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THE VERMONT JFARMER :
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AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
ggtwtttttt Invito
St. Jormslury, Vt., January, 1875.
ADVANCE PAYMENTS.
With the beginning or tlio new year tmt tin advent
of the new postage law, which requires publishers
to prepay tho postage on all papers tent out Of tlio
count! the Vrruosi Farmm enters upon the
PtiylnAilTAiice Ryattm,
that of refiulrlnn raymcnl in ndranco upon all rub.
tcrlptions, and of stopping nil papers when the tlino
paid Ibr hat expired, unlcH a renewal Is made.
Tills system enables us to recelra subscriptions In
Cioi, at reduced rates, without the objections that
eslit under the credit system. The subscription rates
mil therefore be as follows, hcrcatlor
Terms I
1.1 variably In hdvance Post paid after January I, 1870
One copy, per annum tS-00
Four copies f.W
Blx copies I (WO
Ten copies, .. WM
And ono copy free for otery ten.
A club may be composed of either old or new sub
scribers, but old subscribers must pay up arrearages
In order to loin a club, Arrearages may be forwarded
through the elub agent, who will, upon application,
bo furnished with a list ol our present subscribers In
Ms vicinity, and the amounts due. Hums so forwaruod
inuit bo at the subscriber's risk, however.
If an old sibscrlbcr has psld to some datelnadranco
lie will bo credited a year ahead of that date when his
name Is received In a club. But, ir ho prefers, ho
may piyonty to the time the club Kto expire, pro
rata. Bueh subscribers, however, will not count M
whole ones towards a free copy to tlio club agent? but
enough ol them to roako the club amount to $18.60 orj
over will answer the same pnrposa as ten subscribers,
for a year each. Wo donotwlilito haro clubsubJ
rcrlptlons taken frora.any ono for less than ay esrjto'
oxpiro soonsr than the club they are golnglntol
explros. 9w
t'lub agents should designate) tlio names of old sul
scribers, when sending In their clubs, so that no shall
not make tho inlitako of sending two coplos to tho
samo person.
Papers In clubs msy be sent to different post-offices.
Additions to clubs mu't bo made through the club
ngont.
Clubs may commence at once, but we shall hot com
mence stopping papers when time Is out, until tho first
of January, 1S73.
Remittances should bo made by postal money order,
registered letter, or bank check p.iyablo to RovAI.
L'CMitlxas.
Specimen copies will bo furnished to any one wish
Ing to canvass or cot up a club.
lleglstcr l'rrmluni.
We shall send WALTON'S VERMONT rtEOlSTER
the same as last yoar, to all thoso who sultscrtbo and
pay tho full rato In cash to or Iwyond Jan. I, is;(i,
Also, to alt old subscribers who pay up all arrear
ages, If they are In arrears, and pay to or Iwrohd
jau. I, in.u, ai r-j.uu a ear in easu iur me wuoie lime.
Tho New Hampshire lteglster will bo sent to thoso
who prefer It.
Subscribers for (as Farmer under the old credit sys
tern art requested to pay up i to remain with us If thru
irlltt to stop If then wint to Those trho pay up all
arrearages ana lor a year in advance, etiaer singly or in
clubs, tri be required to pay only $i.OI a year for ar
rearages. Those irso pay up and stop mil be required
to pan the full time rate which tea in force when they
subscribed, rixt $ZS0prr year, or'ii cents a month.
Tho Portland and Ogdcnsbnrg Railroad.
Wo regard this road as tho most impor
tant lino to Vermontera, anil tho ono which
they should take tho most pleasure in seeing
pushed forward to its completion, and es
pecially is this remark applicable to tho peo
plo of the northern part o(' tho state. When
this road is completed it will form a part of
tho cheapest lino of transportation from tho
AVcst to tho New Kngland seaboard. Not
only is this true, but tho valuo of tho fact to
the peoplo is not neutralized by any combi
nation with other lines it is an independent
and uutratnmelcd road, and all efforts of oili
er corporations to draw it into alliances for
"regulating" tariffs havo been in vain.
AVhilo nearly all tho other roads in tho coun
try aro combined for the purposo of neutral
izing tho effects of competition, thus crea
ting a most oppressive and heartless monopo
ly which has led to tho Western railroad
war, a few havo held aloof. Among these
aro tho Grand Trunk, which is noted for
carrying such immense amounts of freight,
and which recently shows signs of fast in
creasing prosperity, and the Haltimoie and
Ohio, which though holding aloof from com
binations, has not perhaps been guilty of put
ting prices any too low.
The fact that tho Portland and Ogdens
burg road, also, has steadily held aloof from
all combinations, and evinced a determina
tion to maintain its integrity as an independ
ent road, has of oourso called out much and
strong opposition from other roads and rail
road men, but in spite of all opposition tho
road has almost arrived at completion, and
another year will undoubtedly witness tho
completion of the Vermont division from tho
Connecticut Itivcr to Lake Champlain at
Swanton, with a branch from Oambridgo to
liurlington, and of tho Kistcrn division from
Portland to the Fabyan House, in New
Hampshire, from which place to tho Connec
ticut lliver tho P. & 0. road will doubtless
temporarily use tho track of the 1$. 0. fc 51.
road, thus giving us, within tho year 1875, a
complete direct railroad lino from Lako
Champlain to tho Atlantic at Portland.
Tho Vermont division, from tho Connecti
cut lliver to Lako Champlain, is 118 miles
in length, of which tho rails are already laid
on 70 miles, and a considerable portion of
tho remaining 48 is graded, no that wo havo
every reason to bclicvo that next year will
seo the full realization of tho expectation of
the officials of tho road that it will bo com
pleted, with tho branch to Burlington.
Tho total estimated cost of tho road (Vt.
Div.) is 82,711,118.91, and of tho amount
now completed tho cost has been 1,917,
51 1.10. It is emphatically tho people's
road, some three-fourths of the ontire capi
tal stock being owned by tho towns along tho
line. This stock wai paid for in town
bonds, all but $150,000 of which bonds havo
already been sold. Not only is so largo a
Bharo of tho stock of tho road owned by
towns, but hardly a dollar of tho remainder
is owned outsido of Vermont.
Crossing our stnto nt its widest part, and
owned and controlled by Vcrmontcrs entire
ly, this road has a hold upon tho peoplo of
the stato which no other transportation lino
has or can have, while tho plcdgo of tho di
rectors and president that it shall enter no
combination ibr tho oppression of tho peoplo
increases that hold, Tho names of such men
as tho president of tho company, Hon. Hor
aco Fairbanks, aro a sufficient guarantco
that theso pledges havo bceu given in good
faith, and will bo scrupulously redeemed.
As a sample of tho benefits to bo expected
from this road, let us look at tho cost of coal.
Coal cau bo bought iu Uurlington at what
wo should call very reusonablo rates, but tho
freight from there to St. Johnsbury, whon
shipped by tho car load, is uow 85.80. Mr.
Fairbanks tells us that ho has no doubt
when tho now road is completed coal can bo
laid down hero for between $2.50 and $!).
Hero would bo a reduction of somo $!! per
ton on tho one article, of opal. Wo havo no
doubt when tho road is completed and in run
ning order wo shall seo a tumble iu many
kinds of freight similar to that experienced
in California when tho grangers of the Sali
nas valley, cxaspcratod by tho exorbitant
charges of the railroads, and their refusal to
roako any reduction, went to work and built
a railroad of their own, Tho old roadsthen
came down so low that tho grangers say
thoy will savo enough in tho freights on
their crops in a singlo year to pay the entire
cost of their road,
With tho Caughuawaga ship canal com
pleted, as it seems very probable It will bo
withiu a few yean, cither by n privato corpo.
ration or by tho Canadian government, and
tho P, It 0. road finished, tho cheapest lino
of transportation for tho crops of thoso por
tions of tho West within convenient reach of
tho takes, to tho Atlantic, will bo through
Vermont, and through St. Johtisbury, Wo
think, then, that Vcrmontcrs may well feci
to exult that tho completion of this road is
so near, and tho Vermont Patrons merit no
condemnation for having passed resolutions
fuvornblo to tho opcedy completion of tho
Uaughnawaga canal.
Valcour.
Last summer a community of freo lovers
established themselves on Valcour Island, In
Lako Champlain. Wo havo said nothing
of them, beyond giving tho baro announce
ment of tho fact nt tho time, as wo bclicvo
unless tho strong arm of tho law is Invoked,
tho inoro they aro let alouo tho better it will
bo for tho community. Tho constant talking
about such a concern as that at Valcour,
which has been kept up In somo of tho pa
pers, instead of bringing thorn more generally
Into abhorrence, creating a publia sentiment
nrainst them, or ealllns tho attention of tho
authorities aud tho force of tho law to boar
for tho suppression or tho evil, only gives it
notoriety among thoso naturally cither weak
or vicious and draws them to this society as
a placo whero under cover of a pretended
peculiar religious belief they can with impu
nity practico thoso immoralities to which
they aro addicted.
This beautiful community, this paradise
on earth, this well-spring of all purity and
coodncss, has just been moro forcibly brought
to our notlco by the following item which is
going tho round of tbo stato papers :
I'ikst (Ji:x FitoM Vai.couh. Last Monday
evening tlio circle or Valcour oomuiiiniUs
rcsldim; on tho Slilpmun farm, In Colchester,
whs rnlnrgcd by tlio appearance of tlio first
"lovo child." Tho mother Is nMIss May. nm!
tlio fntlier was present and accounted for.
Miss May is described as n lino young wo
man, firm in tho faith, ami willing to prove
it by her works.
The community, when winter canto upon
them, found themselves unprepared to meet
it on tho isalud, and so removed their quar
ters to tho Shipman farm mentioned above,
for tho winter, intending, as wo understand,
to return in tho spring to their island para
disc. Vermont having furnished IS righam Young,
Jo Smith, and sovcral personages of liko
illustrious renown, wo protest that sho has
dono her share in tho way of countenancing
defiance of tho laws both of morality and of
tho stato and nation, and there is no
need of our fostering sush a nest of
rottenness as tho Valcour community on
Vermont soil, to send forth its corrupting in
fluences into every homo in tho state. Ver
mont has a proud record, through tho length
and breadth of tho land, as the abode of pur
ity aud morality, and wo trust that fair fame
may never grow less.
Wilson, tbo patonten of tho sowing ma
china feud, tlio possession of which sustains
tliu sewing machine, monnply iu this country,
will apply to this Congress for a second ex
tension of tha patent, it is said. Wahopo it
will bo peremptorily refused. On tlio occa
sion of tho previous extension, Wilson sold
out fits right to tho quadrangle of companion,
Singer, U rover & ltakcr, Wheeler & Wilson
and Howe, for 850,000, and, if Imitid not ask
a liig enough pricu, it was his own fault. At
all events, tiniler thai extension, tho sewing
maehino monopolists Imvochargcil tho Ameri
can peoplo $25,000,000 . t car for machinos
that didn't coat a tilth oftlut sum, and which
would havo been sold at a reasonable profit
to mamifacturi rs and middlemen for two
lilths of it at most. Meantime, tho machines
havo been exported to foreign countries, ami
sold at a proli tlialf fro what they nro
sold for at homo. Half a million dollars1
worth havo Ijouii sold in Kngland, tho pint
year, in tlio laco ol llirmlngliam, ami aquar
terofa million in Germany. Tlio patent
has already inn -'I years, and ought to bo
uiiowcu to oxpiro. Jiepuoiican.
When it is rcmcmbercd'Mhat tho parties
havo made independent fortunes already, out
of this patent, and that thousands of women
in tho cities aro working on starvation wages
with their needle, and from utter inability
to support lire in that way aro being drawn
by wholcsalo into ruin, both body and soul,
selling their honor, their modesty, their souls,
for tho means of subsistence, many of whom
could procuro a maehino if they were sold at
anything liko a fair and reasonable, price,
but who aro now compelled to compete by
hand with tho maehino work of thoso moro
fortunate ; and when it is remcmbcicd that
thousands of farmers' wives aro doing their
sewing without a maehino becauso tho cost is
so high ; aud when it is remembered that
millions of money is being paid by tho peo
ple of tho country who do buy machines on
account of this patent, which goes to swell
tho fortune of men already rich, wo do not
wonder that thcro is to oppression tho re
uowal of their patents. Hat tbo fact that so
much money is being realized from tho pat
ent is sufficient to causo us to moro than half
expect that tho extension will bo granted.
Not only aro largo and wealthy corporations
pretty sure to gut whetcver legislation thoy
consider for their interest, but this winter
thcro aro a larger number of congressman
than usual who nro serving their last term,
and consequently, having no fear of tho con
stituent beforo their eyes, they can bo moro
easily "influenced" than if they looked for
ward to future election.
Tlio Caledonian understands that of tho
snvcu parties who put Iu bids for tho con
tract to supply tho 1'. O. Department with
scales, tlio Fairbanks company was tho
only ono which could furnish all tho soalos
nt tlio spcclllud thno. As it requires about
3000 scales, of modifications ranging from
four pounds to ono ton, to bo furnished iu a
month, tho extent of tho work can bo imag
ined. Exchnnyc.
K k T .Fuirbanks Si Co. aro known tho
world over ns tho largest scalo manufacturing
company iu tho world. It tho awarding
of that contract was withheld until tho last
moment when thoy could fill tho order, it
was known that no other company would be
ablo to fill it, and tho Fairbaukses would bo
suro of tho contract. Tho award was so
withheld. They got tho oontract. Hut, as
it is said thoy got tho contract for a consid
er ablo pcrccutago less than it was considered
worth by other scalo manufacturers, wo dou't
sec as thoso who pay tho taxes need to find
much fault. If tho Fairbanks company
havo saved six or seven thousand dollars to
tho government, all wo havo to say is, wo
wish thcro were moro Fairbankscs to do all
tho other public work, and do it on tho samo
principle.
Head tho communication on tho first page
regarding tho suffering In Kansas, and then
put your hands In your pockets and sco if
there is not a little spare clmngo thcro. A
great deal of swindling and fraud Is perform
ed under cover of soliciting aid for theso
Westers sufferers, but Mr. Schilichtcr shows a
letter from Thos, A. Osborne, governor of
Kansas, and can bo rolied upon.
Camp says ho only referred to tho county
buildings question when ho said that ho
should publish nothing editorially that any
ono could tako offense- at, and that wo mis
represented him, Ho says ho alivays has
and always will say what ho darn pleases,
"without fear of giving offense." Wo!l, wo
romembcr to havo seen him preach morality
anl honesty, and then puff a swindling lot
tery advertisement, without apparent fear
of giving offense to Thos. li. Uramlclto.
And ho has printed a good deal of sound
tcmpcranco doclrlno, and then advertised
"tho greatest varioty of ehoico liquors In tho
Eastern "Townships, without apparent fear of
giving offense to Porter & Wiley. Ho
prints a virtuous and moral shoct, In whish
wo God advertisements of tho "Pcabody
Medical Institute," ono of tho most demoral
izing advertisements in tho country, and
various others of a questionable character.
He's a bravo ono to talk about "iiarblitic.
misstating, and working in a sly, secret and
moan way."
Wo must tako issuo with our correspond
ent "Expcrleuco" who think tho money ex
pended in experimenting In restocking our
rivers with fish is unwisely expended and that
tho legislation authorizing such expenditure
is "special legislation." Wo hopo for much
good to result from theso experimo tits, and
trust that the laws for tho protection of fish
may bo strictly cnforcoJ, Thcro certainly
is no greater delicacy for tho tablo than fresh
fish, and wo nro glad to sco that Vermont is
not behind her sister New Kngland states in
making experiments having for their ohjo;t
tho making of fish as plenty In our waters as
thy woro in tho days of tho rod vain.
Whether such results can bo achieved or not,
wo think tho large majority of tax-payors
will feel that their money has not been put
to tho worst possiblo uso. llcsidcs, wo havo
our doubtsaboutthis special session of tho leg
islature, called for a special purpose, having
any authority to go to passing laws pertain
ing to other matters ; certainly it would
hardly look liko tho becoming thing for them
to do.
A number of business letters aro una
voidably laid over, owing to sickness and
press of business. Wo hopo tho parties will
havo patience.
- - -
Wo this week announco tho formation of
tho tenth council of Sovereigns in our stato,
which entitles us to a stato council. Tho
constitution provides that "Ten or moro sub
ordinate couueils, working in any state, and
desiring tho formation of n state council, may
make application to tho secretary of tho Na
tional Council, and tho president shall there
upon, if there appears no proper causo for
delay, cause a notification to bo sent to all
tho couueils iu tho state, appointing a time
for tho organization of tho council," and that
"Ho shall issuo a dispensation, and shall bo
present, in person or by deputy, to institeto
such council."
Wo do not supposo It is best for tho Ver
mont Sovereigns to bo iu any hurry about
forming a state council, though New Hamp
shire, with ouly 11 subordinato councils, has
just dono so. Whilo tho order grows ns
rapidly as it is now doing, tho longer wo
delay tho organization of a stato council, tho
better and more extensive will bo tho mate
rial from which to select tho officers. Prob
ably tho number of councils will doublo in a
few weeks, and that will be soon enough to
start.
Wo feel inclined to look with distrust
upon all "chromos" offered in advertisements,
moro than 99 in every hundred being mere
daubs, probably printed with cheap ink and
cheap paper, but ono is just rccoivoj from
lames Vick, called "Winter in-doors and
out," which is a really valuable picture. It
will bo sent by mail, prepaid, for 75 cents,
and wo pronounco it well worth tho money.
Address, James Vick, Rochester, N. Y.
"Tho Schoolmaster's Trunk" is tho title of
a littlo book which treats of domestic econo
my. It approaches tho subject in an alto
gether original manner, and presents both
old aud new truths iu a stylo which makes
tbo book not only instructive but interesting.
It should bo road by all overburdened wom
en, and by their husbands. Paper, 50
cents; cloth, $1, postpaid. James It. Os
good & Co., llostoo.
Surely and not so very slowly tho Patrons
of Husbandry aro gaining ground. Somo
timo ago thcro was not moro than ono paper
in tho stato which dared to cspouso their
causo. Now thcro aro several, aud oven tho
Montpclicr Journal, which less than four
months ago classed grangers and Kuklux to
gether, is to como out strongly on their side,
having hired an editor who will favor tho
movement for that purposo. Other papers
which havo been "waiting for tho wagon"
aro about ready to "tako a ride,"
Letters from the People.
IMitoroflhc Farmer:
My attention is often called to tho fact,
that although there nro several thousand
members of granges m Vermont, aud they
aro increasing rapidly by now organizations
being effected, and by admissions to mom
buishlp in tbo older granges, yet little or
nothing can bo found in many of our public
journals encouraging tho grange movement,
or oven denoting tlielrunproccdcntod success,
whilo each Item that may bo found In any
way derogatory to thn granges is eagerly
copied and " I told you so," proclaimed with
an ominous " Heware," followed by some un
kind, sarcastic editorial.
Let inn call the attention of tho press to n
few facts of lhat kind. Last summer a ro
port was published In nearly all oftbopapors
In tho country that (!ood Hopo Grange,
lJuslinoll Co., III., had failed, givon up its
charter, rind In a siring often resolutions had
denounced tho whole grange system. Tho
Boston Journal In a displayed beading said
" DlSINTI'.miATION OK WJMTUK.V CJltANOia
Ci.mi:ncE!," and tbon followed nn editorial
wliluu evidently meant " Hurrah." Nonrly
overy paper in tlio country copied tbo article
from tho Iioston Journal, A week or two
lutor theru appeared lit several papers friend
ly towards tho grango interests a statoniont
from tbo master mid secretary of (!ood Hopo
(range, and thu master of thu Illinois State
(Jrange, showing lhat tho report was falio,
that a cllquo of ambitious moil disappointed
iu their hopes of controllug Good llopo
0 tango had left it. Tlio grango numbered
1S5 members, 14 left It, leaving it Ul strong.
Tho grango was then gaining rapidly in
membership, and its members wero united,
nuil iu fact it was one of tho strongest grangos
in Illinois. Will somo one explain why
thoso journals which copied tho article an
nouncing the f.iiluro of Good Hopo Grango
did not copy tho refutation of tho falscicxxll
Among numerous other examples of tlio
same kind tot its mention a few that havo
occurred In Vermont. An nrllclo nppeatod
statins that tho nzent of Whltn Ulvnr rv-mn.
ell bad shipped grass socd for tho aranges,
inirciiasingin iioston, at n lossortwenty-flvn
cents per btudiol. It whs copied oxlenslvcly.
A week later an nrllclo was sent to nild
printed in tho Woodstock brtntid Vr.itMosT
FAItMlilt, statins that thn emu m'nd (inl.
paying for commission, transportation, &c
cost uj.ia per mtsiiol, wbllo tho merchants
sold It for 1.60 per bushel. How many
Vermont papers that printed tho first nrllclo
copied tho refutation and will somo ono an
swer why?
Again, nn nrtlclu imncared slntlno- Hint il.n
gtatigo ntStotvo had received n car load of
flour, that It was bad In quality and cost
thorn n higher figtiio than good (lour would
havo cost them at tho country Btoro. It was
copied extensively. Anmtlclowas sent to
n journal from a responsible man nssmlng
tho public that tbo flour was vory nlco anil
cost considerably less tlmn tho s.imo grado or
flour was bclnjt sold Tor at that llmo and
placo. Not n Vermont journal copied tlio
nilicb. WliyP
A few weeks slnco nn nrltidi, nni,i
slating that tho gtanau at Watei bury bad ro-
ceiven nour al a cost somowbat abovo tho
selling pricu of tlio siimn m-ado of llnnr nt
Wnterbury. It was copied oxtciislvulv In
both dally and weekly papers. A refutation
of tho artlolo was sent to and m-lnlml I ii li,..
Aryus ami Patriot and tho Vr.itMoxT Faumf.ii,
snowing turn tho grangers ul Wnterbury sav
ed upwards of ono dollar per barrel upon
that Hour. How manv nanorn tlmt nvli,.,l
tho first statement accompanied with thu re
mark, "Middlemen nro a ronvenienco to
tho world's people," liavo copied and printed
tho refutation of tbo falsehood that found
room in their columns? Will H1030 who
copied and printed tbo fahcltoods rlso and
explain why thoy cannot find room in their
columns to print refutations of thorn? '
Ifan editor nmong Ids items clipped from
other journals publishes falso statements,
ami tbo next week an article appears in a
reliable journal, short and to the point, show
ing conclusively that tho item was falso in
uvcty particular and was intended to injuro
nearly two millions of members oHm organ
ization and their modo of doing business,
should not common honesty and justico re
liilru him to publish thu refutation of tbo
falsehood?
Again I ask, will somo ono rlso and ex
plain? Justici:.
Editor Vermont Farmer:
As an extra session ol tho legislature has
necessarily been called to npproprlato mon
ey for tho rebuilding of thu reform school.
Will it lffit well beeomo that body to curtail
alt needle? expenses ami to abolish entirely
whatever is of no uso to tbo statu. It is well
to experiment to a certain extent at tho ox
penso of tbo stato for tho benefit of tho stato
ns a whole, but thcro should bo a limit, and
us ono of llio many tax payers of tho stato of
Vermont I protest against any moro money
being paid out for llsh to stock our rivers
ami brooks, for tho following reasons:
N'incty-nlno hundredths of thoso who pay
tho taxes dcrivo no benefit wbatuver. ltttt
very low comparatively speaking llvo near
to tbo rivers, so that if they wero inclined to
full it would ha moro oxponslvo than it
would to purchase them, and again, not ono
in ten of thoso who live upon tho vory banks
of our rivers indulge in tho sport ; -.;or I
say, for it does not pay. If theso reasons nro
true, and no ono will doubt them if they will
givo a few moments thought to tho matter,
then wo nro compelled to coma to tho con
clusion that it is "special legislation," for it is
making experiments with tho money of thu
whole statu which at tlio moit can bo of
benefit to but a few. Fish and wild gamu
retire beforo thu advance of civilization liko
thu utght beforo tho f.ica of the sun. This is
ono of tho tmavoidablo laws of nature, aud
until wo cau maku D.imo Nature change
somo of ber nets all the fish commissioners
that wo havo with their medicinal knowl
edge can not restore and preserve fish In our
rivers ami brooks. Last ycarucariy $1500.
was expended, nun now long mis lias Deon
going on is mora than I cau tell, lint judg
ing the future by tho past it is quite certain
that it will continue fur tho next two years
without tho coining session abolishes thu
concern, which it is In duty IkiuiiiI to do in
order to sustain tbo reputation for economy
which it now lias. This is a board of educa
tion only on a littlo smaller scalo. Now thu
lish commissioners claim that they have put
a largo quantity of fish into our brooks and
rivurs, (and they ought to have dono so
judging from thu nmotint of money that has
bcon expended.) Lot tho legislature pro
hibit their being caught for tho uoxt three or
five years, and by that tinio tho experiment
will havo been fully tested. I.ot overy leg
islator consider this matter well for wo tax
payers do not caro to havo our money used
lor experimental purposes whon thcro are
so many ways Iu which it could bo better in
vested for tho good of tho statu,
ISconosiv.
General News.
Gold 1.11J.
Thcro aro grave fears that when tho Louis
Una legislature convenes thcro will bo dis
turbanco and bloodshed.
Tho difficulties between Russia and tho
Turcoman tribes aro reported to havo been
settled without bloodshed.
Kx-covcrnor Warmouth, of Now Orleans,
killed KJitor liycrly in a scuflte, but as
Hycrly first attacked Warmouth with a stick
tho latter will probably bo acquitted.
On Wednesday of last week both houses
of Congress adjourned to Jan. 5, Tho
llouso fixed upon Jan. 7 for thu discussion
of tho Scnato finance bill. It is said tho
bill will pass tuo llouso. it tins becu ac
cepted as a party measure, and tho demo
crats voto against it.
Tho New Enytaiul Journal of Education,
a weekly paper, is to bo published at Jios
ton under tho auspices of tho American In
stituto of Instruction and tho stato teachers'
associations of Now Kngland. Thomas A.
Itickncll will bo tho editor-in-chief, and will
ha assisted by an able corps of stato assis
tants aud instructors, Wu understand llev,
II. T. Fuller, of St. Johnsbury, will havo
chargo of tho Vermont department.
Tho Louisiana returning board has mado
its report, which gives 10 conservatives aud
47 republicans to tho House of Heprcsenta'
ttves, and declares tuo election ot -l con
servatives and 2 republican Congressmen
Tho democraoy must bo pretty strong when
it takes a republican returning board two
mouths to figure up tho returns so as to get
a innjority of ono iu tho llouso, A few moro
bayonets uro neoded dowu thcro.
A detcctivo of tho Delaware and Hudson
Canal company arrested in New York, on
Friday, flliko Mcuuo, known in Whitehall
as "Smilcr McUuo," Two years ago this
man outraged a young lady at Whitehall
and stolo tho postmaster tf watch. Whon cs
caning, he took a freight train on tho Kens.
selacr and Saratoga railroad, aud paid tho
company by throwing out ot too car a quau
tity of goods.
Tho best plan yet offered for tho govern
mcnt of tho District of Columbia, comes
from Sonator Wright, of Iowa. Ho propo
ses a munioipal government, and a board of
works to bo apnointad uy tuo president and
the city counoil, rropcrty is to bo taxed i
per cent, and Cougrcss shall appropriate an
equal amount toward tho current cxpeusog
and tho work of Improvement. Tbo council
has no power to add to tbo debt ot tho Dis
trict, aud tho most carolul restrictions aro
attached to every office. It has failed to bo
demonstrated that tho law connected a year
ago, of which tho gag law was o part, are
any moro than perfect, tu foot, somo claim
that tho District would liavo been better
with no law at all.
The emigrant ship Cospatrick, from Hol
land for Australia, with -127 passengers, Wis
burned olf tho Capo of Qood llopo week be
foro last. Tho Oro broke out nt midnight,
November 17, and within half an hour en
veloped tho vessel for nearly ill entire
length. A sccno 01 tuo wildest contusion
followed, during which two boats suoccedoJ
in ccttiuz away, caoh containing HO persons.
Thoy remained alongsido tho ship until thu
10th of November, when licr hull was com
pletely burnod out, and sho sank. Tho two
boats thon started for land. They kept to
gether for two days, when a galo oroso nnJ
tboy became separated. Ono of them has
not sinco bceu heard or. Tho other was fall
en in with by tho llritish ship Sceptre, tcu
days after. At that timo it eontainod fivo
living persons, two of whom died beforo tho
Secptro reached St. Helena,
General Sheridan has gono to Now Or
leans. Thcro Is high official authority, how
ever, for saying that ho docs not go to Now
Orleans in obedienco to direct orders, but in
rcsponso to a personal request of tho presi
dent, who desires to have somo ono at that
point In whom ho has implicit confidence, to
furnish him with truthful nows, and of such
rank that In caso of an emergency ho can act
without special orders from Washington.
Geo. Sheridan was intending to go to Cuba
in a few weeks, and this trip Sjuth is only
anticipating tho time, for alter a short stay
111 iNew Orleans ho will sail lor Uuua. Ills
immediate work In Louisiana is to conscrvo
tho peace, and will not rctnovo any officer or
tako part iu any military affairs thcro, un
less absolutely necessary to accomplish that
object.
Hello Worls, of Miamitown, 0., loll
home, two months ago, ostensibly on a visit
to her friends in (Jrccnsburg, Ind., whither
her father was summoned to her death-bod,
a fortnight ago, but beforo his arrival tho
body was shipped to Cincinnati, and thence
to Miamitown. Dr. Hitt, who attended her,
said that bIio died of intestinal inflanuiiatiou.
Suspicions of foul play wcio aroused, but
nothing was done until tho funeral was pro
grossing. When in tho church, the excite
ment reached such a point that tho cere
monies wero stopped, a jury was impaneled,
and an inquest held 011 tho spot. About
midnight tho examination of witnesses was
concluded. Tho church was then cleared
aud a post-mortem examination made, which
proved that the girl's death had becu caused
by malpractice. Tho jury returned a ver
dict in accordance with tho facts, and charg
ing Dr. llitt, James Collins, tho girl's lover,
Mrs. Little, her sister, and Charles Little,
her nephew, with being accessories to tho
crime.
MA INK.
There aro 1-10 boys in tho stato reform
school on Cape Elizabeth, and they attend
school four hours a day. Tho classification
into grades, according to behavior, is found
to be tho best stimulant to study and good
deportment. Tho boys havo attractive and
commodious bed rooms, instead of narrow
cells as formerly. Tho number committed
during tho year is -17 ; discharged, 12 : al
lowed to co on trial, 15: escaped, 0. Tho
value, ol farm produea raised is $0812, and
100,000 brick have been made.
Maine's ship-building record for tho past
year is very encouraging. Two hundred and
nincty-ono vessels, with an aggregate tonnage
of 1!!2,300 tons, havo becu built, whilo last
year the number was only 2115, with a cor
responding tonnage. A comparison with
tho figures of 1872 makes a still hotter show
ing. Then, the tonnage was about -10,000.
At $50 a ton, which is not a largo cstimato
of tho cost of building, tho product of the
ship-yarus, this year, was worth Su,ulo,UUU.
Tho builders, however, do not expect another
so good a season, next year, unless there
should bo a general revival ol business be
fore summer.
MASSAunusirrrs.
The llaldwin placo (lloaton) homo for lit
tlo wanderers has just quartered 21 boys in
cood families in tho neighborhood of Flint,
MHch. '
A special committco of tho legislature
have gono to ISillunoro to inspect the termi
nus of tho Daltimora and Ohio railroad with
reference to tho feastblity of establishing tho
terminus of a through lino from tho West
to tho South Jioston fiats ; thoy will also vis
it Philadelphia.
Further changes in tho Iioston custom-
hotiso aro threatened. Tho special agents
who havo been investigating it aro reported
as of tho opinion that there aro still at least
a third mora employees than nro required,
and that a good many 01 tlio salaries ought
to bo cut down. Tho moro wo hear of Sim
mons' conduct tho less wo feel disposed to
find tault with his appointment. It anybody
but llutlcr had brought it about wo should
near it commended on all hands.
Tho proposed reduction in tho wages of
mil bauds at I' all lliver creates much cx
citemcnt, aud strikes aro threatened. The
spinners' association has passed resolutions
pledging its members to quit work, if wages
nro reduced below what they consider n just
figure, and to withdraw from tho batiks all
moneys deposited there to their credit, pro
vided 1000 other operatives will join their
movement, but a committee has been appoint
to confer with tho employers iu regard to a
settlement ot the dilhculty.
Gcorgo W. Deariug k Co.V jewelry store
at lun Washington street, Iioston, was rob'
bod of between S15.000 and $20,000 wortl
of jewelry and watches, some timo between
buturday evening, when tlio establishment
was clone J, aud Monday morning, and there
is no clew to the burglars, though they nro
supposed to bo from New York. Tho robbers
gained entrance to tho building by scaling a
shed about 10 icctlttgtiatid letting themselves
down into a court and then prying open tho
shutters. J ho sale proves to have been ol
cast iron, instead of stcol, as Mr. Dcaring
supposed, and was very easily opened.
CONNKOTIOUT.
A Now llritaiu woman, 90 years old,
writes for tho local paper.
.James Cashon, of Windsor, was drowned
in tho Farmiugton river whilo hunting,
Christmas day. Peoplo living in tho vicini
ty heard a man crying for help, but paid no
attention to him, though tho erics were kept
1 1 1
up lor nearly an uour.
Samuel Alcorn, of Thompsonvillo, who fin
ished, Monday of last week, a two-months'
sentenco for disturbing tuo pcaco, got into a
fight and was fined 85 dollars and costs, and
sentenced to iiu days in jail, having had ou
ly six hours of freedom,
Tho $25,000 or 110,000 worth of sllkstor
ed in tho vaults of tho Leonard silk mills at
Warehouse Point, which wero recently burn
cd. is found to bo nearly ruined, Tho iron
roof was so heated that the shelves 011 which
the silk lay wero badly charred.
An injunction against a New Haven man
ufacturer of vulcanized rubber for dontal
plates was recently rendered valuolcss by his
strange conduct. Doing summoned before
tho court at Hartford, it took lour men to
got him on board tho train, us ho said ho had
a warning tnai 1110 train would bo wrocKcd,
and when ho reached the court, ho deolarcd
that it had been wrecked and ho had bcon
killed, his spirit only being present boforo
tho judge. Being asked why ho had uot
oboyed tho summons beloro, ho said ho had
been advised not to by " tho Lord Jesus
Christ." Tho judgo told him that no caut
was wanted thcro, and ho remarked, "That a
what Festus said to Paul," aud as nothing
woro could be got out of him, ho was sup
posed to bo crazy and was discharged, and is
still at worK on nis runner plates.
NEW Y.OIUC.
Sixtecu largo cases containing smuggled
opera glasses, silyer ware, cto., valued at
812,000 to 15,000, wero seized iu Now
iork, on Saturday, by Special Treasury
Agent Howe, Tho sworn contents of tho
boxos wero shells manufactured into boxes,
work-boxes, etc., tho valuo of each box be-
ng stntcd at $40.
Tlio three Now York officers, under whoso
lax and probabily corrupt rule, Doss
Tweed has been made so comfortable In his
confinement, havo been removed, by the May
or and Gov. Dix, and their successors ap
pointed. One effect of tho change will
llotllil1p44 lin llin rnui'inilinif nf Tw.oil in ni.
. ... .............. a .
tual imprisonment in tho pcmtcntii'mVeHB
tho rules which covcrn the trcatmcn!i7
other convicts. Surely, wo hopo so.
Gerrit Smith, tho philanthropist and anti-
slavery nud tcmpcranco leader, died In New
iork Monday. Ho went thcro Thursday, to
spend Christmas with his uicco, and seemed
to bo, and remarked to his relatives that ho
was, in exceptionally good health and spirits,
up to Friday night. On Saturday morning
it was found that his mind was wandering,
and ho soon lost conciousncss, nud died about
noon Monday.
Tho Grango tho Farmer's University.
.
Tho perfection of tho grango will be resell-
cd only when thoso who havo been reared
under its influenco are as intellectual, as re
fined and as polished as tho best class of tho
inhabitants in our larger towns aud cities,
without their follies, immoralities and vices.
Dy joint efforts, through tho medium of tho
grango, libraries can easily be procured, lec
tures delivered, aud various means of instruc
tion and cntortainmcut provided at trilling
expenso to tho individual, but of tho greatest
valuo to all. Each of ono hundred members,
by contributing tho small sum of one dollar
towards tho purchase of a grango library,
wouldcthcrcby placo it in tho power of each
incmhr to enjoy tho advantages of a hundred
dollar library, all for thu inconsiderable
sum of ono dollar.
Such is the valuo of cooperation. Thus,
through the instrumentality of tho grango,
do wo placo iu our homos hundreds of good
books, and scores ot conveniences anj pleas
ures which aro practically unattainable by
the Individual,
It will have been noticed by all who aro
observant, that those farmers who are best
informed oro the most prosperous and most
eontcutod. This is truo of other coopcra-
linns as well as that of farming, but it is
of the cooperation of agriculture only that
wo speak nt this time. Farmers generally,
and especially larmors' wives, aro overwork
ed. They work too many hours in a day,
too many days iu a week, and too many
weeks in a year. Nothing is gained in tho
end by thus slaving tho life away. Though
most farmers regard it a necessity, yet it is
through tho grango wo aro to learn better ;
and tho sooner wo set about it, the sooner
shall wo see that wo might have dono so be
fore. Let us get together in tho grange,
and, by thinking a litttc, devise somo plan
of dividing our hard work with the sleek and
well-fed middleman, and of sharing a portion
of his elegant leisure. Of course ho will
object to this show of generosity on our part,
but wo must press our generosity upon him
until there shall bo something liko a fair dis
tribution of tho good things of tho world be
tween us. Wo do uot demand extraordinary
privileges ; wo demand justico. We do uot
labor to put others down : wo labor to build
ourselves up. Six thousand years of single
handed efforts has failed to accomplish any
satisfactory results iu this direction, and it is
hut a part ol common wisdom to try other
means to lighten our labors and cnbauco our
profits.
Tho grange is the salvation of tbo farm
er, aud needs only to bo maintained by en
ergetic, intelligent, and, abovo all, harmoni
ous action to accomplish all tho desirable
results within the scopo of of any human in
stitution. Stand by tho grange then ! Sus
tain it by zealous labor, aud the persistence
which ol itself insures success. With it you
aro sovercigus with your scepter in your
hands : ithout it you aro on tho high road
to vassalage. Northern Grawjer,
.- - Bummed up.
Inasmuch as tho commercial papers havo
been engaged in summing up tho losses ac
cruing to the granges through tho failure of
K. E. Morgan's Sous, wo sea no harm of
presenting a statement of account from tho
standpoint of tho Patrons themselves.
What havo they gained'
1st. Thoy have gained somo knowledgo of
tho ways that aro dark and tho tricks that
aro vain, used by their cucmios, that will bo
ol scrvica to them in tho future.
2d. They havo gained confidence in them
selves aud thoir organization that will insure
their moro harmonious working and ult;mato
success.
!ld. They have gained, in that their trial
has discovored tho weak-kncod and worthless
iu tho order.
1th. They havo gained, in that tho Ji vis
ion of their losses has united them iu a closer
bond of sympathy and ocmcutcd a brother
hood worthy tho name.
5th. They havo gained independence.
Oth. Thoy havo gained a victory ovor tho
wheat ring, the extent and completeness of
which will bo measured by failures certain to
occur in tho immediate future.
What havo they lost ?
1st. Nothing of integrity.
2d, Nothing of determination.
!id. Nothing but 8100,000, which, set
over against tho previous gain of 82,000
000, is so small a sum as to bo scarce worthy
of mention : and this SlllO.tJUU being volun
torily shared by tho 17,000 or 18,000 Fat-
rons of the state is still further rcducod so
as to bo absolutely trivial. Then in view of
tho fact that this $100,000 has been lost in
uu attempt to inaugurate a system of bust
ncss which, if Ruoacssful, will savo tho farm
ers of California hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually, it should be regarded sini'
ply as an investment. Further tho practica
bility of tho now system having been fully
demonstrated, tho $100,000 invested in its
inauguration (und supposed to bo lost) comes
to bo considered as tho most proutablo in
vestment tlio farmers of California have ever
made. California (rraigcr-
What is the Granger!1
Dut who and what is tho granger after
all ? Ho goes off to delibcrato in a room with
tho blinds down, has putswords nud signs aud
grips, und allows nobody to hear what ho says
or to seo what ho docs. He must havo many
secrets. Most assuredly ho has, Iu the
first placo, they relate entirely to his own uf-
airs, ana 11 is lor that roason aiono that ho
has failed to gratify tho general curiosity by
publishing them nt largo. For iustanco, tho
grangers mako their hard living by tilliug
tho soil, When ono of them begins life it is
a great matter to him to get his reaper,
mower, his thresher, and his hundred other
machines and implements, ns well as tho
household furniture, his olothiog, his gro
ccries, his " ono-horso shay," and his parlor
organ at something near half the price of
tho retail merchant, or tlio manulaoturor s
agent, This he docs by co-operation with
others situated liko himself; but how and
whero he docs it is oue of his secrets, and a
very precious ono at that.
Iu like nianuer when at tho ond of a sea
sou of incessant toil ho sees his fields yellow
with tho harvest of bread and his fatted herds
lowing in tho pasture, ho reflects that he and
tho cousumorol all this produce aro frequent
ly situated far apart, and that a host of in
termediate agents and tradors absorb a largo
portion ol Its valuo iu money, 110 resolves
to put Into his own purso the difference be
tween the price paid by tho consumer less
transportation, and tho price usually paid to
tho farmer. lo does this by means of tho
grange : but tbo precise method ot it is an
other of his grand secrets, When ho has
accomplished these two capital operations ho
has mado enough to mako his business profit
able, mid to givo his wilb and children somo
of tho luxuries and advantages in which tho
families of tho flourishing middlo-meii nro
commonly Indulged.
An ossociatlon which promises him such re
sults, and which at tho Bamo timo vindicates
tho iudcpcndcnco of him and his class, opens
to him a prospect full of rosoito and radiant
hues ns compared with tho scrrilo and beg
garly condition from which he is rising.
Heretofore ho lias taken what was offjred
and givtn what was nskoJ. Henceforth he
will, liko other classes of men, combine with
thoso whoso Interests are Identical, and do
himself tho justice of which ho has becu so
long deprived. Ills power iu virtuo of this
wide-spread and coherent organization may
well bo considered tremendous. A million
of members to-day will bo two millions by
tuo next spring, and when they begin to hold
back crops or Boud them forward according
to their own good pleasure, Now York and
Chicago, Wall street and tho produce ex
changes, will begin to count a uow aud ter
rible, because unknown und unmanageable,
force in tho business of tho country.
To tho granger tho grauc is an uumixod
good ; to tho speculator an unmixed evil.
Tho manufacturer and wholesaler find their
accounts in the certain sales and tho cash
payments which aro a part of its economy ;
so that uobody but tho bloodsuckers, tho
speculators in grain, tho middle-men and tho
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politicians navo anyiuing 10 ioar. i oris
mouth Chromzle.
llonton .yiitrlcct.
Reportixl fur tho Vcnxosr Faiiukji by
A. JO. JriliBAItl),
Produeo Commission Mercliant,2l John Stroet, Doiton.
Wr.DxmtiiAV, Deo. 30.
Drum Dues, and Chemicals. Soda ash Is
iu larger supply and ranges from S'J.'JO to
10, goni, Willi 110 sales ol consenitouca :
111
eacmng
Powders ati-'lc. currency: Sal
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Caustic Sod.i lias been sulliug at So, gold
li-oin wnaii; j'.neiisii iiic.irii bid.i Is steady
at So, gold, and American at lie. currency.
There is considerable excitement in thu Cas
tor Oil market and prices havo further ad
vanced and have a decided umvard tendency.
The advaneo b is been full '2j per lb from
tbo lowest point. 1 hero has been s lies of
several thousand casus on private terms; S3
hols sliailed at lu c. ami now Held at injo
and upwards, ltellucd Camphor continues
in demand Willi sains at ysj per 111: Uream
Tartar has been selling in small lots at 33c,
gold, for foreign, and 31 c, gold, for Ameri
can: Potato Starch Is lii'in anil lias been in
demand, with sales of 100 tons at 01 e, and
wanted at that price, with small lots at Sic
Thuro is a very firm feeling for St. Domingo
Logwood, Willi sales al S.'l per ton and linn
al tual price. 111 ol. Domingo fustic sales
01 vu ions at .c.'. ou per ton, and tlio article is
sea'ce aud wanted at that price. Lima
001I has been sold at W73 to SSO. and S.man
Wood at SCO per ton. Tint last sale of Cam
wood was a small lot at 9173 per ton, gold,
anil 1110 ariipui is very seareu anil wanieii.
! tour ana uram. Holders nro not oiler
ing Hour at any coueosioii, as prices at e bo-
luveu to uu auout low euoiiiMi uow. ruimi:
about i?3 per bid for choice white wheats
under tho prices current at this time last
year. Iu the present quiet stato of tho mar
ket sales could only 00 forced at concessions.
Wo ouotn sales of fancy Minnesota brands
at 7.30 to 0.23. favorite brands selling at 8.30
to U.-'j; white wheat bt. I.oiih, common and
choice brands, at 5.75 to 8, Willi a tow well
known brands 11 shade higher: white wheat
Illinois at 5.75 to S7: and white wheat Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan at 5-50 to $0 per bbl,
with a few choice brands at 0.S5 to 0.50 per
bbl. Ilakers Flour has been iu moderate
demand, with sales at 5.50 to -?0 per bbl for
Wisconsin ami .Minnesota. In low tirades
thu sales have been at S3 to 5.50 for Western
common extras, aud 1.25 lo -1.75 for West
ern supers.
The market for Corn has been quiet. Wo
quote mixed nuil yellow Western a 09 to
Olio per Ins ; but at Ivist Huston all grades
tiring an advance on these prices ol lu per
bit. as the Eastern trado aro supplying them
selves irnm mat point., ooniliern yellow lias
been sold at l)3c per hu.
Thu market for Oats Is dull and prices
havo again eased oil. Tho sales of No 2
mixed and No 1 while have been at $5 to 70
0 per lmj and re.iected at fit to 05o per hu.
Shorts are scarce aud prices aro nominally
S-16 per ton. Kino Feed is firm at $27 to
?23; and Middlings nt $20.
Groceries. Colleo. Tho movements in
ColVeo have been of no importance since our
last, ror .lava lliero is a very llrm fouling
as tli supply un band and on tho way for tho
uoxt iiiree monllis is 111 tlio Hands 01 large
dealers who control tho market. The sales
of Java have been at 21 to 30c, gold; Hio at
1 1 lo '.'Oo, gold ; -Maracaibo is llrm and stock
in few bands, with sales at 18 to SO40 per lb,
gold.
Fish. Codfish nro quiet hut steady at 5.50
to 5.75 per qtl. for large. Small Codfish
scarce and nominal. Nothing of conse
quence doing in H ike, Haddock or I'ollook.
Wo quote No 1 Hay nt 8.51) to 0; No 2 nt
7.50 to 8; and No 3i nt $7 to 7.25 per bbl.
For Shore tho range is $10 to 12 for Nol;
and 58 to 8.50 per bbl for No 2.
Fruit. Mala;a Uiisins havo boon In mod
erate demand and prices aiu easier. The
sales havo been at 2.85 to 2.00 for layers, and
3.03 to 3.73 per box for loose Muscatel. Va
lencia raisins have been selling at 10) to lie,
and Sultana at 17'- per lb. Citron nt -10c for
Leghorn ; Primus at 1 1 to 18o for French and
12 lo 13o for Turkey. In Peanuts tho sales
have been at 1 ,25 tu 1.10 for African, and
1.75 to 2.20 for Southern. Lemons have been
111 fair jobbing demand at S3 to $1 for Mala
ga, and 4.25 to 5.23 for Sicily. Valencia
Oranges sold at U.25 to 0.37J per caso; Sicily
Oranges 3.73 to 1.021 per Imix.
Molifses. There is a dull feeling and no
sales of any importance. Thu supply of low
grades is exhausted ami thu better qualities
are in limited demand. Small sales of Dem
flrara at 1 1 lo 53c; and Porto Hteo at 18o.
New Orleans molasses Is held with consul
ablo lirinnc!s on account of an advance lu
othewnarkcts. Somo sales havo boon mado
at lo tide, but thu best lots at hold at 03 to
70o per gal.
Sueur. Helloed sugars nro dull and sales
quilu limited. Wu quote crushed and pow
dered at lOjc; granulated at lOio; and tho
ilillercut grades of colleo crushed at 0 to 10c,
with some very choice standard A at 10 to
line, as nils crane is very scarce.
J'roduce. Apples. Tho market is well
supplied with ICastern apples. Wo quote:
Eastern, choice SI. 75 to 2, common to good
1.25 to 1.50: Western, choice llaldwlns 2 to
2.50. Dried apples, Southern ntiartored 7 to
He, on sliced u to too; l-.asiern sliced u to 100,
Deans. There continues to be a dull mar
ket for medium beans, and car loads cannot
lie sold at over $1.85 pr Int. Wo quote:
Tea. Northern hand picked S2.50 to 2.112.
Western hand nicked 2.25 to 2.50, common
2 to 2.25; medium, choice 1.85 to 1.87, do
common to good I 00 to I.U2; iolloweyes3
to 3.12.1.
Hotter. Very little butter has becu sold
thu past three days, mid medium grades
could not be il sposed ol exeenl nt a conces
slon of 1 to 2o. Most of tbo sales of New
York and Vermont dairies come within the
range of 35 to 37c, with a few at 38a). Kino
ian, wifiuu is very Buaiue, woum coiiiuami
3D to -JOf, but wo loar of 110 sains oxoeot Iq a
small. lobbing way. Tho supply of Western
butter eonlines to run poor, and sales rango
1 mm '.'3 to uvc, Willi a lew lancy lots al 34 to
iitio. it is btiti illinium to move uanaiia nut
ter, its buyers cannot be found at over 35c,
wiiloli is under lion ers' v invs,
Cheese. The demand for choose has been
confined to small lots, and we see no indica
tions of any improvement. lOo is an outsido
quotation for strictly ehoico factory, most of
tlio sales having licen nt la to laje, and It
would be bard to place 11 round lot nt ovor
10)0.
Kggs. Fresh eggs havo been scarce, nnd
m'lces advanced to ,ij lo Mo. the outside bo
Ing jobbing lots. Northern havo bcon soil
ing at 33o and Western at 30 to 31c. Limed
aro dull.
llav aud Straw. The bay market Is with
out activity, and only tho choicest, grades
will uoiiiiuaiiii iu o pui luu, oiipuiiur
gindes are dull. Hye straw oanier, with
sales at 18 to 10 period.
Hops. Market dull and hard to sell at
ouotations. We ouotn : Kastern. cood to
prlmo 30 to 38o, do 1873 20 to 25c, do 1873 12
to ise.
Onions 83 to 3.25 per bbl.
Peas. Choice cooking $1.35 to 1,40, com
mon 1.15 to 1.23.
Potatoes. The host Jacksons ami Farly
ltose havo been sel lni! at HOC. Willi a cood
demand. Wo quotes Jackson Whites 73 to
8O0, Karly Hose 75 to 80o, other kinds 70 to
75e pur bu.
Poultry. Tho Christmas trado clearod tho
market of choice turkeys, nnd on Thursday
sales wore made ut 20 to 22o for Northern,
and 15 to 18o for common to good Wostern.
Chlckons ruled at 15 to 18o for ehoico, and
lowor figures for common. Goososold well nt
13 lo 18o. ....
Souasli. Marrow $12 to 1.5, Hubbard 20
to 25 pop ton.'
Wool. Tim same firm limn t tinil....M
In the malket for all kinds oflleeces, ami tho
sales, although not very extensive, havo
been at lull prices. Tlio advance on lloeom
b is been from II to So from thu lowest polu t
a few weeks ago, ami any liurtlier advaneo
wu pemi simiuwn.it oil tho turn thn goods
market takes with the new vn.ir. Il,,i,i..,
feel that lleeeo wool Is good property to carry
at present, nru very tndillureiit about selling,
ami 11 largo portion of thu stock continues to
! wiunir.iwn irnm tn market ri- higher
prices. ia,000 lbs Ohio havo been taken
during thu past Week, prlneip illy XX at 05c,
and choice 4 t t 55 t fi0e, und tbo market
M111 tj'esii prlees for straight lots. In
..... muni, iieeees oo.ouu ins navu been sold
mostly at 51 lo fl-Jo and llnu.
Combing ami delaine continues in steady
demand al ni'iivim, ,i-i,.. ...nt.... 1.. i
,,. . ; ; . 1 ,,,, 1 1 iiiiisuy lit
,,K !" ,J8 to OJc, and this (lescrlpilou
continues to In, sold up close.
Ihero Is Mill a dull reeling for low crudes
of pulled and It is dlflU.ilt "u! ph, uf sails
factory prlees. Choice Mabiu mid Eastern
stl I keep! up t good prices, but eouslder-
, VlTr " 1,10 'rket could not bo
luieu i on at over iu 10 ise.
trllci
Watrrlotrn
Tuesday, Dec. 29.
At market this week Cntlln 307, Sheep
and Lambs 2107, Swluo . Number from
Vermont, uilllo UB, Sheep and Lambs
700.
Prices Market Heel A fow choice 10 75
to 1 1 00 ;extra 10 00 lo 10 50 ; first quality II 00
to 050; second duality 0 .V.I ton. Ml- ihli.l
quality $5 0(1 to 0 00.
rriees or htoro Cattle Working Oxen pr
pah' from $100, 150, 175 to 210.
Milch Cows nuil Calves Irom 35 to 03 ;
extra 03 to 03. Furrow cows 23 to 3(1.
eaillngs !J10 In 18; two years old 20 to
i'rleoi of Sheep and Lambs In lots 2 73,
I 00, 3 75 to 4 00 each s extra 4 AO to (1 U5
', iiuuu jrilia 1)1,1 .mill U,
31
per head, or from 5 to '
sheen 71 to 8o.
10 pr lb. Fancy
Price ol Hides, Tallow and Sklns-IlrUht-Urn
Hides 81 to o pr lb; Country Hides
ol to 84c.pi' lb., llrlghton Tallow Go pr lb;
Country Tallow 51u pr lb.
Pelts 1.00 to 1.50 oach. Calf skins 15o
per lb.
CI.ASSIKICATIO.V Ot CATTM!, AND MIKF.1-.
N. 11. llei.'f Choice grade includes noth
ing but stall-fed 1100 to 1100 llw bullocks.
Extra and first quality Include tho best,
large, fat oxen. Second and third quality
includes oxen ami two and three year old
steers.
ItKMAIlKS.
Cattle .Northern arrivals 3U7 bead. In
consequence of this light run butchers were
considerably fast to secure a few bead to
make out their complement for llio weuk.
Thu meal market is weak. Still llicy must
have something lor a supply. Thoy aro buy
ing some Chicago dressed beef iu the city.
Several bunches of very nlcii Northern oxen
were Mild, and owners secured full a ad
vance from lait llgures. ,1 Dow sold 2 lino
oxen to Sanders & Co at 101u per lb, D W,
some ot his own raising. 5 years old, at Nor
ri.ville, Vt., weighed 1190 Ihs at liomu; also
one stag, 2 years, at Oe, 1) W. A S Moullou
sold 20 oxen to II Ilird & Co at lOe, to ilroa
1050 Ihs oach. II T Wood sold 2 of hU best
oxen at lOo. I) W, 1300 lbs dress; 2 at $10.73
perewt. 1) W; 2 at loje, and 2 llireu-vear-old
steers at Oe, dress 730 lbs each.
Shee Dealers little still' en prices for
sheei and butchers piidwith reluctance 7o
for good llocks, or at an advance of full ie
per lb; 7o is not intended for very fancy lots,
but good marketable sheep. ,1 l)ow sold till
sheep, averagu 80 lbs at Gle. M N Rose
erantsold 100 sheep, average 103 lbs, at 7e.
L .lones sold 83 .-beep, averayo 85 lbs, at 5u.
M T Shackett sold 133 sheep, average 70 lbs,
at 51c.
Poultry Arrivals are light and prices re
main unchanged. Thu city is crowded with
dressed poultry Irom all sections, and prices
aro kept low. Wo quote turkeys and chick
ens at 121 to 13o; geese at 1 each.
.Yew Vovli Market.
Dec. 28.
Flour Tho general market was steady,
with moderate demands for nearly all
grades; there was a limited export inquiry
on account of scant freight room, and the
local demand without marked activity.
Wheat. Sales 6000 bushels at $1.12 to 1.13
for No 2 Chicago spring alloit; 1. 11 alloat
for Northwest; 1.14 to 1.15 in store for No
Milwaukee spring and 1.10 alloat for do;
1.00 to 1.11 for No 3 spring; 1.00 to 1.25 for
ungraded spring; 1.18 to 1.20 for No 1 spring;
1.20 lo 1.28 for red winter; 1.20 to 1.30 lor
amber winter; 1.38 to 1.37 for white winter;
thu market was quirt and prices nominal;
the high price and llrmness of freights cheek
ed business. Corn. Sales 100,000 bushels
at 93e in store for old Western mixed; 00 lo
97 for do alloat: 83 o on track: 83 to 87u
alio it lor new Western mixed; 80 to 87 for
Maiuicrn new yellow; elmed llrm with fair
export demand for old and new. O.its
Sales 50,00 bushels al 03 to 03o for mixed
on track; CO to G8o on track for good statu
and Western mixed; 71 to 72a for white iu
store; Western mixed alloat held at 71 to
i So with buyers at 70 to 701e; the sales were
mostly track lots at 07, 031 to 00. Corn meal.
$1.80 to 1.83 for llrandywine; 1.15 to 4.25
for Western yellow; 4.23 to 4.35 Tor Western
white; 4 to 4.60 for Jersey and Pennsylvania
yellow: 1.50 for H ilttmoro coarse; old 1.75;
now 1.00; linn sifted old 1.78; new do 1.01;
bolted yellow 1.75; bolted white 1.78. Pork
nominal at $00.25. Talloiy unlet and steady
at 8Jc. Colleo in active iuii mil at full
prices, owing to light supplios for at bust 30
days; sales slow at o advaneo. l(cliuci
sngar steady and in fair demand ; yellow 8
to Oo; extra 0 OJ to QJ ; standard A OJo: off
A 9j to llio; standard crushed 101 to lOJo;
powdered JOle; granulated lOJc; sugar luaf
11 to UJo. Cattle. Recoipts 500 bead) mar
ket dull and slow at 10 to 131c ror common
to best; prospects bad.
Iliclimoiirt .Tn7.s?.
from our Special Reporter,
MoN'liAV, Doo.58.
Tho dairy market b is about clnso.1 for
this (season ; very little butter and cheese
was sold to-day ; what was sold brought 25 to
30o for butter, and 0 to IOo for cheese. 400
tubs of butter was shipped from here to-day
that has been stored hero since last summer;
2 cars of potatoes, 45 to 50o for GO lbs. Poul
try, dressed 10 to 15c. Raining and thawing
fast.
Versailles .fltwltel.
From our Special Reporter,
Satuukav, Doc. 20.
Market well attended ami quito a number
of tubs of fall butter in which sold at 33 to
40e. Winter made 30 to 33o. Kzgs 23e. aud
quite plenty. Apples from S2 to 3, and very
plenty. Corn SI. Oats 00e. Potatoes SOo.
Hay, choice 810; straw $10. Hut littlo
moAiiig as farmers are in hopes of better
prices.
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