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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1881. WHDNKSIMY, OCTOIinit 12, 1881. 1 iim-U 00 per year, atrlctly In aWancfl or IJ.M lf not r-ald withm three montbn. Yorktown. Ono hundred yoars iigo lo-day occurrcd an event which decided the fato ol tho efforts of Great lltlt&lu to subdue the rebellloti of her North American colonles. From tho day when tho "emballled farmers" stood in ranka at Lexlngton and " flred the ahot that waa heard around the world " up to the year 1881 tho patrlota had experlenced great vicla sltudea of lortune. If It could be eald that Great llritaln had raade no substantial progresa towards subduing her rebelllous colonlsts and posaeaaing tho laud, it was cqually true that the patrlota were Aa far aa ever from achtevlug the objcct to wlilch they had solemnly pledged " thelr fortuncs, thelr llvea and thelr sacred lionor." lluuker 11111 had bequoathed to thelr cau9e itslegacy of hope and confidence. Long Island and the dtspirtllng retreat to the Delaware had been followed by the brllllant achlevementa at Trenton and I'rinceton. Defo.it at the Ilrandywlne and at Germantown waa llghted up by the glory of the succesa at Stlllwater and Saraloga. The long, dreary winter of deprlvatiou and hardshlp at Valley Forge aucceeded. Ilopo revived among tho patriot8 with the news of the Frcnch alllance and that armies, fleeta and treasure were belng dlspatched from over the sea to their relief. The hlgh auticlpation of a apeedy and f avor able end of tho war through the agenoy of of the mllltary power of France waa destined to a bltter diaappotntinent. From 1878 to 1881 the hlstory of tho ttmes ia lllnmlned by the brllllant achlevementa of guerrllla chiefs, by the fortltudo of the patrlota under Bufferinga and discouragetnenta, by the wis dom and steadfast purpoae of Washington, exerciaed and malntalned under circum stances that would have wrocked a cause less just and would have cruahed a loader lesa patient, lesa judicious, lesa heroio. The bright hopea inspired by the French alliance had been long deferred, and threo ear8 of unarailing warfare with Ita ravages, suffer Ing, dlscontent and treason had inade the brare heart of the great commander-in-chief exceedingly siclr. A great and farorablo chango in the for tunea of tho patriots came In the fall of 1731, a chango due, perhaps, more to a providen tlal shaping of evenU than to the wisdom of the leadera of the rerolution. The tranafer of active military operationa from the lfud sou to tho York river waa quite from the original purpoae of Waahlngton, but the akill and celerity with which he changed hla plans, and ndapted them to the unex peoted opportunity preaented for strlking a decisive blow ln the poaaiblo capturo of Cornwallia' dreaded army, waa ono of tbe most brilliant nchlevementa in tho history of the war. From tho time wheu, ln Au guat, Waahington's attentlon waa turned aside from hla contemplatcd attack on New York, that plau becoming henceforth a feint and Yorktown the actual objective point of hia operationa, no event worthy of note tranaplred to impedo the harmoni oua and rapid executlon of the commander-in-chief's deaigna. Clinton, in New York, waa hopeless-ly baflled by tho keennesa of the American general'a strategy ; Do Graase ar rived proniptly in the York with a strong French lleet and maintaiued agatnst the Britisb nayal forco aa iron grip on the mouth of that stream : tho trausfer of a large Americau diviaion from the Hudaon by forced marchea and by tranaporta down the Chesepeake, waa accomplished in good or der; seyen regimenta of French troopa and a park of artillery ably commauded were ready to co-operate, and bodiea of militia, and regular soldiera on detached service aa sembled near Yorktown to the number of Blxteen thousand. A buoyant and fraternl feeling animated the allied army aa it moved forward from Williamabnrg on the 28th of September and coinraenced the investment of Yorktown. From that day till tho 17th of October, wheu Cornwallia flrst dlsplayed from the battered parapeta of the town, tho white signal of surrender, the operationa of the beaiegera proeeeded with conaummate skill, energy and spirit. Two daya were speut in arranging the terraa of surrender. The lordly Cornwallia who, by the boldnesa and succesa of hia previou9 southern cam paign had won from Greene the name of tho " modern Hannibal," was Dnally compelled to Bwallow the harsh terma the Iiritish had imposed upon Lincoln at Charleston, and one hundred yeara ago at noon to-day York town changed handa. At two o'clock tho grand finale waa enacted. The humbled Iiritish forcea marched ont between an im posing array of French and American troopa drawu up in parallel linea, and de- posited their arma in a field deaignated for thia purpoae. The joy, exultation and gratitude of the Americaua knew no bounda. The event signified the end of bardships, the succesa of their cause. We who aro familiar with the tmnsports of joy that burst over the north when at Appo inattax the end came in 1805, can ineasura bly realize tbe exultation and thanksgiving which swelled in the hearts of the patriots a century ago to-day. These centennial days should lead all read era back to tho fountain head of our na tlonal nistory. Tho story of tho revolutionary strugglo should be the great American classic. The record of its hardshipa, ita exhlbltlon of unfaltering devotion to principlo amld appalling privations and mlsfortunos in an unequal otruggle with tho flrst military power on tho globe should be familllar knowledge to every American youth. We apprehend that the hlstory of the revolution is not aa generally read and studied aa it was. It ia a matter of doubt if our young men and maidena as a claaa aro even meas urably familiar with the leading eventa, incldents and characters of that most rnem orable strugglo. It is even poaslble that niany of them know moro of light unwhole some literature and of the latest fashions thau of Yorktown and antecedeut events. Revolutionary history ia a frultful nursery of grand lessona in manlinesa and womanli neaa and an endleaa souroo of salutary inapiratlon. I'erusal and study of the timea and eventa amid which thls nation had its birth ia a wholesome corrective for the lollies and frivolitlea of tlila fast unthink ing age. Theao centennial days should send ua all, old and young, back to Lexlngton, to Iiunker Ilill, to Valley Forge, to llenning ton, Saratoga and Yorktown and teacb us new lessona in llfe, ln the love of country and in a high, intelligeut unselQsh devotion to its wellfare. New Youk Democraoy: The Now York democraoy inet ln convention in Albany last week, nomlnated a state tloket and adopted a platform which would bo a good one if there was any substantial ground work In tho history of tho party for its hlgh flown profoaslons. Aa it is, their resolutions are a travesty on tho worthy reforms aud hlgh purposes which they embody, The Kelley delegates were excluded, and the rnachlnery of the' convention, it waa evl dent, waa moved by tho practlced hand of Samuel .1. Illden. The Tammany factlou mot at the Delavan and protosted agnlnst tha actlon of the convention In excludlng them. Tho course of Kelley under tho clp cumstanes is not yet indicated. flKSF.niL llANks will be ready with his euloey on l'resident (larfield for tho citv of lloston on Tiiursday next. It will be delivered ln Iremont i emple, Arrcst of rnrnollt If it was expected that tho land act would brldgo tho tilrbulent stream of Irish dlscon tent, and over the skllful structuro of Glad slone's crealioD, Ungland would paaa to new flelds of Btatesmanshlp whero agrarian agl tation would ceaae from troubllng and weary premiera bo at reat, great dlsappolnt ment muat have como to tho rulera of the " nook shotton " Island with tho develop ments of the passlng seaaon. In Scotland and Kngland both there aro Indlcatlona of demanda for reformatory land aots that shall far outstrip in tho llberality of thelr provlstons tho ulraoat ooncesstlon of tho Irish land blll. Ilut for tho moment thia foaturo of the land agltation ia overshad dowed by fresh and exolting events in Ire land. Slnco tho adjournment of parllament l'arnell haa employed lila time ln Incltlng opposltlon to the land act. Hla efforts have not been tlioso of bold and outspoken hoatlilty, but by in8ldioua meana and mls- chlevous counsel he haa managed to turn iuto open, rampant dlacontent tho dispoal tion the Irish had manlfested to accept ln good falth, Oladatone's great meaaure, an honest effort to ameliorate thelr condltion. Ills incendiary Bpeeches have taxed the patienceof government beyond endurance. Gladatone eeemed desttned to seo the frulta of hla arduoua labora destroyed by the evil counsels of thia pestif erous obatructor, flrst of thepasaage, nowof the operatlon,of the land blll. Irishmenwere perslstently remlnded by hlm that as by agltation a mighty con ceasion had been wrung from tho Knglish parllament, bo by contlnued dlsturbance coutd home rule, the next point in thelr programme, bo galued. To enforce their new demanda, the elemonts of dlacontent, bo abundant among Irlshmen in Ireland, wcro thua appealed to, and all the powerf ul enginery of the Lind League waa agal n put in motlon to keep up tho tumult. Civ illzatlou will, in thia turn in Irish affairs, ehift tho wholo weight of its sympathy to the slde of Kngland, and will justify the meaaure to which that nation haa felt com pelled, ln self-defence, to resort, the arreat and itnpriaonment of l'arnell, the arch dis turber of peace and prosperity ln Ireland. If thia mild intlmation of Kngland's pur poae to enforce the lawa of the realm faila to sober the Irish mlnd and bring it back to a realizing sense of its obllgations to civllized society after ita reaaonable de manda have been fully and fairly conceded, the world may be compelled to look on and applaud the inllictlon of the severer chas- tisement which denant belhgerency to the just requirementa of law, order and reaaon, will iuevitably bring down upon her head. There ia no lack of juatification of the ar reat of l'arnell, but the pollcy of the act may not be so clear. In this country it is doubt ful if government would have taken such a step aa thia. Farnell ia now crowned with a kind of martyrdom that intenslfles hoatli lty among hia followers a thousand fold, and carries with it little of the quality of intim idatiou. Dublln, where tho arrest was made, on the 13th instant, waa instautly thrown into a violent ferment, and the city bears the appearance of an armed camp. The excitement speedily spread over the Island, and from all quarters of the country flery dispatches breathlng defiance and counseling resolute resistance came from sympathetic leaguera. Farnell in prison may be a more potent element of diaturb aucethan Farnell at liberty. Counteracting moral forcea in Ireland, Uke the preaence there before the people of some of the more able of the Knglish liberala, oppoaing l'ar nell by the exposure of his deaigna aud the hollowness of his pretentions, might poaaibly have neutralized, to somo extent, the poison ohis influence. Irishmen need to be in spired with confidence in tho sincerity of Kngland in her efforts to devise and exe cuto measurea of relief from present evils, for advancing her prosperity, developing ner reaourcea, emarging ber civil privilegea and improving her facilitiea for moral as well aa material elevatlon. Tho preaence in Irehnd of liberal Eiigliahruen instilling into the Irish mind confidence in Kngland's be neficent purposea would have been more in harmony with tho American idea of dealing with malcontenta. After the aaaured failure of all meana to concillate, the policy of the eniploymentof all meana to crush would have been too plaiu to have required defending. Kngland havlnguudertaken represaion, muat, and no doubt will, carry It to tho bitter end, and Ireland by spurnlng the land bill ia placed in a position where she cannot reaaonably expect the sympathy of civilized nations. Thk Caucus. In an after-dinner speech at the Massacusetts club in Uoston recently, Adin Thayer of Worcester made a vigorous defence of the caucus system. In the course of it he sald : " The experiment of a caucus has proved an abundant succesa, and It would seem that a discreet distrust of their own wisdom might lead somo of our doctrinalrea to cease from their flippant de nunciationa of an instltution which received the approval of Hancock and Otis and War ren and the Adamses, and which more than acentury's experience haa juatified and ap- proved. It is a peculiarly American instl- tution. One thing Is certaln, either the caucus is all rlght or else it is all wrong, It occupies no middle ground. Massachusetta has been well governed. No stain rests upon her escutcheon. It is un fortunately true that a portion of her schol arship sneers at universal suffrage and de- rldes its exponent the caucus ; white idly bewalling the degeneracy of modern timea as evlnced in the greed for ofiice and the corruptlon of the civil service. But Iet us patlently hope that even thls class, the last always to seo tho practlcal road out of or dinary difCcultiea, will ulllmately realize that, when the conscience and the scholar ship and the true culture of thia nation make their Influence felt in the primary meetinga, the rule of tbe machine, as well aa the influence of demagogues and bummers, wllldepart; that honest men only will be elected to oll'tco ; that a corrupt civil service will therefore be imposslble, and that greed for office on the part of those who are dls- honestor incompetent will be simply ridicu- lous, and for that reaaon entirely harmless." Tiib MicniOAN FiiiEa. At last we have some definlte informatlon aa the extent of the lato terrlbly destructlve firea in five counties ln Michlgan, to witi Ottawa, Al legan, tlanlstee, Iluron and Sanilac. From careful examinatlon and estlmate, as glven in the Detroit Post and TrQmne, the total losa is 82,310,113. Thero were eloven hundred forty-aeven dwellinga burued, twenty-eight school-houses, elght churches, twelve hotels, one hundred thlrty storea, thirty-four mills and twenty docks. The in surance on all this was only $028,432 so that an abaolute deQclecy of 91,722,781 re- raaina to be met. Ilut, of course, the suffer. ers do not expect to be, nor should they be, put back immedlately in as comfortable a state as they were ln before thls calamlty, Theymust bear thelr sharo and theheaviest ehare of thelr losses. What should be done ia to see that their iumedlate aud most presslng wauts are provlded for. To do this, even on the most llmited scale, will requlre at leaat ?000,000 and probably 91,000,000. Ilut the total of contributiona from all sources Is now less than 8300,000. No lesa than elght menibers of the last house of represeutativea are now Unlted Statoa scnators, Mesars. Frye and llalo of Maine, Aldrich of Hhode Istauil, Hawley of Connecticut, l.ai.ham and illller of New York, Jlitchell of l'ennsylvanla and Couger oi ucuigau. The Fftll F.lcctlons. In an off-year when local Isaues and gon eral Indlfference consplre to broak up party llnca and dlmlnlsh tho alze of the popular vote it is not expected that niajorttlea obtained by stralnlng campalgn rnachlnery to its utmost tcnslon, aa in tho lato presl dentlal campalgn, will be snstained. Con sequently tho result of the electlon on the 11th Instant ln the great stato of Ohlo is a gonulne surprlae. A year ago the repnbll can plurallty waa about nlneteen thousand, but latest reports of the result of the recent electlon placo Foster's majorlty aa hlgh as twenty-flve thousand. Thls result glvrs a now illuatratton of the utlcr folly of the democraoy In thelr method of polltlcal manngement, and tho consclencelesa chnrac ter of the pollcy by which they seem to be governed. A man, Uookwalter, who never voted the democratlo ticket till 1880, who was known chlelly as a man of wealth, bought his nominatlon, it ia clalmed, of a democratlo convention, aud then sought to buy hla electlon of the people. It is far better for both partiea, polltlcally and morally, to present thelr best men. The tono of a campalgn Is hlghtenod, a victory won Is a subject for genuine congratulatlon, and a defeat sustalned is robbed of its sting. Iowa, tho Vermont of tho west, in Ita deci- slve repnbllcan character malntalns its fair fame by a majorlty riaing forty thousand. The decllne of the rtpublican strength has not yet ect ln. Notcs nnd Sotlons. Thk I'ortuguese court went four days ln mournlng for Oarfield. Gf.nkuai. HuTLKit has wrltten a letter to Mr. Scovillo declining to act aa counsel for Gulteau. Kkv. Tiiomas IC. Jlr.KciiEn, the Klmira parson, ia running for tho New York asscm bly on a greenback nominatlon. This seema likely to bo a Tilden year in New York polltlca, and the Tribune Bays it ia glad of it. " The republicana will not shrink from that iaane," eays the Tribune. The Tribunt't Washington correspond- ent aflirma, wlthout any if 3 or buta, that the presldent haa aaked Mr. Jamea to stay in the cabinet " until the star-route trials are iinished." Thk frlends of Judge Gray of Jlassachu- sctts are confident that he will be appointed justlce of the supreme court. Gray's ap- pointment would make Sevens chief justlce of Massachusetta. All republicans outside of New York ap- prove the reraark of the Springfield Un'un that " lf tho Y'orkers will now drop the terms ' atalwart ' and ' half breed ' the rest of the country will be profoundly thankful." Cinoinnati Commercial t " Presldent Garfield sald thlrty-six hours before he was shot that no member of tbe cabinet had been overruled more frequontly than Mr. Blaine, and no one had taken overruliug ln better part." IlAitTFOiiD Courant: "The Springfield Ilepubtican is poiuting out the defects and perverse twiats of Senator Kdmunds' character. There is none righteous, no, not one, except Charles Francis Adams, and he is ageing." Tiik Garfield fund amounts to about $357,851 and the subscription booka are now closed. It ia propoaed, however, to erect a 8200,000 monument in his memory, and the publio will have an opportunity to contribute. AIllS. MaUTIIA JHFFEIiSO.N Kl'FES SlIINE called at the White Ilouse last week, and was shown the courtesisea of the place by the officers in cliarge. Thls lady is Thomas Jellerson's granddaughter, and she had with her tbe medal awarded Jefferson by the continental congress for drawing up tho dec laration of iudependence. Tnn jlHlv.al vuulest ln Tlrglultt gets more and more bitter and personal aa the day of the electlon approachea. At a ratifl- cation moeting in Richmond, Jubal Karly denounced Mahone ln so many worda as a liar. A personal feud haa existed between the two men for several years, growing out of a difOculty sinco tbe war. Tiie signs point to a resurrection of the candidacy of Samuel J. Tilden for the presidency. The democrattc convention for New York held on Wednesday was perfectly and smoothly controlled by his haud. The resolutions smack of Tildenism as in the days when he was running for governor and later for tho presidency. The loudness of their shout for reform is only exceeded by the thunder of the chorus that the demo cratic party is just tbe party to bring it about. Judoe I'aine of Cleveiand has glven publication to a letter written to hlm ten years ago by the lato Fresldent Garfield, in which occurs the following : " The whole country owea you a debt of gratitude for brushing away the wicked absurdity which bas lately been palmed off on the country as law on the subject of insanity. If the thing had gone ruuch f arther all that a man would need to secure immunity from murder would be to tear his hair and rave a little and then kill his man." Guiteau doesn't want Colonel Ingersoll to defend hlm, as that " would array the whole Christlan world against me." Talk about that man belng insane I He may " play the lunatio " at timea to escape the gallows, but he showa a balance of mind when he forgeta to sham that thouaanda of persona whose sanity was never questioued do not possess. A man who seea the pointa that will tell against hlm ln his trial as well as he does is clearly responslble for his acts, and being responslble, no maudlinsentlment should interfere to save him. Fresident Wiiitk on Garfield : " It often seems to men that the rude, masaive column of rough hewn stone from the quarry, in all the ruggedness and apparent strength of nature, is the strongestof all supports in arcbltecture ; but tho architect knows better he knows that the Corinthian column, beautiful aa it ia, slender as it is, a delight to the eye by its beauty, and to the mind by its proportions, well polsed, put together of selected stone, all flaws carefully worked out, is stronger than the rough, rugged pier as it comes from the haud of nature. Gar field, ln the great tetnple of our constitu tional liberties, was one of tbe Corinthian columns, well-based, well-built, towering loftlly, adorned with all that culture could give, and for all that tbe stronger." New Yoiik Mail: "Mr. Edmuuds has been charged with belng a factioua partlsan, but lf he had Inslsted on a tborough debato on the right of the excluded senators to vote on the most important questlon that could como before the Benate, he would hava shown his abllitlea as a constltutlonal lawyer on that subject, to tho lasting contu slon and disgrace of the democratlo sena tors. Such a dobale, prolonged for a week or two, would havo compelled all the denio- crats who took part in It to faco the hostlle constltutlonal doctrines of every democratlo natloual convention that ever sat. llefore Its concluslon Mr. Kdmunds would have exposod them to the rldlcule of thelr own party and to tho contempt of the other party. Belonglng, however, to the party that ia responslble for the government and desiring to avoid uunecessary contesta at the outset of a new admlnlstration, he fore boro to take advautaga of the opportunltles of debato that were offered. There was an eatler way of brlnging to confuslon the democratlo grab for a chauce in the lol- tery of assassi nation,' " Lcltfr from Washington. Wasiiinoton, D. C, October 15, 1681. itr. Edttonkt thecloneot the flnt week of the extra senslon of tbe senate there Ia little actual bualness donn by It to herecorded. A number of appotntraents, montly made by the late presldent, have beeu conftrmed, and some tnlnor mntters have corae up for contilderfttlon. Desldes tlila, the lpadlnn object ot tho semlon has been Accompllslicil. A prenldent pro tcmpore of the senAte has been provlded. Mr. Bayard war electod by the democrAts on MondAy, Afterward the three new republlcan senators were sworn in And the polltlcal compleilon of tbe RenAte chAnged. Coniiequeiitly, on Thurndny, Davld llavls of Illlools was etoctcd to supersedQ Mr. liay Ard. 1 happened Into the senato chAtnber Jiutt as ho was being ed, a wllllug prisoner, by Senators DAy- ard And Antbony to the vlce-prostdent's cbalr. The nolae ln tbe gallerles entirely ccAsed, The pages on the floor stopped thelr running, And tbe eenAtors all Iflid aalde tbelr work to heAr hla apeech of AccepUnco. T.vety word aounded loud And cleAr la the perfcct atlllncaa which lAated dur- lng tbe follomlnK hrief addreaa 1 ttmalorit Tlifl lionor lutconferrtromeii, m tlie ont wlitch 1 now orcony ln lm lxly dlrl, wlUiout nr tiw lAllon on mj pArf. ir lt rnrrlnl nnr irtj ol.ltRAtlonn I Mhonlil 1)6 onMtrnlnM tn (-Uno IblA hlKh compllinpnl. I do not acwpl lt M trUmto lo any pprRonAl merlt, but rmhpr M a recuKnltlon of tlie Inilmx'nilent ponHlon nblcli 1 liitve lonx nrctiplml ln the politlca of Ihn country. I im pro rounilly KrnU-fiil fur tM mitrk nr oonfldnce, nn4 lt will Iw my duty to lulntlnMtpr ttio tru.t with ImpATttitllty and wltti entlra fnlrnpnii. Not hivln liwn tralne.1 ln pRrllaniftntary practlro, I Miall 1mk tho IndnlRiMicfl of tlie senatn In thls rMppct.anil 1 liope for n RfnproUN co-operatlon on all nldM, Tlie aenat will pl&tse como to order. At its cloae tbe pAgea reaumed tbelr errande, tbe gallerlea thelr cuatomAty buBtte, the senators tbelr buslneaa, And that nolsy cbAmber hAd como to ita uaual order. Atthough Mr. Davls Iias been ottcu rldlculod on account of his noutral poltlon la polltlca, bo Iiaa tbe reapect of both partiea, and the frlendsblp of All who know him. Durlng tbe kttor part of the week the ctty and government ofllclAls have been extcndlng thelr courtesles to the dlstlngulahed French and Ger mAn gueats. Tbe French vlaltors have among tbelr number repreaentAtlvea of tbe fAmlliea of Uocbambeau and De Grase, who commAQded reapectively the French army and tbe French lleet at Yorktown, and tbe GermAn gnesta are aevea members of the Yon Steuben famlly, a rep resentAtlve of wblch rendered Amerlca cnlctent aervlce ln dlHclplinlng aud organlztng tbe army ln tbe dark days of tbe revolution. On Frlday tbe vlsttora were escorted to tbe capitol by tbo civtc Bocteties and mllltary compinles ot the Dls trlct, Many ot the placea of buslneaa along tbe Uneof march were gally decorated, wblle Ibe government bulldinga were atiH draped ln black, At tbe capltol tbe guexts were preaented to the prcpldent and prominent army and uavy ofllcera, thejudgesof tbe supreme bench, and tbe sena tors ln turn were Introduced. In the eventng they occupled a balcony at tbe state department which comruAnded a vlew of tbe grouuds aronnd Washington monument, where the fireworks were. The dtaplay waa very fine, and its effect was lncrcaaed by havlng clouds for a background . At one time tbo border of a pond lu tho grounds waa a ltne of colored flres, rendered twlce bril liant by reflectlon ln tbe WAter;at anotber the picture of Washington And Lafayette were dls tlnctly abowu for several momenta. It wus ex pected tbat PeunaylrAula Avenue, between tbe trOAaury and tbe capltol, would be Hluminated to ntgbt, and Apparatus for electric ligbta was put upat fhort IntervAls. But there was a fallore somewbere, and the crowd were obllged to con tent tbemselvos with thelilumlnattonaof storeB And hotels. Of tbe three daya' feativitles At baltimore, your corrcapondent aaw only tbe pageant of Tueaday evenlng, October 11. lt consisted of tableaux arranged upon streot cArs constructed or fitted up for the occoBion, and accompanied by mounted attendants iu coatume, And tbe flnest jands of mufitc that could bo obtained. The tableaux of the first section of the processton repregentcd eitber events suggeated by the present celebra tlon, such as Lafayette thanklog the ladtes of Baltimore for furniablng hla deHtitute army with food and clotbing, or tratta, hablts of dreaa, and other diatingulehing pecullaritles of vArlous Kuro pean and orlental natlona. Iu the aecond sectlon the tableaux were purely hlatorical, and exhlbited occurrences from tbe earliest Kgyptian clvlllzatlon down to the present time. Among tbem were the buTldlng of tlie pyrAmtda, Moaes At tbe court of FhAraoh, the teachers of Greece, Authony And CleopAtra, a aceue from the life ot Mahomet, 1'eter the llermlt and a traia of knlghts, tbe trtumph of Columbus, the declaratlon of inde pendence, and "Baltimore to-day." Thia waa represented by a complete raodel of a locomotlve with an expreas and a telegraph oulce ln the cab. The streets were llghted with calclum and electrlo ligbta, and colored llgbts were employed at fre- quent Intervals wltU marked effect. Tbe scenery of the tableaux was approprlate and, ln some cases, gorgeous. Ibe peraons ln them were nne tji ur reiunlo UuAuty ubx manly strength, drcfsed ln elegant coatumea. Tlie music, furn- isbed by such bands as the faraous Gllmore's, the marlnebandof this clty, and the flfth regiment band of Baltimore, could not be turpaaied. Ibe favorite tunea were tbe Star Spangled Blnner, which la almost a uattve of Baltimore, and tbe Marxelllaise. Tbe llstener, aa thia natlonal French air was sent out Into the stlll nlght, could luirtlally underatand wby lt haa ao wakened republlcanlsm in the French heart that Its ue waa forbldden ln the daya of raunarchy. Amiiuosg, l'ractical Work for Tempernnce. Randou'h, October 1, 1881. itr, Eilitor: Durlng the year our state haa been visited by eloquent frienda and laborers in tbe cause ot leraperauce, and home talent has also been called out ln unusual degree, both male And female, ln bebalf of tbe CAuae. We who alt ln the pewa and give our candld attentlon to their soul- stlrrlog appeala have been moved to make roany vows to do sometblng to save young and old from fllling a drunkard's grave. l'ictures of city dens of ruln have been palnted Une by llne by thoae who bave goneto tboae slnks of lnlqnity and rea cued a bou or brother of some other mother or sia ter, and, no doubt, some honest soula have longed for an opportunity to go and do llkewlao, who liAve gone home and felt there was nothing for them to do becauae no such den of death was witbln their reflcb. To every honest frlend of temperanco an opportunity for service will sooner or later present Itself. To a very large class of the cltlzena of Vermont, especially ln the mlddle and western countiea, there comea at thia time an offer of work at once effectlve and important In its results. We have beard ruuch and truly ot the evlls of cider-drioklDg, Clder la made of apples and ap- ples only. Apples are very abundant, every tree and every wild shrub by the roodslde are loaded to thelr utmost capaclty. Clder mills are work ing nlght And day, and we have heard of an offer of apples delivered at flve ceuta per buahel belng decllned. A very large part of all tho product of these mills will go Into tbo mouths of clder-drlnk- era, and anotber year we sball be treated to a repetitlon of eloquent harangues In thia same llne. In some eectlons apple jelly Is bocomlng an ar- ticleof trade and a profluble branch of lndnstry, If frlends ot temperance will organlze for the manufacture ot thls wholesome and palatable ar- ticle thousands ot barrels of clder will be saved to a legitimate uae. In the great apple growing aectlons of tbe states the crop la thort and the aggregate quantlty ot evaporated frult will fall farshort ot last year's product. llere, too, lato lound a method of resculng many barreta of clder from the toper's gulch and convertlng the bountiful crop to a healthy and paylng ne. But we are Aware that many, far too many, ot our farmers, are not now and will not be altuated so they can svall themselves to any conBlderable ex- tent of either of these methoda of uslng apples, To all such 1 wljli to present one other use to wblch all the clder apples of Yermont may be put which will certainly save the product ot our orchards from mablng ourBelves, our sona aud our neighbors and thelr sona drlnkera or lovera of hard clder. Every anlmal from the plg to the horse Ia paa- alonately fond of apples. Oplnlona differ wldely aa to the " good apples do when fed to arloua klnds ot stock. Tboso who have fed most aud watched the result the most atudlously Are most confident of the "good " opplea do: wblle those who bave put busbela at a time before cows de clare they " dry thein up." Tbe effect would be tbe same were they to fecd corn or other gralu ln thesArae wAy, We have known ttork made on no other feed than cooked apples and a mere trlfle of mea. bheep, young stock and horsoa can have no regu lar ratlon durlng the neit three muntbs aslde from their feed ot hay and graaa tbat will add to their comfurt aud growtb than goiKl rliie apples. when we comparo the relallve prlce of apples and gratn. Certaln lt Is tbero la some " good" in ap ples as siock looa, ana cquauy ceruin that what- ever apples aro dlsiosed of ln thls way will bea net savlng ot clder from belug made " bad use of," 11 the lovers of good order and the good of our nirlghbors tbruughnut the apple regiou will cnuuiuiy cousiuer jusi uuw uiucu tuey can indl- vidually do lu tlils matter and do lt uuw, whut a vost ruouutAiti of nimles uiav ue convertM in a safeaud lcgltluiate ue, and uhat rlrers ot clder orevented from belrnr luado to Itoat someliv'M loved unes down the stream of ruiu, luto tbe gruat Btui ut ursiutir. It everv one atlidv tbe Bltiiatlouof hln n,n. muuity, and, wbetlier lt asor ujt, wurkatuuLe aou wuu n Viin nuu nu itppruvins cousciuuce, und u puiwr inuiwruia iiuueeuuiu lu au lliai couttuu. mty witi te uis rewaru t,u v. MrrriNu, Vermont Mrdlcnl Hoclcty. ilmn. Editori .'The Vermont Medlcal So ciety convened In annual seaslon Weilneaday, October 12, At eleven o'clock A. M., at tbe Pavlilon hotel, Tlie presldent, Dr. J. II. Jsckson of BArre, In the chAlr. Praycr was offered by Ilev. Dr. III11. The secretsry, Dr. L. C. Bntler of I'jiaex. reAd the proceedlngs of the aeml-AnnuAl seaslon, wblch on motlon of Dr. S. W. Thayer was ac ceptedand adopted. The commlttce appointed At the annuAl seaslon of 1880 to consldor certaln mAtters between the society And the medlcal school of tho Vermont Unlrerslty, reported that they had no Jnrladlctlon, And at the suggcatlon of tbe commlttee, Dr. Thayor moved that tbe reaolntlous herotofore adopted for the purpoaea of sccttrlng more Intlmate relstlons betwceu the society nnd the Vermont Medlcal College be hereby repeAlcd, nnd the society ao ordercd. Dra. Dewey of Ijtat Bandolnh and Lovell ot Burlington were admltted members of tbe aoclety, ine ireaBurer reported tbe society free from debt nnd some 870 In the treaury, Dr. rutnam road a paper on the Knldemtc of Dlphthcrla which prevalled at Montpelier from Auguat 13th, 1830, to May 13,1881, causlngsli teen dcatba In elght fnmlllea, and alxteen deaths In sliteen tamlllcs. Tbe average age of theae waa slx yeara. The Infectloua nature ot the dla eaae la strongly shown by tbe hlstorv ot the ln- dlvldasl CAses, And the following vlows on thls point Are held i The greatost care and the moat peremptory actlon should be taken to prevent tbe aprcad of the dlaease. Iaolatlon of tbeaf fected should be rlgorouly enforcod ln all casea. Dr. JAcoblof New lork clty who has been In a poBltlon to see more of dlphthcrla than any other manin toe unlted HtAtcs says! " Dlphtherla Is very contaglous. Both the patient and his sur roundlnga, dwelllng, furnlture, towela, etc,, con vey the dlaease." ln about every Instance with care and thoughttulness It can be trAced from plAce to place, couveyed mostly by those who have the dlaease llghtly, or thoae who move about carrylng tbe contagiou. Nurses carry the dlaease as I be lieve and have seen. A person stopping but a short time with the affected, doea not often carry the lurectlon. But a nurse And her clothtng And those Affected bccome saturated with the poison, and retaln It about them as a person who breathes ether retalna the smell of lt for several days About hlm, It havlng penetratod to every cell nnd flbro of hts body, All thls should be known, publlcly taught and rlgidly practlced ac cordlngly, In relatlon to treatment of dlphtherla notblng new was glven except the hlstory of two cases of great Apparent Beverlty, occurlog about the flrst of May, ln two young men, aged fltteenand seven teen years. These two caseswere so violent ln theoutset that the ordlnary routine treatment seemed hopetess and the nlcoholto treatment waa adcpted from tho flrst; vlzl two tablcaioonfula were glven every hour of good wbiakey lu mllk or water untll tbe iiatient began to sweat and appear better, In one caae thls amount was not sufllclent and the same amount waa repeated for a time every half hour with the moat marked benefit, the pulse going down In twelve hours from one hundred thlrty to one hundred per minate, and the heat from 101 to 102, the pAtlent havlng taken in the last twenty-slx hours three plnts and one-half glll without the leaat appearance of lutoxicatlon. Lven the smell of llquor could not bo detected about the patient. The tbroat, whtch was already mucb swolleu, so that the tongue ot tho patient as he lay ln a stupor projected between the llps, cleanod off f nlly on the thlrd day, qulte tblck formatlons of raembrane havlng occurrcd. In tbe other caae two plnts of whlskey were glven the flrst twenty- four hours with marked Improvement, the tbroat cleaning ln three or four days, but an unusual de- presslon of the heart s actlon called for the free use of stimulants and tonlcs for a longer tlrae. V ice-presldent bherwln of Woodstock closed the exerctsea of the afternoon by reading hia ad dreaa on "Medlcal Auihorlty," lu auawer to the lato Dr. Holland In Scribner t Monthlii. The doc- tor made a good reply, slandlng up mantully for the profeasion, which he made out had no real grounds fordlscouragement. Purlngtbe evenlng eeaslon Dr. S. S. Clark lcd off with a very oxcel- lent paper and lllustratlona upon " Dlabetea Mel lltua," presentlng a hopeful vlew for those attacked after maturtty, where tbey energetlcally puraue the nest methods known at the present day to observers of a dlaease formerly consldered almost unlformly ultimately fatal. After thia paper, according to the programme, Dr. Dunsmore gsve the pathology of Brlght's dlaease ln Ita sev eral forms and stagos. Dlscussions followed by Dra. Allen, Blugham, Dunsmore and otbers, pretty fully showlng that there Is little or no hope ot cure except poaaibly In tbe early stage of forms precoded by more or leaa acuto InlUmmatlon of tbe kidney. Tiiursday, nlne o clock A. m vlce-nrea'nt In tlio ,hair. 'Ihe commlttee on noralnations re ported the name of Dr. O. W. Sherwln for nresl- dent, for vlce-presideut Dr. C. W. B. Kldder, for secretary ut. 1. a. Richmond, lor treasurer Dr. S. l'utnam, for audltor Dr. C. M. Chandler. Thev were unanlmoualy elected. Counsellors were elected alao, and delegates to socletlos and aaao. clatlons. Voted, at the'lnvitatlon of Dr. Uing- nam, to liold the next seml-annual sesslon at llurllngton, in June next. Dr. Draperof Brattleboro read a very imnor- tant paper on Xeurastheuia or Nervo l'rostratlon, wuicu no inougnt ou tbe lncrease, and, In many initances, when neglected, resnltlng ln conflrmed insanity. Dr. Campbell of Bellows Falla read a raner. well epoken of, wblch we dld not have tbe nleas. ure of hearlng. At eleven o'clock Presldent Jackson s annual addreas waa well delivered, as usual, profeaalonally hUtorlcal, but Interestlng. At one o ciocu r. l. about twenty-flve members sat down to a flfty-dollar dlnner, which, judgbg from apearances, was hlghly cnjoyed by thoae preaent; doubtlesa ,much better than by those inemoers wno aia not or could not attend the meetlng. The society gave thia dlnner, and a bu- perbcertlflcate of memberahlp for the purpoae of inaucing a larger attendance from the Dhvslcians of the state, but have toadmltthat no such re sult has followed, and at tbe same time to own, tuatoiiue nve liundred physlclana ln the state. no more than twenty-flve or flfty of them can be persuaded to assemble In annual meetlng, coin pare notea, and take counsel together for tbelr own good and tbe cauae of dlaeased humanlty. nerertneieas tlila neglect doea not Hgbten or re- raove tbe general sense of oblleatlon and dutv to ao so, wnicn every true phyBiclan feels restlng on mm when he candldly rellects upon tbe condltion and relatlons of hla profesalon. Tiik Boston Faui. Thls great exhlbltlon con tlnues to attract general attentlon all over the country, and seems to take the lead among the autumnai estlvals which reglster tbe advance of our country In tbe mecbanic, the lndustrlal, aud, to some extent, the flne arts. Cbeap excurslons from tbla sectlon have been glven, and lt ls to be regretted that the railroads do not arrange an otber. It Is qulte impoaalble for all or any con Blderable portion of the people to arrange tbelr affairs on a day's notlce to take a trlp to Boston. rorthls rcason many dld not go, but would fm- prove the opportunity of anotber excuralon to make a trlp, Those wbo have attended the eihl bltlun speak ln blgh terma of lt. The rnachlnery exhlbit, and especially the boot and shoe rnachln ery, attracts general attentlon. Tbere Is probably no department at tbo fair that has occasioned more luterest and fuvorable comment than the teitlle exhlbit, both of fabrlcs and rnachlnery. siany competent udges pronounce lt superlor to tbe exhlbit at the centennial. Itlanell worth examinlng In a systematlc way, There are up rooted plants from tbe lted rlver dlstrlct, classlfied bulbs from tbe elght cotton-growlng states of the south, and an extenslve collectlon of the raw sta ple from forelgn flelds. Havlng aeen these, one should Inspect the processea ot cardlng, splnnlng aud weovlng, and flnally the enorrooua show coses contalnlng almost couutleaa varletles of cotton gooda, Tbe textlle and leatber manufac tarea, belng the leading Industrlos of New l'.ag. lana, are very appropnateiy the moat prominent At the fair, The exhlblts of wood and Iron work log macblnes are also very eitenslve. ln fact, the vlsitor to the luatltute may observe ln a nut shell though assuredly a somewbat sjtacloua one most of the lniportant processes ln all the great industrles of the country. A GuitAT PitKMiUM List. The AVu l'orl Wtekly Hprcu, ettabllahed In 18.15, Is not only oue of the oldeat and cbeipest but bestof tbe New York weekly famlly newspapors. lt ls now raaklng a great and succeasfut effort to reach a larger and more general clrculatlou than any weekly newtpaper In the Unlted States, nnd to thls end la offered an attractlve llat of substantial and valuable premlums to slngle and club subscrlbera, The long establlshed reputatlon and resiwnalbll lty of the publlshera, wbo not only publlsb the H'tjf Kxjirm buttheAVw York Daily Krminy Ktpnn, Is a aulllcleut guarantee of the character uf the premlunia oflercd and tho gHal falth that hIU govern tbelr dlatrlbutlon. Bealdes tbe many olher attractlons of the Wttkly Krpreu, It puu lUhss regularly, by authorlty, the Brooklyn Tab ernacle Sermoua of tbe Kev. T, DeWitt Talmsge, ). D. The subscription prlce, one dollsr a year, plices lt wltUn tbe reach of all.- The olHce of the .Viw York- U'etkly Kipriu Ia231'atk ltow, New York. A 1.AUV of Pekln, lllluols, has glven blrth to a boy on every Fourth of Juiy durlng tbe last four years. Onr Forelgn fliicsls. The French and Oerman gucets Invlted by the nation to partlclpate In the celebfAtlon of the centenary of Cornwallls' surrender At Yorktown repreaent the mllltary And navat power of the French repnbllo, and Alao the La Fayettea, the RochAmbeaoa, the Steubens And other forelgn frienda and alliea of the rebelllous and revolution ary colonlats who partlclpAted In tliAt last brilllAnt mllltary trlumph of tbe American revolntlon. Slnce thelr arrlval In thls country, (the French October 4th, and the Oermans the 13th,) these gnests lmve been tbe reclplcnts of AmerlcAn hoapt- tAlltles, And tbe French have vlslted West Point and Nlagara. The gueats of each nallonaltty wero formally received by the government In Washington on Frlday, The clty, which had so recently stood huahed and tearful by the bler of the doAd presl dent And hAd been ahrouded In dccpeat mourn lng, IlluatrAtcd ln a atrlktngmanner how change ftil aro the scenes of llfe, how qulckly we rlse from the depths of sorrow and mournlng to scenes of festtvlty and rejolcing. The rlty put on Its most cbeerful aapect, and the colors ot France and Germany waved througbout tho clty In the bright sunllght ln a trlple asaoclatlon wltb the atars and strlpea. In tbe dlplomatlc roceptlon roora of tbe stAte department each guc.it was for- mAlly preseuted to Mr. Blaine And many compll ment ary remarka were exchAnged. Subaequently they were escorted from tbelr hotel to tbe ro tnnda of the capltol. There waa a flne mllltary parade In which several reglmenta ot colored troopa partlclpated, marching with the swinglng galt of vcterans. The vast hall, one hundred feet In dlameter And one hundred and eightyfeetln helgbt, ornamented with palntlngs and sculpture, was still beavlly draped In black ln bonor ot the last mArtyr prealdent, whose remalns lsy In state hero but a few dAys ainco, where the raortal re matna of Lincoln and Sumner and Wllaon had In turn been vlslted by sad thouaanda. The north ern jiart of tbe area waa fllled with gentlemen and ladiea who had been aaked to witnesa tbe welcome extended by tlie cblef maglatrato to the repreaentAtlvea of our ancient alliea. Among them were General Sherman wearlng hia Bhowy gala unlform, a scoro or more of other mllltary and naval ofllcera and civil dlgnltarlea. The na tlon's gueats entered from the eaatern portlco, preceded by Secretary Blaine and the French mlnlster, and walklng by twos, according to thelr reapectlve ranks. The gnests numbered nearly forty, And the gay uulforma And Illahing epau lettea worn by the greater portion of them, re lleved the sombreneaa ot tbe black sults ot tbeir civillan asaoclates. The French army ofllcera gen erally wore red trousera, and their unlforma and equtpments were very bandaome. Tho Germans had a more soldler-Uke appearance, as lf tbey meant businesa and not show. The senators gradually returned to thelr deaks luthesenatochatnber,and found the gallerles fllled with ladlos, whose bright attlre was cqual to the varicgated hues of a bed ot blooming tultps. The natlon's guests, who bad been accorded tho privl lege of the lloor, came ln, escorted by Mr. Blaine. Senator Btyard roae, and lu an eloquent And gracef ul ppeech alluded to the preaence ol dlatln gulhed citlzens of our siater republlc of Frsnce and the empire ot Germany, who had come here tojoinln celebratiog the victory of Yorktown. Ile spoke the scntlmenta of the American senate Insaylng tbat tbey are most welcome, and inoved a roceas of half an hour tbat the senators might tndlvidually pay tbelr rcapects to them. Tlie mo tlon was carrledamld loud applauae, and then the viaitors were preaented to Presldent Davld Davla and the senatora. It ia learned that both the French and German gueata are surprlsed and overwbelmed by the olHclal and popular welcomo glven them. They bad expected no such uni versal testlmony of natlonal honor and respect, The llreworks Bhown ln the evenlng lu the lot about the Waahlngton monument were the fluest ever seen. Meanwhlle Presldent Artbur had come over from hla teraporary resldence in Caatle Butler, and for tbe flrst time occupied tbe presldent's room adjacent to the senate chamber, Secretary Blaine went with him to where the French minis- ter stood. Presldent Arthur was atttred luafull Bult of black, with black crav.it and gloves. " Ile is certainly," says 'l'erley,' "the flnest looklng presldent that we have had for some time, and bta deportment to-day was dlgnlfled yet courte oua." M. Outray, the French mlnlster, introduced the prealdeut to the French gueats and then tbe Ger man mlulater Introduced him to the German guesta. M. Outray raade something of a speech to the preeldent, who rcplled brlefly, The preal dent passed down the llne, and each of the vlal tors was introduced to him ln turn. Wblle tbe presldent was with tbe Germans General Sbcrman and the other army ofllcera present were being introduced to the Frenrhmen. Then cAme the naval ofMcers, and afterwards the juatlces of tbe supreme court. The whole ceiemony was very pleasantly got through with la a little wblle. lt was notlceable that tbere were not many nho lingered lu conversatlon ntth the guesta. Per hapa the circumstance that but one or two ln the whole party can speak the L'ngliah language will account for tbla. MoHlliaviLLis The Sunday evenlng prayer meetlng la to be held stlll earlier, now commenc lng at balf-past slx r. m, ...The Grand Army Post mect at Grand Army Hall.on Frlday evenlng. . . . . " Uncle Tora's Cablo " la to be preaented at the town hall thia (Wednesday) evenlng The I.adies' Clrcle of the Congregatlonal church meet at the vestry tbla (Wednesday) afternoon.... The scholars of tbe academy have organlzed a litcrary society, Tlie flrst meetlng ia to be held on Frlday evenlng Work at the pulp mill la being pnabed rapldly that the repilrlng may beflnlshed before cold weather. The large slx-foot pen stock ls nearly completed A. A. Niles Is pay lng off the premluras of the late fair, for this town. Tho Green Mouutain Muaical Asaoclatlon held lts flrst annual convention In thls place on four days of last week, commenciug Tueaday mornlng. The convention was conducted by I'rofessor II S. Perklns of Chlcago, Illlnols, it be lng the thlrd convention he haa attended ln thls place. A large number of flne slngers were here from abroad, the Bololsts showlng talent of the flrst class. The chorus numbered about elghty, aud was thought by Professor Perklns to be tbe best balanced chorus he had drilled for some time. Mrs. N. P, Leach of Montre.il was tbe leading sololst, and lt ls unnecesary to siak of her excellent ability as a slnger, Tbe alto solo lst, Miss Mullty of Montreal, was excellent, as was the tenor, Mr, W. W. Muuaell of Swanton, and tbe baaso, Mr. M. D. Fuller of Burlington. Matlnees were well attended on Thursday and Frlday afternoona, and the two concerts on Thursday and Frlday eveuinga were flne enter talnments, and largely attended. Free entertain ment was furnlshed all slngers from out of town, and they seemed to appreclate the hoapltalltles of our citlzens. Cabot. J, II. Gerry and famlly have gone to Holyoke, Msssacbusetts, to make It thelr futuro home. Mrs. Gerry has been succf sifully engaged lo tbe mllllnery buslnosa for the past twelve years, but on account of poor bealth waa obllged to sell out Mrs. )L S. Gerry has just opened the flnost stock of mllllnery gooda ever put on sale ln town. All new and the lateat stylcs Mrs, B. P. Klmore ls keeping a flne stock of faucy gooda, dresa trimmluga, etc...J, A. Farrlngton haa bla store largely fllled with everythlog usually kept iu a country store Mrs. J, J, McDanlela bas returned from Massa chusetta and oponod her store at Lower Cabot.. . . . Sprague Si Wells have just returned from market with thelr usually large and well-aoletted etockof gooda,. . . T. II. Lanre snd W, A. Btker are dolng qulte n businesa lu buylng and dresslng jioultry for market. Ten cents a pound Uve weight ia the prlce pald J, W. Bolton of thls tonn and a graduate from Poughkeeiwte businesa college bas secured a sltuatlon with W. P. lElcharda, Law rence, Massacbusetts, in the mercantlle businesa, Mr. Bolton ia a young man of good bablts and businesa capaclty, and webespeak for hlm success ln his new gltuatlon. , .The f reeso ia found to be mucb more destructlve than at flrst thought From all appearancea clder will be as cheap as uater for commou beverage . . . ,N. J, Mason bad a large fleld of turntps wblch ho had contracted ln Boston, froieu so tbey wero entirely unllt for market purposea. Fayston. Thero waa a rouslng husklDg bee at Samuel McLattghllu' last Tueaday evenlng, t here a large number ot young aud old met and husked one hundred busbels of as nlce corn ss can be found lu Washington County. After par taklog ot the good tblngs provlded by Mrs. Mc Laughliu, the party ttlpped tbe llgbt fantastlo toe untll four o'clock ln the mornlng Miss Clara A, Browne, tbe toucber Iu dlstrlct No. 1, Ia havlng good success lu developing tho mental facultlea not only of her puplls but also of the parenta aud otbera who realde In the dlstrlct, as a well regulated lycetim has been organited uuder her Bopervtalon. At the meetlng last Wedueaday eteuing, tho exerclses were very luterestlng Kiid conslslod of a recitatlon by Lllla A, l'urters Disrtisalon of the questlon, Kesolved tbat teachers bave grtvtter inlluenceri over the young than pareutsi A peep luto the future by Ulara I). Browue and Lu 1, (loce) Hoadlug jiaper by Mlssos Brow ne aud B iyce. DipiiriiuiiiA toluua tbe blootl, Convalescents siiiiuid use notMi s ntrsapttiiu to ncutrallze and eradicate Uie poison matter, Warmkk's Safk Kiimir and Livkr Cuhk. Arrnlgiimont of (lulleau. Gulteau, tbe assasstn, waa bronght Into court Frlday and arralgned. Ile tooked hag gArd, nnkempt, wretched And frlghtened, but pAId little Attentlon to the proceedlngs, The day waa well choaen to Avold any mob, for the atten tlon of almost everybody llkely to take part In such an aftalr waa taken up with the parade In bonor of tbe natlonal guesta. At eleven o'clock and fltteen mlnutesMr. Scovllle, connael for Gul teau, entered tbe crlmlnal court And took a seat at tho lawyer's table, and Immedlately afterward the door of the wltnesses' room opened and gave entrance to Marnlial Henry and two deputy mar stiAts, havlng between them And hnatling along the bowed And cowerlog flgore ot a man for whom they rasde way to the seat reserved for hlm bfBldo hla counael. Then one of the guarda un locked the handcuff a, glvlng tbe prlaoner tbe uae of hla lmnda, which be contlnued, however, to bold croaaed, aa If that waa tbelr usual poaltlon. (juitoau looked broken In heAtth And uncarcd for In person. Ills hslr was cloaely croppcd, hla cheek and chln whlakera were worn thick, but not long. Ills dark ctothes wero ruaty and shab- by, and hla whole poraon preaented a mlaerably neglected appeArance. After the excitement at tendlng hla entrance had subalded, dlatrlct-attor-ney CorkhlllroBe, and nddresalng the judge, sald; " ine grAnd lury of the dlstrlct of ColumblA Iias Indlcted Charles J, Gulteau for tbe murder ot Jamea A. Garfield. The prlaoner la In court. I aak that he be arralgned and reqolred to plcad to the Indlctment," Tho prlaoner waa ordered to Btand up, and ln a languld manner obeyed. The clerk proeeeded to read the Indlctment, the prlsoner standlng up wuu hla head moat of tbe tlmo Incttned to the rlght sbonlder, his eyes half closed or wholly so, hla hands crosaed over hla stomacb, aa If tbey atlll wore tbe handcufTa, aud hla general alr that ot alckly Indlfference. Tbe reading occupled nearly half an hour, and durlng all that tlmo Gulteau hardly once changed hla attitude or bearlng, and rarely opened hla eyes. Ile dld not manlfrst the slfghteat degree of Intereat In the acene in wblch he wss the cblef actor, and, but for an occaslonal sllght movement, might be supinaed to be aaleep in a standlng position. Upon tbe concluslon of the reading ut the Indlctment tbe clerk, address Ing tbe prlaoner, sAld i " What isay jou to thls Indlctment, gnllty or notgnllty?" Tho prlaoner, In place of response, fumbled ln hla walstcoat pocket, and drew out a aoited and crnmpled acrap of paper. Thodlitrlct attoruey (imperatlvely) I'.ntor your ple of gullty or not gullty." The prlaoner"! enter a plea of 'not gullty,' lt your lionor please, I doalre to make a statement." The court " Atsome other time. It would not bo approprlate just now. Slt down." The prls- oner thereupon txk hla seat. Tho dlstrlct Attor- noy nsked that the trlal be set for next Monday mornlng percmptorlly. Mr. Scovllle eald he appearcd here for the de fendant, At hla rcqneat, and had somo alfldavlta to present to the court, the flrat belog that of tbe defendant hlimclt. Tbe aflldavlt Btated that tbere are varioua wltnesses whose etldence la material for the prlaoner's defence, and wlthout wblch he cannot safely go to trt tl ; tlmt tbo names and restdencea of auch wltnesses And the fActs thst can be proved by them severally aro all known to tho Aflltnt'e counsel, Mr. George Sco vllle, and are only known lu part by the afllAnt; that be has no money nor property and ia unable toiwy tho feea or mlloage of nltne-ises, or the cost of summonlug them. Ile therefore prays tbat tho court shall allow such w Itneasea on hla behalf aa mAy be Bhown by the nflldAvlt ot coun sel to be ncccaaAry, tbo feea And coa'a to be pald ln such manner as those of the goemiuent vilu uesses are paid. alr. Scovl'le read an aflldavlt made by himelf, which stAtes that besides the questlon of jurl-dlc- tlon tho defence will conslst of two pointa: Hrst, tbe insanity of the defend iot, and second, thtt tho wound was not necrasarily fatal, aud was not tbe cause of l'resident G irfleld's death. The afll- ant had endeavored to obtain tbe names and resl dences of wltnesses to prore the lnaanlty of the defendant, and had eiperlencedgreAtdifllculty ln obtatnlng the informatlon deaired. As the reault of bla own enqtilries he had obtained the names of somo witneases, and stated what he expected to prove by them. Tbe afll tnt also expected to prove by medlcil experta that the defendant was inatne at the time of tbe shootlng. He alao ex pectsto prove' by W. A. Uammond of New York, J. Marion Sims ot New York, Moaes Gunn of Chlca go and Edmund Andrews ot Chlcago, that the wound waa not neceaaartly fatal and waa not ol Itself tbe cause of tbe death of Jamea A. Garfield, but that death enaued aa tbe reault of malpractlce ot tho prlncipal physlclan lu churgo of the wounded man. He belleved there were many wltnesses on the questlon of lnsAulty which could be found on loqulry, and osked that he be allowed tosumiuin not exceedlng tho number wblch ap pears on tho 11st of the prosecutlon, forty-four, and as the defendAnt haa no meana, that the gov eromentassume the expense of the same. Mr. Scovllle addressed the court, explalning hla Ino bllity thua far to obtain any ashtAnce ln defend ing tbo prisoner and aaklng for sufllclent time for preparatlon to secure a fair trlal, The dlstrlct attorney replled, urglng that the government Is rendy for trlal, and asklng that trlal be not unduly poatponed. Ile malntalned that the ciurt had nn authorlty to allow the defence to sumrnon medlcal exiierts or emlnent Burgeons at the cost of tbo government, but If the prlaouer deslres the attendAnce ot wltnesses withln one hundred milps of Washington, aud tbe court thlnk thelr testlmony material enough to juatlfy the goernmeut In pajlng tho expense, no ohjectlon would be made. He requested the court to flx an early day before tho trlal for a hearlng on tbo questlon of Jurlsdlctlon. The court lo revlewlng the matter flic-d the time for trlal November 7, and siid that the ques tlon of jurlsdlctlon would bo heard on or before October .10. Thls closed tho proceedlcga. The marshal nnd hla aaalstttnt replaced the handcufTa on the wrlsts of Gulteau, who manlfested througb out the same Ilstleaa indlfference which be had shown when the indlctment had been read tohim, and be waa hurrled out of court ln tbe same way ue had been brought ln. Concerning the questlon of malpractlce Doctars Moses Gnnn aud IMmund Andrews of Cblctgo, both of whom are Included in the li.-t of medlcal gentlemen Couccillor Scovllle wlshes to bave examlned on the point of malpractlce ln tbe case of the lato Presldent Garfield, have been vlslted and both unhesltatlngly declare Ihat they know of no reaaon wby tbe counsel for Gulteau could requlre thelr testlmony, unlesa it be that be de slres to secure delay in tbe trlAl. Neither of theso gentlemen bave expressed oplnlons upon tbe medical treatment of the Ute presldent that wtll justify the grounds assumed by tbe counael ln calling for tbelr evidence at tho forthcomlng trial, IIaiuiwick. A change of time and tralna over the SL Johnsbury Sc Lake Champlain rallroad went Into operation on the 17tll Instant. By the new arrangement tralna leave tbla statlon as fol lowa: Golng east, mail thlrty-four inluutespost elght a. si.; oxpreas, thlrty-four mlnutea paet elght v M ; local frelght, twelve mlnutea .past one r, m.; stock, (Mondays) elghteen mlnutes lioatflve a. m.j through frelght, flfty mlnutea paat four r. M. Going west, raall, torty-slx inln ntes past four r. u. ; expresa, two mlnutes past elght A. M. ; local frelght, thlrty. flve mlnutes post nlne, A. m. j through frleght thlrty-nlne mlnutes past seven r, m. Thia change greatly Improves the facllitlos for local travel and businesa and consequently is very welcome. ...Tbe flulablng toucbes are belng put upon the new depot lu the shapeof flulsti And palnt. lt will be ready for occuptncy In about two weeks. Conslderable work will be needed lu fllling or gradlng up about the butldlng for publlc contenlence. ...About twenty new harnesaes were aold here At auction ou Wednesday the 13th, by Fellx llarlelle a trav ellog salesman. The prlcca ranged from $13 to 817-...Tho questlon Is often asked, when Is tbe road to the new depot to be constructed? The aeiectmen or a majorlty of tbe board, decided to lay out and establlsk a road sometlmo ln August, and procured tbe necesaary aurvey made for rec ord. It seems to us that tbe work of gradlng should have been done as early as Septemlter to lnaurethe best road for use when needed,... C I'. Dean and A. Y. Klttredge are both soon to move from thelr farra to thia vlllage, Dean to oe cupy hla house near the town hall and Klttredge the house recently ptircbased bv John Bridgman, kuownaathe " O'ltonrke place." F. X. Dmnaa Ia golng to Lyndonville to live with hla son-ln-Uw, Mr. Duntou the artlst, Wkst ToI'siiasi Clder ia very plenty and cbeap, many havlng to work up thelr apples In consequence ot tho bard freeze the flrst of the mouth Some twelve or flfteen perons from thia place took adrantage of the low fare week before last and visited I).Mtou, some not returnlng untll last battirdsy Mrs. Klder French came near lnslng her llfe a few days ago by drlnklng some laudanuin by mlatale, Tbe doctor waa Immedlately called, and by emetlcs, sntldotes snd by keeping her awake for set eral hours, Averted IhedAnger. lt waa a uarrow ercape from death ....Aa usual sueak thleea are at work aiuong turkeya and tblcko thia fall ss John Wllda, r. 8, ltogers aud nlhers can testlfy. Mr. Wlhta nlso lost about one hundred fllly iiounda of Mjrk and a tubof butter,,,. W. 11 (Jarnter'd ste.nu tuill waa entirely consumcd by tlre on Sunday alter niHin last. Aa there hAd beeu nu tlre In or aliout the englne fr about twtnty-foiir houis It la thought to be the work ot an Incendiary, Thew wss no lusurance en tbe property. Losa about fl.uuu. ur, utrpenter Iiaa the ajiui jmithy of every ono bereabouts. Washington Connly Court. On Monday afternoon, the Jory bnalness hav. Ing been flnlahed, the court took a receas untll Novembor 23, when tbe dlvorce cabm And wltneas caaea In which jury trlat bas been walved will bo trled, And the mlaceltaneous businesa ot the court will be diaposcd of. On Monday And Saturday the following crlm lnal businesa was dlsposed of wlthout trlAla: Wllllam F, Drew Indlcted for burglAry of the houae of George O. Davla, In Marshfield on the nlght ot tho 3d of last May, pleaded gullty And was sentenced to twelvo yesrs ln the ststo prlaon, viiuiam II, Itavey of Waterbury, for an At- teropt tocommlt rape whllo drunk, upon FJIen worster, twelve yeAra old, at Waterbury on the 8th of last Auguat, p'.oaded gullty and waa sen tenced to two yeara In the houae of correctlon. The sentence was mAdo llgbt on account of sev eral mttlgatlng clrcumatanca. WllllAm Mlller of Montpelier, pleaded gullty to two flrst offoncea agalnat the llquor law and was flned 20 snd coats. Tbe llquor prosecutlons sgalnst Fred It, Stevens. Mark French, Babcock & Cutlcr and Jesso Cayhue, were nof pros'tl. Inthe llquor case agalnat Wllllam Blood of Northfield, tho bonda, S200, wero called and for felted aud a motlon to chancer waa mAdo. Tbe same course was taken In the case AgAlnst Wll llAm F. Bates of Waitsfield, Indlcted for burglary. In tho cabo against Arthur K Downtng, of Northfield, complained of for keeping a nulsance, a fine of $20 was Imposed and hla placo waa or dered to be closed. The same dlspoaal was made of the case ot John IX Kvana of Northfield, The prosecutlon of Wllllam Kelley ot Roxbury, Indlcted for burnlng hla father's barn wltb intent todefraudthe Vermont Mutual Flre Insurance Company, was dropped on account of the lack of proof, and a nof prot waa entered, The caae against Wllllam W. Noyea of Mont pelier, indlcted for atealing and embezztlng 8100, ln three per cont certlflcAtes, was contlnued on ac count of tbe necesaary abence of Mr, 1. P. Dana of St. Johnsbury, at Uutland, where bo'la a wit nesa before the Unlted Statea court, ln a caae of llllclt dUtllllng. Mr. Dtm waa formerly tbe deputy c dlector of lnternal revenuo at tbla place and delivered tbo certlflcates to the respondent. Luclua nnd Hlchard Smlth of Northfield, In dlcted for an aasault wltb Intent to klll upon Ilugh Thresher, pleaded gullty of common aa sault and were flned$15 and coats and were glven untll the flrst of next Aprll to pay the flne. The case of Orlando G. Fassett against the town of Itoxbury, wblch waa on trlal at tho tlmo of laat week s Isaue, waa flnlsbed and went to the Jury Frlday afternoon, On Saturday mornlng they returned averdlct fortheplalntlff to recover dam- ages ot tho defendant town to tbe extent of 81,990.17. The case was very ably trled by Messra Wllllam 1. Dilllngham, John II, Senter and Clarence II, Pitkin on the part of the plaln tlff, and by Messra. Charles II. Heath, Zed S. Stanton and Frank l'.umley on the part ot the town. Tbe f tcta ln the ctse as lt turned out from tbe testlmony woro subatantt llly as follows : On tbe 20.h day of September, 1880, tbe plalntlff, Mr. laasctt, who Uvos on tho hIU ln East War ren, nnd hla wlfo Btarted for the Dog Hlver Valley Fair, at Northfield. Tbey drove flrat to Roxbury vlllage, aud after a ahort stop at the store of Mr. Mr. E. 1). Burnbam they proeeeded on thelr way towards Northfield on the raala road. When near tbe L-itham rallroad cruaalng, about a mlle south of Rixbury, Mr. Fassett says ho heard a dlatant whlstle, but could see no traln eitber way and was ln doubt aa to which wAy It waa comlog. fhe tteutral Vermmt rallroad near this place pasaes through a cut which prevents persons trav ellng ln the road near the cro-alng from hearlng the approach of a traln till It la rlght upon them, and for the same reaaon they can not see the traln. After crossing tho track tho road runs south through a meadow and there is no ralltng to prevent a toam from going over the bank Into the fleld below. Wblle Mr. Fassettand hla wife were dlscuaalng the probable whereabouts of the traln, they were tast netrlng the crossing, and just as they were close to the track where they ould see Into the cut, they aaw tho mornlng mill traln from tbe north bearlng down upon tbem butafew rods away. Thlnklng he could not turn back, Mr. Fassett choae aa bta safeat way tocross, and touchlng hla horse be crosaed tbe track lo f ront of the locomotlve ln safety ; but be says that after bo had got acroas the whlstle blow, nearer the cross ing than the warnlng-poat, which so frlghtened his horse that he lost control nnd was pltched over thls bank into the meadow and the next he knew be was lu the house of Marshall Latham, who llvea near tbe crosalng and from whom It takes lta name. Ue lay upon A bed aud could not move a muscle except to turn hia head a little sldewlae, sufferlog tbe most lutenae agony, even tbe weight ot the sheet upon hla hand caus Ing hlm to cry out with pain. It turned out that he had been lnjtired In the splne eomewbere near the ahouldera, and waa sufferlng from the paraly ala of both legs and arms. Mr. Fassett has now so far recovered tbe uae of hla lega that be can walk wltbout much diffl:ulty and can uae his arms to some extent, but hla fingers are ao dia torted and nerveleaa that hecannot turn t'le knob of a door or cut tho rneat wblch he eats. Ho haa greatly lmproved iu the last alx raontha and will doubtlesa coutlnue Improving Bomewhat; but lt will be a long tlmo before be can milk a cow or do any work of any account upon hla farm, lf he ever doea The defence put Doct r J. II. Jackaon of Barre upon the stand, who attempted to convince the jury that hla dlstorted flogera were caused by rheumatlsm, Mr. Fassett havlng had a rheumatic fever some twenty odd years ago, and the doctor argued that bla " rheumatic history " would auf ficlently account for tbe palns ln hla arms aud bands and the cramped condltion of hla flogera. Thia fine-spun tbeory apparently seemed rldlcu loua to everybody wbo heard lt except the doc tor. The maln txilnts, however, ln tho defence were that tbe sorrel mare which Mr, Fassett drove waa afrald of tho cara, so much so tbat it was unsafe to drlve ber near the rallroad when tralns were constantly passlng by, and that Mr. Fassett dld not tAke proper precautlona to flnd out where the traln was the whlstle of which he heard. If the defence could have proved tbat the accldent waa caused in any degree by tbo neglt gence of tbe plalntlff, ho could not recover dam oges even lf the road where he was lnjured was unsafe by reaaon ot tbe lack ot a munlment. But not much time was spent lu provlng the con dltion, as the jury had seen it for themselves. In regard to the steadlness of tbe horse the plalntlll proved by some of tbe most reliable men in War ren, wbo had drlren the mare or seen her drlven, thst sbe was a perfectly safeacd trustybeast, with no trlcks. Two mlnistera alao testlfied to her good character oue the Itev, J, W. Bur gln. now of Starksboro but formerly of WArren, of whom Mr. Fassett obtained her; and the other was Rev, J, B. Whltney, whobad driventhetmare un a long journey ln tho south part of tbe sUte and along the rallroad near thecars. Tbo defence could not get around all tbla testlmony, although they put In some pretty strong evldence ln regard to the antlcs the mare bad dlsplayed at various ttmes In Roxbury. The number of wltnesa-s was forty-slx twenty-tbree on eAch slde. This case dlffered from most long cases that have been trled bere ln respect to the good standlng and reliablllty of the witoesaea on both sides. Some exceptiona were token by tbe defence, but prob ably tbe only one good for anytblng la tbe point the defence ralsed about tbe Indeflnlte descrtptlon of the place of lnjury Intha notlco, but the court ruled that tbe notlce waa good. State r. lUkanah S. Whitcomb. The respond ent, whorealdea ln Montpelier, waa charged by the Bt&to's attorney by informatlon with keeping a common nuisance at his place of busluess ln Bruce's block on South Maln street in thia vlllage, Tbe state produced, Aa wltnesses, Sberlff Tuttle And Pollcemen Ordway, Keegau and Demerltt, who testifled to a selzure they made at the place on the 11th diy of last September, and to flnding lager beer, llquor aud a bar there. Frank New comb and K. D, Putnam testifled to Its belng a " place of publlc resort." Tbe respondent was ln Connecticut, and dld not appear personally, but hts counsel, George W, Wlng, pleaded not guilty ln his bebalf, and ralsed certaln legal pnints for tbe supreme court to decide, No witueeaes w ere pro duced tn defence, and tho jury returned a verdlct uf gullty, Tbe execullou of the sentence la aua pended till after tbe rulinga of the supreme court ln the case. State i t, Thomaa J, Murphy. Tbla caas was about the sauie as tbe last, nearly the same wlt neasess apiwaring for tho state, and none sppeAr lug for tbe respondent. The'oftlcers made a selz ure ot tho beer and llquor In Murphy's saloon on the same day aa on Whltcomb'a, And Meaara. New. corab and Putnam testifled to Its belng a placo ot publio resort, The jury returned a verdlct of gullty, Mr, G. W. Wlng, aa counael for the re spondent, ralsed the same legal pointa aa before, aud Inaddltlon moved to abate tbo Inforuutlaa becatise of a mtanomer. The Intormatlonave the respondent's name aa Thuuias J,, whereas It turned out to be Tlmothy J. Thecmirt permltted the state'a attorney to amrnd the lufoi raall n, un der tho statute of 1880, Mr. U lug escepted, and the executlon ot the senteuce waastsyed,As In Wbltcumb's CAse. MoTtirita don't know how many rhildreu are (unlshed for bclDg uuccutb, wllllul and Indlffer ent to Instructlons or rewards, simply tiecause they are out of healtbl An Intelllgt nt lady sald ofachild ot tbla klnds "Mothera should know Ihat If tbey would give ths little onea rnoderata dosesol llop lllttera tur two or three weeks ths chlldren would be all a parenl could drsire."