iny nwn good will. save in thoe rcgul.ttions wlilch nlm to liclp not to hlndcr tbe IWiing Intcr cst. l'ort llonr'. Tbe "Old Folks conccrt," glven at Port Henry last Wedncsdny evening, by lln young pcoplc of thut place, wns a complcte success nnd affordcd much grstlllcartrm to tbe largo numbcr who nttended lt,-the ball bcing complctely fillcd. The stagc wai dccoratcd wltb some old fashlnnufSunii. mrc, such as btiicaus, rocklnir cliaira and the wcll known "cven nt tbls day" talloiv dif. At cigbt c'clock tbe paity of "old folks," numbcrliig ubout thlrly, mado thcir nppcarancc, nnd thc costumcs thcn dls. closcd tor the llist tlme to any of thc ii'idl cncc, nppeaicd. Thcy wcrc wcllairaii'.'fil. nnd cxhlblted n markcd ililTcrence bctirt'cn those of tbat day nnd tho oncs now limr. The parts wcrc nll wcll takcn. Thc clmrus singing was In good tlme nnd little, undrr tbe tlniing of Ohadlah nilbngs. (I'rot. A. Tromblec), who took bls p:.l t iu thc bif 1 manncr. YX HBSTK I'AUTB. I. Sousf of ye Old Folke-, All ye men ai.d iroiiiett sliigvr i, Conlldcncp, All ye men nnd womcn slnscw 3. Worldlfy Sunsc, Kpaiilirodltus lllifclow 4. Kasler Autlicm, Allye men nnd womcn slnjfi-rs n. Wolrdlcy 4-narto honjrc, MililtnMe llaxttr, (She tliat was a Mnltli,) and otlicrs of jcinnillst 6. llrldscivater, All ye incn and womcn klngi ra T. Nrit Tliirlinm. O ?llv Riniri 5 " 'nt'" """ "lt.'M.f u. Moilml th Louri Tllntiret. .& - All ye men and woincn hlit, VK 8EC0SD rAUTll. 1. Jl.irsi'llles llyiiin, AU je men n'nsvra 1. luvltullun, All yo ineu and woiueu sliiacm n. Wnrldli'V J.narte SoiKrc. llans (uddensl)Uscii Vondencliinl'i and otlicrs 4. IKiMd's I.aiuent!itlon, All je mon und wunicn Hliitrcru 5. Worldlcy Songe, Dorotliy in:ickeiilusli 0. h'lierliut'u, All f men nud woincn elirp n T. Iillin, All Jf l.irn mul womi'll slliyri . Wnllilli li'Cllon, l 4 (if c liinslc llludli'Sll ii. son or y.ion coint1 Ik niv uint, All )e im-'u aiul woiueu Hint-iti The cnuccrt commciKcd with the famlu lar song " Auld I.nug rfyuc," whlcli was wcll rcndcicd. Tlio Worldlye Songe " Ilushcd Is tho Wntch," by Kpaphlodilus Bigclow, Mr. Biildwin, wns llstencd to with gratilicatlon by nll, but the chief nt- tractlon of the evening wns, tho Worldlye Songe, " Jacob Gct the Cowb Ilonio " Mehltpblo ll.ixtcr Mrs. Illcook Kxpeitence IUIUnas Mrs. WiMr.irldi'i' llaai Voinii rscliiiilil riof. (lio. A. Il.iruit Obadlnli llUUnss l'rof. A. Tnimlilr,. A sllght cold iucvcnlcd tbe lendcring ot tbo ballad, 'iJIaiy of Argyle," In the ni.in- ncr lu wblch I)r. Mllcs Attwtxlen, "S. Tromblee," Is cap.ible or dolng. Thc solo ln "Sound the l.oud Tinibicl," 6ang by Mrs. IUcock, showcd hcr to bc'a flrst clnss slngcr, nnd thc chorus to the sainc wns wcll done. Tbe Worldye four pait song sung liv Dr. Attwoden T ITroinblw Obodlali lllllliiBS A.Yromblcp llans Oladdensliuysen VunderslunldC) A lurn tt Kbenczer W'urren . . , . 11. S. Nye appcarcd to suit tbo audicuce thc bcst of anythtng. Bomucli so thnt lt was honorcd with nn cncoie Prof. Binett has a deep mellow volcc nml took thc principal part. Tbo Woildlyo Song, by Dorotliy Quack enbush, Mlss Mnry Trcndway, was fliicly sung In a clenr swoet voice, whlcli will bc Improvcd by praetico. Tbe Worldlye Bclectlon, " Tho Twllight is Fnst Desccndlng," by tlio male quiitflte mentloned ubovo wns dcscrvlng of much pralie, ns uro all tbo pcrsons who havo taken paitln nmingtng tho cunccrt, nnd to Mr. Trombleo tbo orlginator nnd ron. duetor of It, your reporter Is undcr gic.it obllgntlons for favors showu. Hcforo closliiL', I must mendon thc skill. ful playlng on thc organ, by MUs Kallo Judd, nnd Piof. Oncn of Jlorlah, N. Y., who did so miirb to make the piitcil.iin. inent n biicccss. i ue conccrt will iis rcpeateu n.y ie. qucBt" Friday cvcniug ncxl, onchalf of the procecds togo to Prof. Tromblec. The following is n full list ot charartPis aud memhcrs ot thecboiusi OKSTS. ObudIU llllllngs (tlraelst) l'rof A Trombleo Zc. ubLialicl Smytlio l'rof li J owcn llans flladdenliuybcn Vondei'ectiinldt, ri-of O A llarrttt uoiiuui ppurKcon.. Nlcliolas Von Bcliaick . . , DrMIIes Attwoden Kpaphrodltiu llli'clow, , . , Zured Kalfbrclc (lolUh Klrkfbylu Tlmotliy Tlbbils Fattier llobljuli Uweiibou ..Hr J W Wliltclieud ....MrblJStlraps.)n ..MrTlieo Trombleo Mr 11 Haldwin Mr Jmnes n Lewtt Mr A 1. Abby Mr J lt Kdward , Mr 11 M Cram uuy itck Mrt:iias KJudd Kuenezer warren Abonljdli Avmstronif Mr ThcoJudd LADIES. MrsBusanna fiparrow MrsA L Morrls Mra Mercy Warren...., MrsFPJudd Mebltable Uaxtcr, Mrs Llllckolc 1'rlscllU Oraves MrsJ W Whltcliead Expertence Illlllnirs Mrs (loo Trombleo Uellvcruiico lllggtus Mrs W lt W'ootlbrldo Love Kparks Mrs M M I'udivcil Dorotliy (juackenbU3li.,,.'Mlss ilury Trradwcll Other cbaracters assumcd by Mrs. 1, 0. Nlcholi, Mis. P. K. Wnlton, JIIsscs Cnrrlo Wnrncr, Nctllo Judd, llaltio Judd liettha Solonion, Allco PicrBon nnd Alico bprague. B. SroNB Dnii.i.isd. ln tho cxonvntlons at Holl tinto for the ycar cndliig Juno b!), 1873, it npiicnra tbat 05,801 llnenl fcct of bolcs wcro mnde, of wlilch 19,800 (cct wcro by lianimcr diilllng, 78,141), feet by tho llurlelgh drlll, nnd only 1,0031 fcct hj iuu jiuiuoiui iiriu lllllllllllt COUIIt' llCH. C1KNEI1AI, Tlio cnntrlhiitlons to thc Vermont domcs lic mlsslonaiy soelcly in 1873 was gtfOS.'NJ. Kkhl Bcsslonsof the Vermont lcglslatuic havc been bcld ln Holland county, seunnt Kutlunil iiinl onc nt uisllcton. Tlie popui.iuon ni ltiiiiniul county in Tlie popul.itlon nf liutlaiul ts; j;!0 wns ill.li.l, Incrcnse iu 10 years 2,820. Thero nro 377 innnufacturlng cstnbli'li mcnts In Itulland county. Thc pcilt lurordcbentuios nf tbe county coiut Iu Ibitl.ni'l r-.iimi v ln 1 M":t u K!l a,. III.NMIN At ii ri'Kutir coininiiiitcntlvn ot Acaci.i I.olgc Nn. 01 hchl in Mafonlc IInll, Ilt'n ann, Mnrch .1, tlie fnilowhig ulllccrs wcrc elected. Ij II Kolloga. Tioiuurcr. F O llnUtvnd S I). 1) S IMdvn, I I). G 8 Holicrt, L'errv Cnrter, Stewnnls. V liSmith, .'. Chaplaln P Donohue, .Tyler. A new ball Ii jut cninplctcd In Dorsey's block lurnlshlng tlicm eoiniiiudlous Qiuir tcrs. S. W. Dnrioy hns returned from hU vislt to thc slck bed of hU brothcr, Unitcil Stntcs Senator Dorscy nt Witshlngtoii. nitAxno.v. The Trojnn Jlarble Company, nt Ilrnn don, nrc nbout crcctlng n lnrgo mlll nnil bulldlng a track from tbelr quarry to thc tnllrond. Thc fcttlenicnt of the town of Brandon wps commenced In tbo year, 177o, by .lohn Whclan, Noah Strnng, D.ivid Jtine, Zedc dlnh Wlnslow, Amo? Cutler, nnd otlicrs. Mr. Cutler was tbo ouly ono of the party who spcnt tho flrst wmter In Brandon. Ile llved entirely alnnc, without bcing vlsitcd by n bunmn bcing. CASTt.KlOK. For tbe flrst Cfl years nftcr Its sctllemcnt was subjcct to epldemic disenscs inore thnn a majority of thc towns in wcstorn Ver mont, but for tbe last tcn years has bccn comparatlicly fice from thcm. In itsenily scltlcmcnt, InteimUtPiit nnd tpiuittcnt nud Inllamatory fcvcrs wcre coinmon. I.ater Iu lts bistdry, tbe mo.st coinmon wcie ty phus feicr, inll.imntlon of thc luncs, croup, consiiinptlon, and rbcumntlsni. The most mortal ciioascs havo been typhoid pnpii monla. liicllgr.ant lyphiiH, nnd canker lash, whlcli have bccn piuely epldemic Tbe most dlstrii(.llic ppidciiilc was of typhoid piieitmonla, iu 1813. of whlcli (53 persnns dicd who wcie chlilly ndults. Tho nnnnal numbcr of dcatbs from 1801 to 1813 inclu slvc, wcions followa: 1831, 10: 180.), 15; 18015, 10; 180',, 20; 1H0S, 15; 180!), 20; ioio, o; jsii, a-i lHia, 2-; ItJia, 77. Tbe nunibcr of dcaths ln 1811 was 21, bc ing a frt'clion above onc per ccut. of tbo I ihabltants. C. L. B.irhcr, of Cnstleton, bas sold dur lng the last scason thhty shccp for tbeCall fornbi maikct, nnd thliiccn for tbe Wiscon- Ijl lll-l. kct Cl.Kli'iuleii lib.1 .127 inlmbitnnls in 1800 ' 11)11 ITKNOHK. u galu of 103 iu nlne years. Tbo ncaiot r.iiboad statlons to C'hltlcii deii nre Pittsford, llvc mllcs, nnd Holland, sevcn mllcs dislr.nt. A larue iiuinber of thc iuh.ibltmits nf Chittenden gct tlu'ir mail at tbe Pittsford ponl-olllce. Ct.AItr.NDOX. Nn.ih Wnlkcr has bad a piivate sclinol at bls liouse duriii'; tho past slx iii"iiths, t.iiuiht bv Miss M. A. lWell, of l.-cx. wliich b.i- ( bi-cil n rcnlly. I. P. Mi'riiaiu, tlic ciilPipiWn mcr chuiit at c-t ( lan-ndiiii, i dolng n l.uge busiiicsi, nnd is now nddlug largi'ly to bu stock of gooiN. Mis. I.. M. Wulker, of Wcsl Claiciiihni, wblle icturning from bcr son's rcsldcncc, but n little wny distnnt, fcll nnd broke ber rigbl nrni. Tho Congrcgntionnl cliurch ln Cl.iicndon wns organizcii Feliruary 18, 1822. Hev. Henry lluntcr was iustallcil its flrst pastor Novcmber (i, 1822, and bcld tbat poslllon for Bix yeais. Tho cliurch nt its orgaiilza tion consMcd of 12 inembcrs, Tbe pics ent liiciiibcrshlp is 74 (28 malcs nml -10 fe. ; inalcs), 14 of whom nie non-lcMdeiits. i Duilug the p.ist ve.ir tbrce wcrc ilisirtiM-cd I nud ouc dicd. lts S ilibath schiml has a hbrnry of 100 volumcs, nnd the tucrage nt. tend.ince upon public wotelilp is 80. Its hcnevolptit contiibutioiis in 1873 were SlfiO. lts cliurch inopcity Is vnlucd nt t.VlOO. Hev. N. P. Uilbett is now sup plylng its pulpit. In thc mnrrlago of Lincoln .1. Kllls, of Springllcld, and .MUs Wccks, of tbls place, Clarendon loscs nnd Spiinglicld galns an honor to nny honie and an ornament to nny socicty. Tlie man iago fcast wns ono of the gcniilno old slyle wcddlngs, nll nr rnngcd and cnrrled out for thu mot coin. plete comfoit nnd enjoyinciit of nt least 70 guests. Congratulatlons on ImiHi sldes wcie hcnrty nnd substnntlal. Gifts to the bridc of not less than $lfi0 tcstirlcd to tho love nnd good will with wliich sho is sent foith to bcr new boinc. t.. it. o. DASHV. No less than 3i0,000 pnunds of cheesc havo bccn tnkcn from Danby, (beforo tho ndvent of rallroads), In ono year tomarket, nijil.biitter ln tho samo proportlon, llev. E. V. Wrlght, pn.tor of tbo Con gregiitlonal churcli, is laboilng o.irnestly m all ilircctions for tho gixxl of the peoplo anione whom ho dwells. Ile takes a deep intcrcst in tho edueatlonal institutions of the town, nnd In all mnttcrs tliat pertalns to tbo prospeiity nnd wcll bcing of thc conimunlty. FAIUIIAVr.X, Baniuel Wood, lq , hns been In Hutland for n few davs ln nttcndance tinon tbo county coiut. Ile made TukGi.ohk cdlto. llal rooni sevcral pleasant nills. The flrst dceil or salo of land In tho town of Falrhaven was mado at Mancbcster. on the snmo tlny wltb tbo giant, by Jacob Everpst, thcn of Manchester, to Ellslm Hnmilton of Tlnnioutli, botb of vl.om wcre nmong tho grnnteei or proprictors. IltlllllAIillTO.N. Hubbardton ut Its nnnunl town meetlng rnlscd n tnx nf 80 ccnts on n dollar ot tlio grand llt, most of wliich wns oxpended on ll picco ot mai'ttli roau ot iu rom in icnaiii, Tho noor tnx of tlio town of Hubbard' tort, Including tlic oyersecr's servlccs, wn S78.17. MrZlmrlllownrd.nf Hubbardton, whllo at work ln tlio wooda on Wcilnesday last, nccldcntally sllppcd nnd fell ovcr lco and rock ilown nn embankmeiit sevcnty feet hlgb. Ile wns terrlbly lirulscil nnd had bls lowcr jaw broken In tbreo places. Uis slluatlon was extrcmely crllical, and it was tliouglit ecnrcely posslblo tbat ho could survfvc. but latcr rcports wcro moro favor- nl.le. 11!A, rown clerk. Hradley Fish. Trensurcr, Jiistus Colllns. Selectmcn, Hradley Fish, I.coiiuril F, Mnenn nnd Abllnb Kllls. Constublo, Sftnon I.. Peelt. Llsters, Binlth Johnson, Vnrnuin Cnriwii' tcr, I.yman Mann. . . Bup't of kchool, Hlmon I.. 1'ecK. Town ngcnt, Snillh Jnlinson. Audltnrs, l.vnmn W. Fish, Enos C. Fish, I.connid V. Day. Tax votcd, 00 ccnts on tho dollar. Agent for tnirplus revcnuc, Br.illoy Fish. Fcncc vlcwcis. Isaao Wnrncr, I.cnnnrd Fih, Ardcn E. D.iy. Town grnnd jury, f.. F. Jlnron. Ovcrscer of ponr. Lynian W Fi'b. Pound kcppcis, P.nos (! Fnli, jr., John Wbltmoic, Sinllb John'on. MKNIION. Thohdinbltantsol dlstrict No. 3 ot tbls town wcie the iiarlicip.itoi-sof quitc nlicat on Thurwlay, the fitb Inst, iu tho closlng exciclscs ot Ihclr distiict scbool. unilcr the siipcivlslon of Mlss Adn MelCcogb. The schoolhouso wns bainliomcly trluinied, and nie guests liiunucicii aiiout Bcvcniy-iive: the jileees wcro wcll leodered. und lellcct cd uiilch iipillt on bolh iPiichci:) nnd pllpils. (JllC Of tllP pll'.ISllllll'hl fcilllllCHOt tlic evening wm u chiilnclcr cnlltlcd "Uhic bcnrd," Iu whlcli Mlss Dclla Wllkins as "Sisler Ami"nnd n wotn.inV "rlghtcr," took n most distingulshcd part. nlso Mlss Addlo Enstman ns bls "Illghiicss' wlfe," nnd Mlss EHlhcr Qleason ns "Miidamc Merc." Mns tcr Tom Murphy pcrsonaicd Bhiebcnrd, whoso costimio nnd iiiniiner of dcllvery c.iuspil iiiaiiy bursts of npplnuse. . The pei formaiicc cndcd by .Mlss Dclla Wilkln, ln tbe iininc of bcr inany sclioohnutcs, olTcrlii!; n vciy liniidsoino picscnt to bcr teacher, as ntiikcii of (heir love and nppre elntiou of ber many klndiiesscs, to wblch she lcspomled with many thankR for Iho uncxpccted clft, nnd nlso icqiicslcd tbe nudleiiro to relbe to tho honse of the com niltlce, Mr II W Wcscott, wlilch thcy did, whero rcficsbnicnts werc scrvcd nnd thc tlnie spcnt ln v.iriousumuscments, iliitil thc "wco smnll bours of the mornlng," uben nll lcft, fecllng satlstlcd tbat thcy had spcnt as hnppy an evening ns had passed for many a ycar. "An Oiiskiivkii." MIDDLETOWN. Dicd In Middletown March 1st, Mr D U Oardner, ln thc 74th vear of lils agc. Mr Gardncr was born In Middletown, Sept. 1st, 1800 ; be was born ln the bousc ln wblch he always llvcd, and where he dicd. ile was one of tbe oldest cltizens, a nmn uni versally rcspcctctl and bcloveil, n person ot qulet ilrit und rctliing hahits, one peifcct ly honest nnd uprlght in chnrnctcr. On the Olh day of Octobcr, 1829, bo was married toMlss Ituth I.conard of Pittsford, nud in thrce yo is from tliat tlme tbey wcie mado happy by tbo blrth of n son, with whom thcy lipil nlwnys llved, nnd who'.e cato nnd love tbey nntlcipatcd would chccr nnd con solo thcm in tbelr old mrc. Mr Gardncr wns dccnly nlllictcd by thc ilcalh of bls son, wbicb took phice f)ce. 21st. nnd bcing tben in fccble hcaltb the stroko was too sevcic, nnd In ten wccks bc followcd bls only son nml child to the grave. lils dls caso wns the nngiiin pectoris nnd nt tlrst he endured great siilTeiing; Imt nt the last, when dcath canio, ho pnsn'O pasily nwny, nnd fcll qulctly aslccp lu death. During u rcvivnl ln Middletown ycnrs slncc, wlicn Mr Burcbard picicheil, MrGardner tliouglit lio cxpeiicnccd lcligion, und for a tlme ho cujoycd tlic iiilliicnce und couilort of n hopc. But iu latcr llfe he lost thc cnjoy mcnt of Ihiiiklng liiiusolf n chrlslian. At tlie tlme of bls death, howeier, he express ed a dcslre tliat Cbiist would have mcrcy upon bhn nnd take lilin to bis rcst ; and so has passcd nway nuothcrof tbe inhiililtnnts of our town ; nnd tbe hiuguaee of tlils piovldcncc to us nll, ls, to be piepaicd for death, for ln such nn hourns wc thlnk not the incssciigcr of dcath may cnnic. Mny tliu wldow'beKi.slalncd by divinegrnee, mul nliwi iiiu iliui.'lili'r-lu-liiw. Mih Clitra C Gaidher, tlic widow of Is.inc 1 UardncrA. nnd may thc grundson, Cl.irk Uanlncr, eaily love llieSivior, nnd nlwnys exenipllly tbe virtncs of nn exallcd christian ch.ir.ic tcr. w. i p. MT. lio'.I.Y. Iu 1820 Mt. llollyliPd 1,1.17 inhabitniits, sbowlng an lncica'o in tcn yeais of 21.1. Tlic ibcic.ise in tbat dcc.ido was nmong thc l.ii'ucst In ils hlstory. At thut tlmo the town had nmon ils inhaliUniits some ol t ln uio-t piouiiuciit nml siibstnntial iuen of lliillaml cniitily. likc llim. N.itbati T. Spin.Mic, ul Brandon, CIicMit pcnivr. I.if. ol C.illi lon. .In.ili M iwr. I .-t. . ol llnmpton, N. V., nnd si-vciul otbcis whoni inigbt be meutioiicil. hucnil of (he lic liil iiicii iu tlils and WiiolibiKton county, N. Y., l.ihi tbe foiin diition for tbcir wc.illh wblle icaidcnts of Mt. IIoMy. MT. TaRoi:. O II liiminN, K.-ii., is spciiding u poillon of the wiutcr in our town. lio is now 8(1 years old und sllll ln the vlgor ot man. hood- He lemcmbcrs nll tbe "nveinorsnf Vermont, nml bas sccn most ot tbcni. Ile hns votcd 03 ycais, ncvcr playcd n gaine of caids, smokcd n plpo of" tobareo, or dinnk n "lass of intoxicating liquor. He ncvcr p.ud u luwyi r's fce ; nor u doctoi rt bill for hlm-clf until I'fter he was O'J ycais of p;e. Sliice be wps 00 years old he hns inowii 00 ncrcs of gniss in n ycar wilb u scytbc, nnd last suinmcr was ulilo to do n good iliiy s winK 'li tlie liay IICKI. .1. r.vwi.KT. .1 N Mason of Pawlet, hnj tbe past scason sold tho iuilk from thiitj-two cows to lt (' Wickliam or tlic t'awict clicic luctory, ann icccivcd Sl.C3tl.10 for the same. Ile nlso wild biittcr, made beforo nml nftcr cairying milk, to tlio ractory wliicli nnioiiulcd lo S130 j ulsocnlf skins, tennctH nnd wbey weie so il lo tlio nnioimi ot Vi.iU. lic nlso reccivcd for dchvcrlng nillk to the fjctoiy -jlOO, wliich altngethcr made nn incoiiio finin tblily-twn cnws nf $1,011.8(1, or nn nvernge of sjOO.08 per cow. Thcso cows hnd no extrn fced cxccpt in tlio sprlng beforo grass. Illsilalry isconiposcu mostiy of nntlvoi, some of thcm erossed with Ayrsbli-e. wnriEtD. Mrs. Ablgall E Jones of Stockbiidgo nt tended cliurch ln Pittsfield, Sunduy, Mnrch 1, nnd In icturning home wns thrown fiom her carrlage, nnd one hip lino nnd one nrm wcre broken. Pittsfield bad S0. inhnbltants ln 1830, nn incrcaso from 182.) of .12. PITTSFOllD. At tbo first ccnsus Pittsford lind 850 In hnbltants. Tlnlpeoplc of Pittsford aie cll plcased witli tlieir new postniaster, -Mr. Dciiulson. The ofllcc bemg ncccsslblo nnd Its dlspen scis courlcotis tuid ngrccable. Pillsford Is wcllsupplied with able.faltli ful, popular and consistcut niiiiUtcis of tho gospel, in llev. It. T. IInll nf tho Congre irntlonal. Hev. W. W. Fitcr. Jr. of the Melhodlst and llev. Mr. Palmatier of tho Baptlst. Tbey aro all young inou in tlio primo of llfe, falthful aud progresnlve. TOt'LTNEV. A Bueccssful celebratlon iu nicmory of tho blith of Wnshliii'loii wns held lu tho Baptlst cliurch nt East Poultney ou tbe evening of Feb. 23d. '1 he exerclscs con- slstcd of vocul nnd Instrumcntal muslc. pruyer, reading of Wnshlngton's farewcll nddress, rccltalion of Drako's "Amerlean Flag," nnil an cloqucut oratton uy llev. A. Picrce. Tho cxchango of pulplts betwcen tho oastora of tho Bantist cbiirchcB in Poult ney nnd otlier nolgliborlng clcrgj'men is nullo frequent. Hev. Mr. Dunn of Eas Poultney reccntly cxclmngcd wltb llev.Jlr. Earleof Noith Granville, nud Hev. J. A, Plcrco ot tho West Poultney churcli with llev Mr. Arciuuulil ot west rounncy, ' 11. F. Emmons hai icmnved bls tlu shop to tno uuiKiing toi mcny occiipicu uy tno Poultney Houso, Jliss Augusta Mfioro of Eust Poultney, a wrltcrnf consldcrablo notc, has tnkeu up her rcsldcnco ln ctictsca, jiass. John J Joslln olTcrs lils plcasnnt rcsldcnco n l'oultuev. tocclhcr witu lts lurnituro tor salo. lils fnuiily arc ubout icmovliig to Denver, wbcro bo Is suecessfully engaged ln tlio mercnntiio tiusincss. llCTt.ASn. Hev. Edwnrd Mills will lccture on tcm pcrnncc In Iho school houso nt West Hut land on Mond.iy evening iiext. flllKlllltlllXF.. Thu Quechee river nrlglnntcs ncar thc norlhwcst eoincr of Sherbiirno nnd nllcr runiiiiig n southwcstcily courso seveu milcs oitcis. llildgcwntci. Thcio nro sevcral tllbutmlcs lo tbo ilvcr, wbicb nlTord good fucllit in for niaiiiifiictuilng puruotcs. Thc inow iu Sherburne bas been of grcatcr depth tbnn ln nny other, town ln ltullilndi county tbe pijcjwililf r. I',riiii-T7'.M lo twxi thc lowiijor Slui Wf buiy liiPiciwd in piiptilnlioii 33; Slircwstiiiry.-'nti n dalry cominuulty Is rapldlyiliecoinliig ,nniong-lho, foicinost in southcrn Vcrinouti ScvcrAl'Tloslon partics iticalrcndy negociatlng for.lbe product of the comlng ycar of both tlie butter and chcchoof smcrnl of Its furmcrs. The cn lcrprlse Uml Inllutiico of Hon. Henry C. Glcason bas done much lo hihiir the towu Into the (list raok niiinng the duiiymcn. BUDIItlUV. A. W. Hyde is nbeady maklng nirange mcnts for thc uccoininodatioii of n l.ngc nunibcr of gucsls nt " Hvde's hotcl," tlie oldest summcr rcsort In Vcimont. Ho is galnmg rnpldly tbo laurels whlcli his tulhcr so dcscrvcdly woic. ns a popuiar lnnilloul, aiul cio long, Suilbuiy will re qulrc morc extcnsivo nccoimnoilatlons than cven it now bas fnr sunimer vlsitors. TINMOUTH. Tinmouth in 1701, hnd a populatlon of 033, wlilch is nearly tw lco as largo as tbe populatlon at tbe picscnt tlme. lt wns thcn thc resldence of beveral ot thc most dlstlnguished cltizcns of the statc, Chlp mans, Itoycc, Noble, nnd Morris. Gcorgc ,0'apion, of Tinmouth, thu Hlgb IlaililT of the county, bas liecn in Hutlauil tbls wcek in ntlcudancc upon tho county court. WAl.I.I.NOFOllI). Wnllingford Is among tbe towns in Ilut Iaud county wlilch hns umdeii constant in ciease in Inhnbltants from lts flrst organl zatlon, never loslng, but nlwnys guliiing. Mnple su2.ir nnd syrups nro inaking tbelr appcaraiice at Wnllingford. Piof. Otis E. .loluiMiii, pi li.clp.il of thc hlgb scbool, dclivcrs thc cighth lecture in thc Wallingford coursc. thc tlmo to bc hercnfter nnnouticcd. Subjcct : " Head ciuarters of the I.iglit Brigade." WKI.lJl. Iu thc sprlng of 1781 a rourrntion from thc soveral towns in voulhcin Vermont wn9 assemblcil nt Wells by w hlch sundry rcso lutions wcre passcd in rchilion to thc gene- rnl suffcrlngs and nnbarrassments ot tbe pcoplc on nccomit of debt, nnd n llbcrnl amount of cxecration was mcctcd out to tbe shciifTs nnd biwycis, but nodlposition wns mnnlieslcc ln crmoni to opposo tlio coi lcction of debls until 1780. WEST 1IAVEN. Hon. lt. C. Abcll has liccn ln Hutland tho picscnt wcck nt tho scsslon of tho Mnrch torin of the county couit. Henry Kcllcy, of West Hnven, has bccn prostrutcd witli thc small pox. Ile was picscnt at the town mcctlng on Tueiday nf last wcek, and cxposed n large numbcr Consideralile cxdtemcnt exlsts nmong thc pcoplo tn lefeicneo to tts prcvnleiic;. .llltldlebury. Ti.'o yocng icllows n wcck ngo l.i.t Sat urd.iy night plfuiptd lo enlcr Mrs. I,.i Flowcr'8 bou-e, nud wcre rcl'ucd adnils slon. Tho inm.ilcs raitcd the ncighbor hood by llicir crics nnd scrc.iins. The neighbois weut ln tbe rcscuc, nnd tbo fel lows lled. Thcy were nrtestcd one day lnt wcek nml lnought bcfoie JitUc Ivonpp. Thcy wcre llned mi llmt nMs and lincn nnioiinted (o ocr ":20. The lui's wcre paiiV, and thcy went back to work at Bcldcn's Falls. If thcy me not bctlcr tbey will be wi.er men. Tbls ls tbo tbno of ye.ir for liiauo In Middlebury.. I don't mrun money, but nll those thut intcnd to chunge thcir icsidenccs do it ubout thcbC days,as thcnlmnuac says. lt is gencrally ralny nud unuldy, nnd nl most nlw.iys nttended by iq:ialUi. What is moie tiipumic than to tejr down what vou havc put up, and put ip what you havo torndownir How dremny and icpul-ivc n bouse sccms to bc thnt has bccn lelt tcu nutlcss a fcw dnys ! As an old Irisbwoman b.ild when tbe houso was shakeu by un cuillMpial'c, ' II makcs me thlnk of dith!" I.ETTIIAIKIY IX TEMI'EUANCE. Our Middlebury tempciancc foclety was awnkcned out of n sound slcep on Sun- day evening by thc Hev. Mr. Granger, stale agent of tbe teinpcruncc society. Tlic b(Hty of tlfc tiwn society is trans- )orlcd from tbo Mcthodit tn tho Con- gicgatlonal ihurch nnd back ag.iln once u iiiouth nnil. some bixly is np- pomtcd to shake nud kick the llfclcss nnd siiorini; body to biing it to con Bciousntv9. It gencrally partially prouscs tn u ecnsu of ita situation, rubs its cycs, and nsks what's tbe m.ittcr ? what's hrokc out nncw ? He is told tliat iutcmpcrnnce on tho Increatc, "nnd strong driuk Is raging." In bls half wkc eondltlon ho scratchcs lils hcud, aud with bis accus. tomed cnergy says, "lct it rage !"- and fulls back to slcep nnothcr month. Those who scll liquor, likc 6uch a tcm pcrance Gulllvcr as tliat ? They likc a so ciety tbat will slecp so sound tbat they ean cntunglo lt wltb thcir fllmsy net work of sccority nnd mako hlm slecp ou rcgardlcss of danger tliat ls on every sidc. The next month the cxecutlvo cominlt tco nttempt to wnke up thc slccplng so ciety glves hini n trcmcndous slmko and say, "wakc up 1" "Wo have sccttred Hev, Mr. So nnd So to glve us n lcctuto upou the cviN of iuteinpcrancc. Ho is n roarcr!" This lifeless body rubs lts cyes nnd falls back tig.iiu icgardless ot nll dange.- aud bls Inst words is "let hlm roar!' I nevcr drlnk f I don't scc tho usc of tbls cuss f It wou't do to go too fast moral euaslou ln hnmeopatblo doses Is tho grcat lcver to break up tlils glgautic evil." Moral sua slon U a g'xxl thlng, no doubt, but tbls so ciety has been runutng about two yenrs nnd lt ls not known tliat ono drunknrd bas bccn leformed by lt, or mado bettcr by Ita cven havlog au cxlstcnce. It has on lts list 70 or 80 namcs men, womcn nnd cbll drcn and thnt ls all I Is lt a w onder tbcn tliat drunkcnncss Is on tho Incrcaso In Middlebury ? Thlnk of tlils yo profcssed tcmpcranco men? Lct tempcranco men learu tbat nrgaiilzing n society nml tnlking good thlngs and tbluking gootl thlngs about tcnipcraiico will novcr nccomplIsU tho work, Ncltlier will spasmoilic cffort ilo lt. If ovcr drunkcnncss ls dono away wltb It will bo by a uultcd B!m ly cffort on tbo pait of tbo pcoplo. A. Bellows Falls bas abollshod tlic lilchway tirvcyor systcin nnd nppointcd n bonrd of road comiiiifsloiicrs. Ilrltnl. Ac thc nnnunl commttnlcatlon of Lllmntm liMlgo No. 47, of Mnsons, bcld Mnrch 0th, thc following onicers wcio chosen : E A llnstcltlne... WM 8 W I W Treasurcr Secrctnry ...Scnlor Dcacou ...Jnnlor Dcncon jsiowariU Chnplaln Tylcr Hiram S Suinner .Iniiics I, Brooks H B Wllllams V I) Vlnton A F MniHlleld Gco ll Stevcns O V Cnrpcntcr H A Hnsscllne UV Slicrwln W I, Crampton A C IIIII M I. Tnvlor.. I loain p ( olu A II Wrlght ( Tbls lodge ls now ln a Hnc and prospcr oiis condltlon, ntimhprlng 130 mcmbcrs. At the tlme nt Ihc flie, iu Jnnunry, 1872, thcy lost evcry Ibhig belonging tothe lodgc, Including furiiltiiic. nf l.-irge rnhlnet organ, regnlln. tu llin niiicnoit of npnity $000. Nolwltlistniidlng tbls thcy Imme dlutely recupcmlcd, and ns soon ns tho new block wns complclcd, tlttcd up the lnilgo i(K)in thcy now nccupy. It Is sp.u ioii, plc.ismt nnd wcll lightcd, me.is. urlng 30x40 fcct. Tlie furnlture nnd eabl net woik U tatcfully dressed nnd carvedin chc.stnut, blnck wubiut,and llungnrl.in nb. Tho cuitalm nie li.indsoincly decoruted with thc cniblcms of tbe fr.ilcrnlty. Tlils Lodge compilscs most of thc lcnding and iiilliicntial gpiitlemen of tbls vicimty, and we bespcak for thcm success and long prospcrity. I.HTAMnnis. i:asi AVullliitrroril. Thu dramatlc entei tiilnment at tbls place on Tucsday evening last was a success, al Ihnugh the evonlng wns stormy thcio wns n goiMlly nttcudnncc, nnd all thc uctors playcd tbelr parts well showing much study nnd somo little aptness. The following ls IIIC 1'IIOOUAMMl. TIIF. OOI.DEN Tlie Ortldon l'armer Ilairy lliuiimer. Old.Mol) . IVIIllnin IImvi'-...-r:.... .Iciniiiv -nvitclKV-T. I.ird niz.dlen .fulin Tlionias t'lrst ufllccr s 'Cund oniccr Ellzabetti 1iilUa Mrs HaniiiR-r Je.i.iy Ilcllen f.i:mi:ii : w c Kelloy A lt Amcs ........ M llKelley ..7. -t-v ftnrt r. A Fti cr () II llolden l-'rnuk ytarforil . ...tKorgc Mnxlmm J c lioty OPO IlOllll'll Mrs W f Kcllcy ...MKH.leiinle Adalr MrsM II Kclli-y ...MIsh Kitella Ivldv MM i;tl.i l'ltt A 1IAY AITEI! tiib r.Mi: : Z.'.oliai las 1 Id'iet Ab. ali.ini L'lwl Jwy MrMlrltus l'olly 0 II ItoMcn ...l'rank stnrrurd 1-1 A Fuller M 11 Kcllcv .Mra (1 11 lloliten A l'l.EASANT NKiniUIOlt. nlrdeo.sn. a n Ames Clirt ituiilier strnp Gco llolden Jliomas Oen Maxbani Lnty J.ll.iibeili .Mm k . Fuller "NVncy sirnj) ailsd t'lora Atncs foas-s by 31 rs K 1' i:iy of .New york. ''ooc Ihat dcscived cspeclal notlco wcro Mossrs. E. A.-Fullor, L. I Croft, nud O. II Iloldcu. Mrs. W. O. Kcllcy and Mrs. U. II. llolden played tbelr parts cspcclally wcll. Thc d.inco nt the cloio of Iho cntertulu mtnt wns n gmnd siiccess, nswus also the s.ippcv wliich wss piovidcd by Mr. Wnrncr. Oim. . r.xv i:mii. m .;itn:i)i, riiii.w. Cl.l'lt. .Ilalor .llf-rlllig Aii insl'inlo of thc New Engliiml Atrri- culti',. I Club will bo held nt the Town IIp.1I, Wcterville, Jle.. Thursdav nnd Fri- day, Miiich 20 and 27, 1874 1 iic oiioni.ij cMTcics w ill conimence nt 10 o'clock n. in. wl'h an nddios by thc Hon. D.lllicl Nicilll.illl. Iilt-idcnt of tbe club, upo.i ll.c subjcct of "New England rrrniMg i's (.oinpnitil wllli rarming in Iho West. ' Thc icin.ilulng portlon of tho forPioou -s 'on will be dcvoted to a gcn- cinl iicu s'ou of tbo topics prcsenleil in (lic pic u i b niiilie. s. tlie ni'"..ioon bpm-iou will uc opcncu wiib un pdilitss by Lcnndcr Wcthcrell, Hq., of ilie Bmlon C",'icfl!or, on the sub- ct ot i.icciiing anu iTeiung uairy Slock." The pm.iindcr of the session will hc devolf-il to n genernl dlscusslon of tliis i m: i:i-iiiii' m-x.'niiiii'!! ii i i ii ivli-d, will be dcvolcd to mldres--es by sevcr.il 0Tiillciiieii upon topics to bc here iuier niinomicoil. I'he Bcsjlon of Fiid.iv will cominenco with an opeuing addrcss bv Dr, E. Lewis Stm levnnt, of South Fruuilngham, Mnss., followcil by ilicu-ii)iis nnd udilrccs. Among Ilie cenlleiuen who nro oxpected tn be piocut und lake pait in thc institute, pic, T S Lamr. hq., Gen. Tilton nnd Ira Getchcll, of M.iine, Hon C h Fllnt, Bcnl P Wnte, Esq., Loring Moody, Esq., Dauiel Hound, Eso , and J 11 Giegorv of Massa- chiisctls ; ex-Gov. Sniyth of New llamp shiie, ex-Gov E II Hyde and T S Gold, Eq.. of Connecticut, Henry Clark, Esq,, of Vermont, Olmiliab Browu of Ilhodo Island. Oiher spe.ikers to be bereaftcr nn uoum "d. As-iii.inces lue bccn uivcn tbat a re- diiciiou will be ni.n'.c In hotcl and rallroiul cli.irgcs. Daniei. Neediiam, Vret. Daxiei. Horsii. Scc'y. JI i sicai. The slx slngiug gchools, under tho dltcctioii of W. W. Thomas tho past scpsou, nie invitcd to mect lu Fcrrlsburgb Ccnler, Mnrch 17 ; New llnven Mills, March 19; Whiting, March 84. A freo cntcrtnintnent, to wliich tho public will be welcoincd, ln thc evening. l(elilllll-;toli, Iii place of tho tlckct noniinatcil by the Young Mcn's associatiou of llen nliigtnn, ns piibUsbed ln Tiie Gi.oni. on Tiicsdny, the following Is a corrcct list of the iionilnatlnns as mado ; A 11 Vnlcntlnc Picsldcnt. H D BcniiPtt Viro Presldent T J Tiftuny Cor. Secietnry Frmik W Pooltv llcc. Sccretary A P Cblhls Trensurer Munngcrn Gcorao A Wuttles, John S r.vni.in, II S Blniilinm, S B IInll, N O VVilcox nnd E II Scott. Miull Er'rncliircil. A workman at the slato quarry of Mr. McGrath In Poultney was probably fatally injiiiedn fewdnysBluce by tho falllng nf n loohO stone from the top of thc quarry, Btriking lilm upon thc hciul and breaklng thc skull ocr thc lcft cye. Dr. L. D. Hoss took out thc bones, nnd it was sup poscd ho wns dolng well. Ycsterduy mat tcr bcg.in to dlschargc from tho wound, nnd Dr. Goldsmltb was cnlletl, whoso ex mnln.itlon Bhowcd tbat thc lujury wns 6iicU thut It would provo fatal. Scniilor Siiiuuer. Hon. George S. Boutwell, Mr. Sumuer's colle.iguo In tho Senatc, fcurs tliat bls hc;lth will not permlt hlm tn nmko tbo un. nniinccmoiit of bls dcath, ln wbloh cnse, nftcr iu ayer, Senator Anthony, of Itbodo Itlainl, tho scnior niembcr, will mako n bilcf nnnounccmcnt of Ihc dcath, ns Son. nlor Sunincr, in Aprll, 1800, nnuouucod thut, Solonion Foot, n Senator fiom Ver mont, had passcd from tbo sceno of duty nud honor. A commiltco of nrrnngcmciita will Iw appolntcd, but tho culoclcs will not liedcllvcicd until a latcr day.